ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Cards (27)

  • Active voice refers to the sentence's subject acting as the action's performer or doer, represented by the formula: Subject (doer) + Verb + Object (receiver).
  • Passive voice indicates that the subject of the sentence is the receiver of the action or what was done to someone or to something, represented by the formula: Subject (receiver) + Verb (be-verb + past participle) + by + Object (doer).
  • Active voice can be represented by the sentence: CJ caught a fish.
  • Passive voice can be represented by the sentence: The fish was cooked by Berny.
  • Active voice can be represented by the sentence:Berny and CJ prepared the fish together.
  • Passive voice can be represented by the paragraph: The Thirsty Crow.
  • One day a thirsty crow was wandering here and there for some water.
  • The thirsty crow was very thirsty.
  • The thirsty crow was very shocked when the low amount of water in the container was seen by him.
  • The thirsty crow thought of an idea.
  • The thirsty crow took some stones and threw them in the container.
  • The school president was interviewed by her.
  • Prefect progressive tense is represented as 'Has/have + been+ present part.' and 'Had+ been+ present part.' in the formula.
  • Active voice is represented as 'Base form' and 'Past form' in the formula.
  • Perfect tense is represented as 'Has/have + past participle' and 'Will+ have+ participle' in the formula.
  • The water was drunk by the crow and he flew away happily.
  • Future tense is represented as 'Will + be+ present participle' and 'Will + be+ being past participle' in the formula.
  • Passive voice is represented as 'Past form' and 'Will + base form' in the formula.
  • Father repaired the old chair.
  • The mother carried the baby.
  • Simple tense is represented as 'Present participle' and 'Was/were + present participle' in the formula.
  • A breathing device was invented by him.
  • The famous island was explored by Lao.
  • The ball is being chased by the dog.
  • After some time, the water came up.
  • The active voice is used when the subject performs an action.
  • In the passive voice, the object receives the action.