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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