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 dog chased the cat.'

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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 cat was chased by the dog.'

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Identify the voice: 'The cake was eaten by the children.'

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Passive Voice

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

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Active Voice

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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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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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What is the main difference between Active and Passive Voice?

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In active voice, the subject does the action; in passive voice, the subject receives 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 students completed the project.'

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Active Voice

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Change to Active Voice: 'The homework was finished by John.'

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John finished the homework.