Active and passive voice

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What is the active voice?

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The 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 passive voice?

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The 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 a sentence 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' along with the past participle of the main verb.

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Identify the subject in the sentence: 'She cleans my shoes.'

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The subject is 'She.'

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Identify the object in the sentence: 'She cleans my shoes.'

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The object is 'my shoes.'

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Convert the sentence 'They used the towels.' to passive voice.

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The passive voice is 'The towels were used by them.'

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What is the past participle of the verb 'to clean'?

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The past participle of 'to clean' is 'cleaned.'

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What is the past participle of the verb 'to serve'?

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The past participle of 'to serve' is 'served.'

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What is the past participle of the verb 'to start'?

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The past participle of 'to start' is 'started.'

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What is the past participle of the verb 'to draw'?

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The past participle of 'to draw' is 'drawn.'