Active and Passive Voice Flashcard

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Active Voice:

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The subject performs the action.

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Passive voice: subject receives action, not performs it.

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The passive voice is a grammatical construction where the subject of a sentence is the recipient of the action, rather than the doer of the action.

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Convert to passive voice: She gives me a bar of chocolate.

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A bar of chocolate is given to me by her.

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Active voice example:

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Karen sings the song.

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Active: She has bought a new bag. Passive: ...

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A new bag has been bought by her.

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Many job opportunities (a)_______ last year.

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were planned

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Recently, significant progress ----------- made to achieve gender equality

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Has been

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Change to Active: The Grameen Bank was founded by Muhammad Yunus in 1983.

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Muhammad Yunus found the Grameen Bank in 1983.

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The organization ____ significant progress in achieving gender equality.

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Has made

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Active: Robert Frost wrote several poems. Passive:

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Several poems were written by Robert Frost.