Active and Passive Voice
The voice of a verb lets the reader know if the subject is doing the action or receiving the action.
When the subject receives the action or is not personally doing the action, the voice is passive. Passive voice is generally wordier.
example- The pizza was eaten by the boys.
Example- The class was dismissed by the teacher.
When the subject performs the action;the voice is active.
example- The boys ate the pizza.
example- The teacher dismissed the class.
When changing the passive voice to active, the object of the preposition becomes the subject.
Active voice makes the writing more interesting.
Passive voice is usually weak and easy to recognize because of the "be" verb.
Post two examples of passive voice and then change them to active.
4 comments:
Passive: The Ring was cut from Sauron’s hand by Isildur.
Active: Isildur cut the Ring from Sauron’s hand.
Passive: The Bugger army was decimated by Ender.
Active: Ender Decimated the Bugger army.
Passive:
1. The bone was ate by the dog.
2. The grass was watered by the sprinklers.
Active:
1. The dog ate the bone.
2. The sprinklers watered the grass.
1.We were invited by our school teacher to attend open house.
2 It was determined by my teacher that the report was unacceptable.
1. Our teacher invited us to an open house.
2. My math teacher determined the report is unacceptable.
Passive...
-The sparkling glass was dropped by the shocked young woman.
-The pink ice cream was slobbered up by the happy puppy.
Active:
-The shocked young woman dropped her sparkling glass.
-The happy puppy slobbered up the pink ice cream.
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