Active and Passive Voice

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What is the definition of 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 the definition of 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 librarian read the story to the children.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'Cricket is played in Australia.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The bike is being repaired.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The report must be completed by next Monday.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'My lunch money was stolen by an unknown thief.'

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Passive Voice

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What is an example of a sentence in Active Voice?

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'The dog barked at the stranger.'

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What is an example of a sentence in Passive Voice?

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'The cake was eaten by the children.'

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How can you change a sentence from Active to Passive voice?

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To change from active to passive voice, make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence and use a form of 'to be' with the past participle of the verb.