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Grammar

Active voice vs. passive voice

can someone quickly attempt to summarize/define english passive voice and compare it to english active voice? thanks
  

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Sure: In active voice, the subject is the doer (agent) of the action: 'I shot the sheriff'. In passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action: 'The sheriff was shot by me'. The agent is relegated to a prepositional phrase of agency or eliminated completely ('The sheriff was shot') and some form of the verb 'be' followed by the '-ed' form of the main verb ('shoot') appears.

— Mister Micawber

  • Sure: In active voice, the subject is the doer (agent) of the action: 'I shot the sheriff'.
  • In passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action: 'The sheriff was shot by me'.
  • The agent is relegated to a prepositional phrase of agency or eliminated completely ('The sheriff was shot') and some form of the verb 'be' followed by the '-ed' form of the main verb ('shoot') appears.
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Sure:

In active voice, the subject is the doer (agent) of the action: 'I shot the sheriff'.

In passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action: 'The sheriff was shot by me'. The agent is relegated to a prepositional phrase of agency or eliminated completely ('The sheriff was shot') and some form of the verb 'be' followed by the '-ed' form of the main verb ('shoot') ap
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A STONE STRUCK HIM ON HEAD.

Change the voice for the above sentence?
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ABHIMANYUA STONE STRUCK HIM ON HEAD.

Change the voice for the above sentence?

His head is struck by a stone. I did this one to show you. Now can you change this sentence from passive to active for us?

"Tom's house was burned down by his children playing with firework"
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ABHIMANYUA STONE STRUCK HIM ON HEAD.

Change the voice for the above sentence?
His head is struck by a stone. Struck is past tense so the passive should also be in the past: He was struck - on the head - by a stone.

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