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 of the verb. For example, 'The dog chased the cat.'

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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 cat was chased by the dog.'

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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' + past participle of the verb. For example, 'The chef cooked the meal.' becomes 'The meal was cooked by the chef.'

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

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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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What is the structure of a Passive Voice sentence?

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A passive voice sentence typically follows the structure: Subject + form of 'to be' + past participle + (by + agent). For example, 'The cake was eaten by the children.'

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Convert to Passive Voice: 'The dog bit the man.'

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'The man was bitten by the dog.'

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Convert to Passive Voice: 'The students completed the project.'

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'The project was completed by the students.'

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What is the past participle of 'to eat'?

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Eaten

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What is the past participle of 'to write'?

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Written