Active vs Passive Voice

Which sentence is stronger and clearer to write?

• active voice sentence

• passive voice sentence

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

The trade union's current leader was voted into office by a clear majority.

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

A clear majority of the organization voted the current leader into office.

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

Animal control is capturing an enormous alligator in our backyard right now.

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

The enormous alligator in our backyard is being captured by animal control right now!

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

Jackson must have been exhausted by that long flight to Australia.

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

The twenty-two-hour flight to Australia must have utterly exhausted Jackson.

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

An X-ray could have detected the hairline fracture in his arm.

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

The hairline fracture could have been detected by an X-ray.

• active voice

• passive voice

What kind of voice is the sentence written in below?

I was praised for making honor roll by my mom.

• active voice

• passive voice