Active &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 expressed by 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 expressed by the verb. For example, 'The mouse was chased by the cat.'

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

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The book was read by the student.'

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Passive Voice

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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 or thing that receives the action of the verb in the sentence.

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Identify the voice: 'The dog barked at the stranger.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The cake was baked by my mom.'

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Passive Voice

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What does it mean for a sentence to be in Active Voice?

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It means that the subject of the sentence is performing the action of the verb.

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What does it mean for a sentence to be in Passive Voice?

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It means that the subject of the sentence is receiving the action of the verb.