Active and Passive Voice

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Active voice example:

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She is cleaning her room.

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Identify the sentence in passive voice:

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The famous actress was being interviewed by Ted Failon.

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Not using a verb in passive voice:

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Karla visited her grandma yesterday.

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Not using a verb in active voice:

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He was convinced by his father to take up an engineering course.

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True statement about voice:

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If the subject is the doer of the action, then the verb is in active voice.

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The company hired new workers last year.

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New workers were hired by the company last year.

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Shane messaged her teacher about concerns.

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The teacher has been messaged by Shane regarding her concerns.

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She must deliver all the letters this afternoon.

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The letters must be delivered by her this afternoon.

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Responses counted by the secretary.

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The secretary counted the responses.

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The cat was chased by the dogs.

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The dogs chased the cat.