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 expressed by 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 expressed by the verb. For example, 'The mouse was chased by the cat.'

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Identify the voice: 'I gave him a book for his birthday.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The windows have been cleaned.'

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Passive Voice

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What does it mean when the subject performs the action?

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It means the subject is doing something, as in Active Voice.

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What does it mean when the subject receives the action?

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It means the subject is being acted upon, as in Passive Voice.

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Identify the voice: 'They called off the meeting.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The book was read by her.'

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Passive Voice

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What is the relationship between subject and object in Active Voice?

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In Active Voice, the subject does the action and the object receives the action.

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What is the relationship between subject and object in Passive Voice?

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In Passive Voice, the subject receives the action and the doer of the action may be omitted or included.