Active and Passive Voice (Brain pop Quiz) Jun 24,2020

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Compared to passive voice, active voice sentences are usually:

Stronger and clearer

What is the voice of a sentence related to?

The arrangement of it's subject, verb, and object

What is true of sentences in the active voice?

The subject is the doer

What is true of all passive voice sentences?

The verb is performed on the subject

You can change the voice of:

Almost any sentence

In a passive voice sentence, what word might precede the object?

By

Which of the following is in passive voice?

I was praised by my history teacher

How might your writing begin to sound if you exclusively use active voice?

Overpowering

Generally speaking, passive sentences _____________ than active voice sentences?

Use more words

When are you most likely to use passive voice?

When the performer of an action is unknown


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