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 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: 'Mr. Smith took a photograph of me.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The old car was driven by my brother.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The money was stolen yesterday.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'She broke two keys on her keyboard.'

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Active Voice

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When is a sentence in Passive Voice?

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A sentence is in passive voice when the subject receives the action.

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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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Convert 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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Convert to Active Voice: 'The book was read by the student.'

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'The student read the book.'