Passive and Active voice

ACTIVE VOICE and PASSIVE VOICE

Active sentences are about what or things do, while in passive voice sentences are about what happens to people or things. In active voice sentences of the subject does the action, for example: Liz played the piano, whilst in passive voice the sentence is formed by using a form of the auxiliary verb 'be' (be, am, is, are, was, were, being, been) following the past participle of the main verb.

In passive voice sentences of the subject receives the action for example: The piano was played by Liz.

USEFULNESS OF ACTIVE VOICE

  1. More concise, fewer words are needed
  2. Emphasizes the doer of the action 
 USEFULNESS OF PASSIVE VOICE

  1. Focuses on the action 
  2. May be perceived as more objective when the writer does not want the action directly linked to the subject.



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  1. LaoAugust 16, 2024 at 2:38 PM

    Perfect! I had been struggling with passive and active voice, now I understand better than before. You are such a life saver

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  2. Ms Ndundu August 16, 2024 at 4:57 PM

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  3. DanielAugust 16, 2024 at 11:30 PM

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  6. Elise LAugust 18, 2024 at 7:46 AM

    This is great work but if possible could you please provide questions that we can expect in the exam on the next topics you are going to cover.

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  8. AnonymousAugust 18, 2024 at 12:36 PM

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