Active & Passive Voice

What is the difference? Explain and give examples.

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13 Responses to Active & Passive Voice

  1. Ye͓ͮͧs̢̔͐e͂o̿͗ says:

    The difference between passive and active voice is that active voice emphasises the thing that performs the action; whilst passive voice emphasises the recipient of the action/the action.

    • Ye͓ͮͧs̢̔͐e͂o̿͗ says:

      Example:

      I put on my clothes. – Active
      The clothes were put on by me. – Passive

      • aburns says:

        Could you give more examples.
        Do we think Yeseo is correct?

        • Ye͓ͮͧs̢̔͐e͂o̿͗ says:

          More examples:
          He was using his phone. – A
          His phone was used by him. – P

          I used his account. – A
          His account was used by me. – P

          Anne wore my t-shirt. – A
          My t-shirt was worn by Anne. – P

          He ate the sandwich. – A
          The sandwich was eaten by him. – P

          When we are using passive voice, we use the past participle.

  2. Elpida says:

    Mr Burns, this is for the Viking non chronological report, but I have Adi’s sheet and he probably has mine, but I definitely don’t have my planning sheet, I have someone else’s.

    • Elpida says:

      I checked and it’s not Adi’s.

      • aburns says:

        Oh that is really annoying Elpida. Mrs Miller/Mrs Mores must have gotten muddled when sorting the work. Just try you best without the plan if you can remember some of your subheadings. I understand how frustrated you must be working without it. I’ll let Mrs Lyne know. If you need any help with the subheadings, just comment. I’ll set up a non-chronological report post.

        Thanks

  3. Ye͓ͮͧs̢̔͐e͂o̿͗ says:

    More examples:
    He was using his phone. – A
    His phone was used by him. – P

    I used his account. – A
    His account was used by me. – P

    Anne wore my t-shirt. – A
    My t-shirt was worn by Anne. – P

    He ate the sandwich. – A
    The sandwich was eaten by him. – P

    When we are using passive voice, we use the past participle.

  4. Ye͓ͮͧs̢̔͐e͂o̿͗ says:

    Sorry I said that twice. Apparently when I first replied it came up saying that I already poste the comment even though I didn’t.

  5. Amy :) says:

    Just a way to remember, if it has by the.. in a sentence it will probably be passive
    Josh kicked the ball. That’s active
    The ball was kicked BY Josh. That is passive
    The by in the sentence will help recognise passive and active. This does not work in evry sentence though

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