Active and Passive Voice (Softskill Assignment)

Active Voice

Active Voice is the verb form or voice in which the subject of the sentence performs or causes the action expressed by the verb. Contrast with passive voice. For example: Tom changed the flat tire.
Characteristics of active voice:

1. The subject of an active sentence in front of the sentence.

2. After subject usually followed by to be, verb, object and adverb.

The pattern of active voice is:

Subject + Verb + Object

How to recognize active voice:

1.      Find the main verb, subject in front of the main verb

2.      The main verb followed by the object or compliment

How to change from active to passive voice:

1.      The subject in front of the main verb that followed by the object

2.      The main verb depends on the tenses

Passive Voice

Passive voice describes a sentence where the subject is acted upon by the verb. For example: The tire was changed by Tom.

Characteristics of passive voice:

1. A form of an auxiliary verb (usually be or get)
2. The past participle of a transitive verb
3. No direct object
4. The subject of the verb phrase is the entity undergoing an action or having its state changed

The pattern of passive voice is:

1. Passive Voice [Simple Present Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + to be + Verb3

2. Passive Voice [Present Continous Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + to be + being + Verb3

3. Passive Voice [Present Perfect Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + have/has + been + Verb3

4. Passive Voice [Simple Past Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + to be (was – were) + Verb 2

5. Passive Voice [Past Continous Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + to be (was – were) + Verb3

6. Passie Voice [Past Perfect Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + had + been + Verb3

7. Passie Voice [Simple Future Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + will + be + Verb3

8. Passive Voice [Future Continous Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + will be + being + Verb3

9. Passive Voice [Future Perfect Tense]

-Pattern = Subject + will have + been + Verb3

How to recognize passive voice:

1.      The object in front of the main verb

2.      Add “to be” before the main verb

3.      The main verb must be v3

4.      Add the subject in the end of the sentence, usually used “by”

5.      Sometimes a sentence in passive voice does not necessarily sound "wrong" or wordy. However, it is still best to write in active voice when possible. In order to recognize that a sentence is in passive voice, watch out for these keywords:

1.      Be

2.      Is

3.      Are

4.      A

5.      Was

6.      Were

7.      Has been

8.      Have been

9.      Will be

10.  Being

How to change from passive to active voice:

1.      Find the agent in a "by the..." phrase, or consider carefully who or what is performing the action expressed in the verb.

2.      Make that agent the subject of the sentence, and change the verb accordingly. Sometimes you will need to infer the agent from the surrounding sentences which provide context.

Name :  Ahmad Al-Ghany S

Class  : 4SA02

NPM  : 10613395