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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Identify the voice: 'The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The entire stretch of highway was paved by the crew.'

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Passive Voice

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Identify the voice: 'Susan will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The cleaning crew vacuums and dusts the office every night.'

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Active Voice

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Identify the voice: 'The man must have eaten five hamburgers.'

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Active Voice

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How can 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. For example, 'The chef cooked the meal.' becomes 'The meal was cooked by the chef.'

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What is the main difference between Active and Passive voice?

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The main difference is that in active voice, the subject does the action, while in passive voice, the subject receives the action.

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Give an example of a sentence in Passive voice.

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An example of a passive voice sentence is 'The book was read by the student.'