Active and Passive Sentences Flashcards
What is an active sentence?
It is a sentence where the subject does the action.
‘Dominik works at the car wash.’
What is a passive sentence?
It is a sentence where the subject does nothing, and receives the action.
‘The car was washed by Dominik’.
(the car is doing nothing, it is receiving the action from Dominik).
Is the sentence active or passive?
The boss shouted at the employee.
Active
Is the sentence active or passive?
The employee was shouted at.
Passive
Is the sentence active or passive?
Dominik did his homework.
Active
Is the sentence active or passive?
The homework was done by Dominik.
Passive
What type of sentence is best to use when you want to focus on the action, not the person doing the action?
Passive
What type of sentence is best when you want to focus on the person doing the action?
Active
