Change Passive Voice to Active Voice
Sentences can be in active voice or passive voice.
- Active voice: Subject performs the action. (e.g., Tom changed the flat tire.)
- Passive voice: Subject receives the action. (e.g., The tire was changed by Tom.)
Defining Active Voice
Subject comes before the verb and does the action. Example:
✔️ I swim.
Defining Passive Voice
Subject receives the action. Example:
✔️ Swimming is something I do.
Passive to Active Conversion
Identify the subject and rewrite the sentence so it performs the action.
Passive: Extensive training on the new safety procedures was required to be attended by the maintenance staff.
Active: The maintenance staff had to attend extensive training on the new safety procedures.
Tips to Recognize Passive Voice
- Is, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been, Has been, Have been, Will be, By
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