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: 'The dog barked at the stranger.'

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Active voice.

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

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Passive voice.

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How do you change a sentence from passive to active voice?

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To change from passive to active voice, identify the subject and the action, then rewrite the sentence so the subject performs the action.

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Example of changing from passive to active: 'The cake was eaten by the children.'

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Active voice: 'The children ate the cake.'

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What is the subject in an active voice sentence?

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The subject in an active voice sentence is the doer of the action.

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What is the subject in a passive voice sentence?

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The subject in a passive voice sentence is the receiver of the action.

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Identify the voice: 'The song was sung by the choir.'

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Passive voice.

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

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Active voice.