voice: Active & Passive ( Deffinition)

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

What is VOICE?

What is ACTIVE VOICE?

What is PASSIVE VOICE

Answer:

Compare the differences between the sentences below.

i.                    Peter likes Daniel.

ii.                  Daniel is liked by Peter.

These two sentences express the same meaning in two different  ways. In the first sentence, the subject   PETER does the action of LIKING, in the second sentence the subject DANIEL does the action of receiving the LIKE to him. Briefly; in the first sentence the SUBJECT is the DOER of something and in the second sentence the subject is the RECIEVER of something.

When the subject of a sentence is the DOER of the action in the same sentence, the sentence is in ACTIVE VOICE.

When the subject of the sentence is the RECIEVER of the action in the same sentence, the sentence is in PASSIVE VOICE.

Must note that if a sentence is in ACTIVE VOICE, it cannot be in the PASSIVE VOICE at the same time, and vice versa.

VOICE is that form of verb that tells us whether the action in a a sentence is done by or done to the subject of that sentence.

When the action of sentence is done by the subject, the sentence is in ACTIVE VOICE.

When the action of the sentence is done to it’s subject, the sentence is in passive voice.

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