Active & Passive Voice

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What is Active Voice?

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Active voice is when the subject of the sentence performs the action. For example, 'The cat chased the mouse.'

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What is Passive Voice?

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Passive voice is when the subject of the sentence receives the action. 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, make the object of the active sentence the subject of the passive sentence and use a form of 'to be' plus the past participle of the verb.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'The boy broke the vase.'

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The subject is 'The boy.' He is the one performing the action.

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Identify the object in the sentence: 'Johnny watered the plants.'

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The object is 'the plants.' They are receiving the action.

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What is the past participle of 'sing'?

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The past participle of 'sing' is 'sung.'

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Convert to Passive Voice: 'Puan Siti planted a rose.'

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A rose was planted by Puan Siti.

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Convert to Active Voice: 'The vase was broken by the boy.'

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The boy broke the vase.

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What is the past participle of 'chase'?

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The past participle of 'chase' is 'chased.'

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Identify the tense: 'They sing the song.'

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The tense is present simple.