Active and Passive Voice

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What is the active voice?

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The active voice is a sentence structure where the subject performs the action of the verb. For example, 'Julia answered the question.'

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What is the passive voice?

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The passive voice is a sentence structure where the subject receives the action of the verb. For example, 'The bike is being repaired.'

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Identify the voice: 'Dogs barked all night long!'

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Active

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Identify the voice: 'A grand slam home run was hit by the catcher.'

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Passive

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Identify the voice: 'The metal beams were eventually corroded by the saltwater.'

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Passive

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How can you change a sentence from active to passive voice?

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To change from active to passive voice, make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence and use a form of 'to be' plus the past participle of the verb. For example, 'The chef cooked the meal.' becomes 'The meal was cooked by the chef.'

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something in the sentence.

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What is an object in a sentence?

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The object is the person, place, thing, or idea that is affected by the action of the verb.

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Give an example of a sentence in the active voice.

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'The cat chased the mouse.'

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Give an example of a sentence in the passive voice.

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'The book was read by the student.'