Active/Passive Voice Review

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What is Active Voice?

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Active voice is when the subject of the sentence completes the action in the sentence.

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What is Passive Voice?

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Passive voice is when the subject of the sentence receives the action in the sentence.

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Change to Passive Voice: 'The cat chased the mouse.'

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'The mouse was chased by the cat.'

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Change to Active Voice: 'The book was read by Maria.'

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'Maria read the book.'

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Identify the voice: 'The homework was completed by the students.'

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Passive Voice.

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Identify the voice: 'The teacher explains the lesson.'

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Active Voice.

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What is the structure of a Passive Voice sentence?

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Subject + form of 'to be' + past participle + (by + agent).

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What is the structure of an Active Voice sentence?

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Subject + verb + object.

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Change to Passive Voice: 'The chef cooked a delicious meal.'

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'A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.'

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Change to Active Voice: 'The song was sung by the choir.'

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'The choir sang the song.'