Active and Passive Voice

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What is the definition of 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 the definition of 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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Identify the voice: 'The book was read by the student.'

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Passive voice.

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Identify the voice: 'The teacher explained the lesson.'

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Active voice.

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Change to active voice: 'The song was sung by the choir.'

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The choir sang the song.

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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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Which sentence is in active voice? 'The homework was completed by the student.' or 'The student completed the homework.'

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The student completed the homework.

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What is a key characteristic of passive voice?

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In passive voice, the doer of the action may be omitted or included after the word 'by.'

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Provide an example of a sentence in passive voice.

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The cake was eaten by the children.

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Provide an example of a sentence in active voice.

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The children ate the cake.