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Passive Voice - Active Voice

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Voice indicates whether the subject of sentence is acting or is receiving the action expressed by the verb

Voice Type

Description

Example

Passive
  • the subject of sentence is RECEIVING the action
  • is recognized when auxiliary verb plus a main verb forms the predicate

The car was washed by John

Active
  • the subject of the sentence is ACTING the action

John washed the car