2. Says whether the subject is the doer of the action or
receiver of the action.
VOICE
Active
voice
Passive
voice
3. Most of the sentences we speak in day to day lives are
active voice.
Shorter than passive voice.
4. 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
6. EXAMPLES:
The boys pluck flowers
My mother prepares delicious food
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7. VERB 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]
8. EXAMPLES:
The dog was killed by John
Subject receiving passive doing action
Action verb
9. 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.
10. EXAMPLES:
The flowers were plucked by the boys.
Delicious food is prepared by my mother.
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