Active and Passive Voice Flashcard

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Active voice: subject performs the action expressed by 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: A construction where the subject receives the action, not performs it.

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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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Active voice example:

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Mary baked the cake.

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Identify the passive voice sentence: a) The dog chased the ball. b) The ball was chased by the dog.

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b

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Structure of a passive sentence:

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subject + auxiliary verb (be) + past participle of the main verb + by + agent (optional)

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Active voice example: The author wrote the book.

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Correct answer: The author wrote the book.

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Identify the passive voice sentence: a) The students are studying for the exam. b) The exam is being studied for by the students.

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The exam is being studied for by the students.

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Forming a passive sentence:

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The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of the passive sentence, and the verb is changed to a form of 'be' + past participle.

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Change to passive: 'She painted the picture.'

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The picture was painted by her.

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Change to passive voice: 'They have built a new house.'

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A new house has been built by them.