Active and Passive voice

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What is Active Voice?

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Active voice is a sentence structure where the subject performs the action of the verb. For example, 'The cat chased the mouse.'

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What is Passive Voice?

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Passive voice is a sentence structure where the subject receives the action of the verb. For example, 'The mouse was chased by the cat.'

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Identify the voice: 'My uncle enjoyed the performance.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The exam was written by Ms. Laura.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'David painted the drawing.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The police arrested the thieves.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The thief was caught by the policeman.'

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Passive Voice

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How can you change a sentence from Active to Passive voice?

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To change from active to passive voice, make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence and use a form of 'to be' with the past participle of the verb. For example, 'The chef cooked the meal.' becomes 'The meal was cooked by the chef.'

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What is the subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something in the sentence.

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What is the object in a sentence?

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The object is the person, place, thing, or idea that is affected by the action of the verb.