Passive And Active Voice

Question 1

what is active voice?

Answer 1

The subject (performing action) is a the start and the object(experiencing action) is at the end of a sentence

Question 2

what is passive voice?

Answer 2

The subject (thing receiving action) is at the start and we either don’t know the agent (thing doing the action) or there is a by phrase at the end

Question 3

what is a by phrase?

Answer 3

has the word “by” and then is followed by a noun or noun phrase

Question 4

true or false: sentences in passive voice may contain other things like subject, verb, object

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What does passive voice suggest?

Answer 5

nobody knows who thinks it/does it/says it
they’re hiding who thinks it/did it/says it
everybody thinks it/did it/says it
the object is more important than the subject

Question 6

How can you identify if a sentence is in passive voice?

Answer 6

if you can but a by phrase at the end (e.g by zombies)

Question 7

Is this example active or passive? “I didn’t do that”

Answer 7

Active

Question 8

Is this example active or passive?
“The song was written by Arianna Grande”

Answer 8

Passive

Question 9

Is this example active or passive?
“Her car was stolen”

Answer 9

Passive