Active: The subject of the sentence is the person or thing that performs the action of the verb: The boy kicks the ball. Subject = boy; verb = kicks (active); object = ball Mary cooks the fish. Subject = Mary; verb = cooks (active); objec t = fish Passive: The subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb.
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