Active and Passive Voice

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Active Voice

Active sentences follow the pattern: subject-verb-object.

Active Voice

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Passive Voice

A great deal of our oil will have been exported to other countries by our government.

Passive Voice

A woman was being carried downstairs by a very strong firefighter.

Active Voice

Active-voice sentences are more shorter and direct.

Active Voice

Active-voice sentences do not have helping verbs.

Passive Voice

Example: Coffee is raised in many parts of Hawaii by plantation workers.

Passive Voice

Example: My books were stolen by someone yesterday.

Passive Voice

Example:The statue is being visited by hundreds of tourists every year.

Passive Voice

Example:These books had been left in the classroom by a careless student.

Passive Voice

Have you seen the new movie that was directed by Ron Howard?

Passive Voice

In a passive voice sentence, the subject and object flip-flop.

Active Voice

In a sentence using active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed in the verb.

Active Voice

In active-voice sentences the active words is not written on the left side of the verb.

Active Voice

In an active sentence there is only one verb.

Passive Voice

In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon, receiving the action represented by the verb

Active Voice

In passive voice, the target of the action gets promoted to the subject position.

Passive Voice

In sentences with passive-voice verbs, the subject has something to do with it.

Passive Voice

My car is in the garage being fixed by a dubious mechanic.

Passive Voice

Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.

Passive Voice

Passive-voice isn't wrong, but it is a poor way to express your thoughts.

Passive Voice

Passive-voice sentences have prepositions such as by.

Passive Voice

Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.

Passive Voice

That castle has been visited by many tourists.

Passive Voice

The active voice is less awkward and clearly states relationship between subject and action.

Passive Voice

The car was repaired by Sam

Passive Voice

The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.

Passive Voice

The house had been broken into by someone while the owners were on vacation.

Passive Voice

The passive voice requires a "double verb" and will always consist of a form of the verb "to be" and the past participle (usually the "en/ed/t" form) of another verb.

Passive Voice

The streets around the fire had been blocked off by the police.

Passive Voice

When you put sentences in passive voice, it's easy to leave out the person or thing doing the action.


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