Active and Passive Voice Flashcard

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Active voice: Subject performs the action of the verb.

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Active voice is a grammatical construction where the subject of a sentence performs the action expressed by the verb.

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Passive voice: subject receives action, not doer.

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Passive voice is a grammatical construction where the subject of a sentence is the receiver of the action, rather than the doer of the action.

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Forming passive sentences:

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Use 'be' + past participle.

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Process of changing active to passive sentences:

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Rearranging sentence structure & changing verb to passive form.

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Difference between active and passive voice?

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Active voice: subject performs action; Passive voice: subject receives action.

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In active voice, who or what performs the action?

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subject

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In passive voice, who or what receives the action?

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subject

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Common voice in academic writing?

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third person

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Preferred voice when the doer is unknown or unimportant?

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passive voice

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Voice emphasizing action over doer?

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Passive voice