Active Voice, Passive Voice

There are two special forms for verbs called voice:

1. Active voice 2. Passive voice

The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is the voice that we use most of the time. You are probably already familiar with the active voice. In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb: subject active Cats eat verb object

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fish.

The passive voice is less usual. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb: subject passive Fish verb object

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are eaten by cats.

The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb: subject active passive verb object water. by everybody.

Everybody drinks Water is drunk

Active or Passive Quiz

1 2 3 I ate a piece of chocolate cake. The librarian read the book to the students. The money was stolen.

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They are paid on Fridays. The movie is being made in Hollywood. I washed my car three weeks ago. His hair was cut by a professional. I will introduce you to my boss this week. It would have been fixed on the weekend. The national anthem is being sung by Jason this time.