Active Voice Definition:
When the verb of a sentence is in the active voice, the subject is doing the acting, as in the sentence “Kevin hit the ball.” Kevin (the subject of the sentence) acts in relation to the ball. Passive Voice Definition: The passive voice is a grammatical construction (specifically, a "voice"). The noun or noun phrase that would be the object of an active sentence (such as Our troops defeated the enemy) appears as the subject of a sentence Examples of Passive Voice: 1. At dinner, six chickens were eaten by Tom. 2. A movie is going to be watched by us tonight. 3. The book was read by dad in one day. Examples of Active Voice: 1. We are going to watch a movie tonight. 2. Tom painted the entire balcony. 3. Who taught you how to swim? |
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