Active Vs 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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How do you change a sentence from Active to Passive Voice?

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To change from active to passive voice, identify the object of the active sentence, make it the subject of the passive sentence, and use the appropriate form of 'to be' plus the past participle of the verb.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The subject is 'The dog'.

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Identify the object in the sentence: 'The teacher gave the students homework.'

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The object is 'homework'.

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Change the voice: 'The chef cooked a delicious meal.'

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A delicious meal was cooked by the chef.

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Change the voice: 'The children are playing soccer.'

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Soccer is being played by the children.

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What is the past participle of 'to write'?

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The past participle of 'to write' is 'written'.

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Change the voice: 'The artist painted a beautiful picture.'

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A beautiful picture was painted by the artist.

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Change the voice: 'The students will complete the project.'

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The project will be completed by the students.