Active Vs 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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How do you change a sentence from Active to Passive Voice?

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

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The dog barked loudly.'

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The subject is 'The dog.'

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Identify the object in the sentence: 'The teacher gave the students homework.'

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The object is 'homework.'

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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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Change to Active Voice: 'The book was read by Maria.'

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Maria read the book.

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What is the main difference between Active and Passive Voice?

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

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Change to Passive Voice: 'The kids played soccer.'

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Soccer was played by the kids.

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Change to Active Voice: 'The song was sung by the choir.'

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The choir sang the song.