Active and Passive Voice

Active voice is a sentence structure where the subject performs the action of the verb. Example: 'Milea wears a unique dress.'

Passive voice is a sentence structure where the subject receives the action of the verb. Example: 'English is being learned by Usman in this class.'

Passive voice.

Active voice.

Active voice.

To convert an active voice sentence to passive voice, make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence, and use a form of 'to be' + past participle of the verb. Example: 'The chef cooks the meal.' becomes 'The meal is cooked by the chef.'

The main difference is that in active voice, the subject performs the action, while in passive voice, the subject receives the action.

Example: 'The book was read by the student.'

Example: 'The student read the book.'

A common indicator of passive voice is the use of a form of 'to be' (is, are, was, were) followed by a past participle.