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The document discusses the differences between active and passive voice in sentences. It provides examples of sentences written in active voice, where the subject performs the action, and passive voice, where the subject receives the action. It recommends using active voice more often for clarity and strength, but notes passive voice can be useful when the recipient of the action is the focus. The document also explains how to identify the subject and change a passive voice sentence to active voice.

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Final Test Project Active Voice Vs Passive Voice

The document discusses the differences between active and passive voice in sentences. It provides examples of sentences written in active voice, where the subject performs the action, and passive voice, where the subject receives the action. It recommends using active voice more often for clarity and strength, but notes passive voice can be useful when the recipient of the action is the focus. The document also explains how to identify the subject and change a passive voice sentence to active voice.

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Name : Muhammad Subhan Amiruddin

NPM : 20071010289

Final test project


Active Voice Vs Passive Voice

Active voice is a sentence whose subject uses a verb or is doing an action, it is called an active
sentence or active voice. Active sentences are generally very easy to understand.
Passive voice is a sentence whose subject is given an action or given a verb, it is called a passive
voice or passive voice.
To understand the difference between the two voices, focus on the subject and object of the two
sentences. In the active voice, the subject of the sentence performs an 'action' on the object of the
sentence. Whereas in Passive Voice something is 'done' to the object by the subject. The meaning
remains the same in both voices but the word order (subject and object) changes. Placement of
subject and object in active voices will be swapped if changed to passive voice.

The general structure of the active voice and passive voice forms of the same sentence is as
follows:

- Active Voice: Subject + Verb + Object


- Passive Voice: Object + Verb + Subject
Ø What’s the difference between active and passive voice?

Active voice

When the subject of a sentence performs the verb’s action, we say that the sentence is in the
active voice. Sentences in the active voice have a strong, direct, and clear tone. Here are some
short and straightforward examples of active voice.

Active voice examples :

- Monkeys adore bananas.


- The cashier counted the money.
- The dog chased the squirrel.
All three sentences have a basic active voice construction: subject, verb, and object. The subject
monkey performs the action described by adore. The subject the cashier performs the action
described by counted. The subject the dog performs the action described by chased. The subjects
are doing, doing, doing—they take action in their sentences. The active voice reminds us of the
popular Nike slogan, “Just Do It.”

Passive voice

A sentence is in the passive voice, on the other hand, when the subject is acted on by the verb.
The passive voice is always constructed with a conjugated form of to be plus the verb’s past
participle. Doing this usually generates a preposition as well. That sounds much more
complicated than it is—passive voice is actually quite easy to detect. For these examples of
passive voice, we will transform the three active sentences above to illustrate the difference.

Passive voice examples :

- Bananas are adored by monkeys.


- The money was counted by the cashier.
- The squirrel was chased by the dog.

Let’s take a closer look at the first pair of sentences, “Monkeys adore bananas” and “Bananas are
adored by monkeys.” The active sentence consists of monkeys (subject) + adore (verb) +
bananas (object). The passive sentence consists of bananas (object) + are adored (a form of to be
plus the past participle adored) + by (preposition) + monkeys (subject). Making the sentence
passive flipped the structure and necessitated the preposition by. In fact, all three of the
transformed sentences above required the addition of by.

Ø When to use active and passive voice

Using the active voice conveys a strong, clear tone and the passive voice is subtler and weaker.
Here’s some good advice: don’t use the passive voice just because you think it sounds a bit
fancier than the active voice.

That said, there are times the passive voice is useful and called for. Take “The squirrel was
chased by the dog,” for example. That sentence construction would be helpful if the squirrel
were the focus of your writing and not the dog.
A good rule of thumb is to try to put the majority of your sentences in the active voice, unless
you truly can’t write your sentence in any other way.

Ø How to change a sentence in passive voice to active voice

Here is an example of a business communication that could be strengthened by abandoning the


passive voice.

Example : An error has occurred with your account, but every attempt was made to remedy it.

That sentence is not incorrect, but it does sound a bit stiff and dishonest. It sounds less
trustworthy than it could—almost evasive. Who wants to do business with a company that avoids
taking full responsibility by slipping into formal passive voice territory? Face the responsibility
head on instead. Own it.

Example : We made an error with your account, but we have made every attempt to remedy it.

To make that sentence active rather than passive, I identified the subject: we. It was “our
company” that was responsible.

Example : If there are any questions, I can be reached at the number below.

Here’s a tip: What to remember: to change a sentence from passive voice into active voice,
identify the subject.

The structure of this sentence is weak because it doesn’t identify the subjects in either clause.
Let’s unveil them. Who might have questions to ask? The person being addressed: you. Who will
be doing the reaching (by calling the number below)? It is still the communication’s recipient.

Example : If you have any questions, call me at the number below.

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https://www.grammarly.com/blog/active-vs-passive-voice/

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