Which sentence is in the active voice?

'Our old toaster always burns the toast on one side' is an active voice sentence. Others are in the passive voice.

Active voice is when the subject 'DO' the activity while in the passive voice the subject 'RECEIVE' an action.

Active voice: Subject + Verb + Object

Passive voice: Object + Verb + Subject

When do we use passive voice?

1. When we don't know who does the action

2. to emphasize the receiver/the action rather than the subject

Some examples how to change active voice into passive voice:

Present Simple: He writes a letter ---- A letter is written by him .

Present Continuous: He is writing a letter ----- A letter is being written by him .

Past Simple: He wrote a letter --- A letter was written by him.

Present Perfect: He has written a letter --- A letter has been written by him.

Past Continuous: He was writing a letter ---- A letter was being written by him .

Past Perfect: He had written a letter ---- A letter had been written by him .

Example of active and passive voice

Active Voice

Changing Active Voice into Passive voice

Keywords: Active voice, passive voice, changing active voice into passive voice

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