Active vs Passive Voice in Writing

Front

Does not use active voice:

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Scrooge is visited first by the ghost of his old colleague Jacob Marley.

Front

Revise for active voice: On a cold and bleak Christmas Eve, the story is told in London by a narrator.

Back

On a cold and bleak Christmas Eve, the story is told in London by a narrator.

Front

A package was sent to Caroline.

Back

Active

Front

The Old Man and the Sea, 1951, by Hemingway.

Back

Passive

Front

Active or Passive? I hate homework.

Back

active

Front

Active voice definition

Back

Subject performs the verb.

Front

He must have had a bad dream.

Back

Active Voice

Front

Teacher may be absent due to illness.

Back

Active Voice

Front

I gave him a book for his birthday.

Back

Active

Front

Active voice: The oven has been tested by the best chefs in the world.

Back

The best chefs in the world have tested the oven.