Active Voice vs Passive Voice Examples
Active Voice vs Passive Voice Examples
Hey! we have an exercise on active vs. passive voice. Could you help us out :
"The cake was eaten by the dog." (Is this active or passive, and how would you flip it?)/
"She will finish the project by tomorrow." (Same question—active or passive, and how would you change it?)
Thanks a ton!
"The cake was eaten by the dog." (Is this active or passive, and how would you flip it?)/
"She will finish the project by tomorrow." (Same question—active or passive, and how would you change it?)
Thanks a ton!
Sofia_Ioannou
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Last update: 6 days ago
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Hello, Sofia! I'd be happy to help with your active vs. passive voice exercise.
1. "The cake was eaten by the dog."
This is a passive voice sentence because the subject (the cake) is receiving the action, while the doer of the action (the dog) comes later. To flip it into active voice, you would make the doer (the dog) the subject:
Active voice: "The dog ate the cake."
2. "She will finish the project by tomorrow."
This is an active voice sentence because the subject (she) is performing the action of finishing the project. To change it to passive voice:
Passive voice: "The project will be finished by her by tomorrow."
The Difference:
- In active voice, we say who did it first or the focus is on the doer (subject) and their action.
- In passive voice, we say what happened first or the focus is on the receiver of the action (object) or the action itself, and the doer may be less important or omitted.
Examples:
Active: "The boy kicked the ball."
Passive: "The ball was kicked by the boy."
Thank you, and hope this helps!
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