Active and Passive Voice
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.