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7 November, 08:52

How would you describe a 'passive' and an 'active' voice? We've been given two pieces of writing and one if in a passive voice, the other is in an active voice and we have been asked to re-write both in the opposite of the voice it is already in.

How would you describe a 'passive' and an 'active' voice?

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    A passive voice is whenever you make the object of an action the subject of the sentence you are writing. (Ex: Why was the road crossed by the chicken?)

    An active voice is whenever you make the subject of the sentence doing the verb's action. (Ex: The chicken crossed the road.)
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