Active and Passive voice | | What is a Voice ?
In grammar, voice is the quality or feature of a verb which indicates whether its subject acts or is acted upon.
There are two special forms for verb called voice :
➥ Active Voice
➥ Passive Voice
Active vs Passive Voice: Let’s see What’s the Difference?
Active Voice :
In sentence when the subject is the acts/ doer of the action, is said to be in the ‘active voice’.
➥ The active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action describe by the verb.
➦ We generally use the active voice while expressing our day-to-day activities.
➥ It uses transitive verb to show the action.
Example :
➥ The teacher praised Bhavi.
➦ Vedanti kicked the ball.
➥ Tanmayee did not planned the trip.
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Passive Voice :
In sentence when the subject is not the acts/ doer of the action, is said to be in the ‘passive voice’.
➥ With passive voice, the subject is acted upon by the verb.
➦ You can be more straight forward with active voice.
➥ We use the passive voice when we want to make the active object more important or we do not know the active subject.
➦ Only a transitive verb can have a passive form.
➥ The passive voice is used for elaborating news headlines, writting stories and also for giving instructions.
Example :
➥ Bhavi was praised by the teacher.
➦ The ball was kicked by Vedanti.
➥ The trip was not planned by Tanmayee.
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Some more exmples :
| Active Voice | Passive Voice |
|---|---|
| Children love animails. | Animals are loved by children. |
| Amit changed the flat tire. | The flat tire was changed by Amit. |
| Asavari read the book in one day. | The book was read by Asavari in one day. |
| Harsh cleaned the car. | The car was cleaned by Harsh. |
| Grishma polished her shoes. | The shoes were polished by Grishma. |
| Rudra gave him a book. | The book was gaved by Rudra. |
| They called off the meeting. | The meeting was called off. |
| The teacher taken the examination. | The examination was taken by the teacher. |
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