Question

Explain passive and active voice in understood manner . With examples and exercise..

Answer 1

A sentence is written in active voice when the subject of the sentence is performing the action.

For example: The cat was chasing the mouse.

In this sentence, 'the cat' is the subject, 'was chasing' is the verb and 'the mouse' is the object.

A sentence is written in passive voice when the subject of the sentence has something done to it by someone or something.

For example: The mouse was being chased by the cat.

In this sentence 'the mouse' has become the subject which is having something done to it by the cat.