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