Active and passive voice

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

VOICE OF THE VERB Says whether the subject is the doer of

the action or receiver of the action.

VOICEActive voice

Passive voice

ACTIVE VOICE Most of the sentences we speak in day

to day lives are active voice. Shorter than passive voice.

ACTIVE VOICE In active sentences, the thing doing the

action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object.

[Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]

Verb is controlled by the subject

ACTIVE VOICEEXAMPLE:

The professor teaches the students

Subject doing verb object receiving

Action the action

ACTIVE VOICEEXAMPLES: The boys pluck flowers My mother prepares delicious food Keerti writes the article.

PASSIVE VOICEVERB IN PASSIVE VOICE SHOWS THAT: Something is done to the person or

thing denoted by the subject. [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past

participle of verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

PASSIVE VOICEEXAMPLES:The dog was killed by

JohnSubject receiving passive doing

actionAction verb

PASSIVE VOICE Verb is controlled by the object. Only past participle of the main verb is

used. Object in active voice becomes subject

in passive voice. Subject in the active voice becomes the

object of preposition "by” in the passive voice.

PASSIVE VOICEEXAMPLES: The flowers were plucked by the boys. Delicious food is prepared by my

mother. The article was written by Keerti

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE