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what did mean silent exam
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English verbs have two voices: active voice and passive voice. In active voice, the person acting is clear: "The manager wrote the report yesterday." The person acting is the manager.
In passive voice, the person acting isn't specified: "The report was written yesterday." It could have been written by the secretary, the manager, or Albert Einstein—we don't know.
The sentence is still in passive voice if the actor is specified later in the sentence: "The report was written yesterday by the manager."
Why use active voice?
Passive voice makes the writing unclear by keeping the identity of the actor secret. At times the identity is obvious, but often it isn't. Even if the reader has an idea of who the actor is, passive voice creates weak sentences that don't communicate immediately and emphatically.
This report is made up entirely of passive voice sentences:
The pipeline was inspected and was found to have cracks at three joints. The decision was made to replace the three joints and a contractor was engaged. After the work was completed, the leaks stopped.
Change the passive voice sentences to active voice unless you have a good reason to use passive voice:
The foreman inspected the pipeline and discovered cracks at three joints. The plant maintenance manager decided to replace the three joints and had the contracting department engage a contractor. After the contractor completed the work, the leaks stopped.
Now the reader knows who discovered the cracks, who decided to replace them, who engaged the contractor, and who did the work. When issues come up about the pipeline and what happened, the reader won't have