Active/Passive voice
Passive 3
"Oh, no! The milk was spilled all over the table!"
Fact #11
Active voice sentences are often more concise than passive voice.
Fact #8
Active voice usually seems strong than the passive-voice
Fact #10
In a sentence using passive voice, the subject is acted upon; he or she receives the action expressed by the verb. The agent performing the action may appear in a "by the..." phrase or may be omitted.
Fact #6
In a sentence with a passive-voice verb, the subject has some action done to it
Fact #5
In a sentence with an active-voice verb, the subject does some action
Fact#3
In an active voice sentence, the subject performs an action
Fact #1
In passive voice,the verb phrase always includes a form of be and the past participle of the main verb.
Fact #15
Linguistic studies show that native English speakers are better able to remember material they read in active voice than the same material in passive voice.
Passive sample 2
My water glass has been filled by a waiter
Fact #14
Passive voice often leads to awkward or stilted writing.
Fact #1211
Passive voice requires more "weak" words. It uses abstract words like is /am /are /was /were /being /been/has/have/had, the definite article (the), and prepositions like by and of.
Passive 4
That song will be sung by our school choir
Passive sample 1
The pancake were flipped by the chef
Fact #13
The passive voice clause can be confusing or unclear, especially in long sentences.
Passive 5
The rock was skipped across the lake by Nina
Fact #2
To identify passive voice, you can look for a form of be or for a group of words starting with by
Fact #9
To identify whether a sentence uses active voice or passive voice, look for the subject
Fact #7
Usually you can change a passive-voice sentence to an active-voice sentence. To do so, make the doer of the action the subject
Fact #4
When possible use the passive voice to combine sentences