ACTIVE VOICE and PASSIVE VOICE
Active voice
As we’ve learned, in the active voice, the sentence’s subject
performs the action. Here are two examples of sentences in the active
voice:
Format of Active Voice
Subject + Verb (Aux.V / Mod.V / MV) + obj
v Shridhar receives the parcel.
v They can help the poor.
No matter what verb you use, structuring your sentence so the
subject performs the verb is writing in the active voice. The active voice
has a direct, clear tone. Use it when you want the reader to focus on the
subject of your sentence and the action it is doing rather than on the action’s
target.
Passive voice
In the passive voice, the action’s target is the focus, and
the verb acts upon the subject. Or, to put it in the passive voice, the subject
is acted upon by the verb.
Format of Passive Voice
Subject + Aux.V + MV (past participle) + by + obj
Subject + Mod.V + be + MV (past participle) + by + obj
v The parcel is received by Shridhar.
v The poor can be helped by them.
glimps of Active Voice and Passive Voice
change the Active Voice into Passive Voice (Tense wises)
conversion chart of pronoun
Video reference for Active Voice and Passive Voice
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