Active Voice: A verb is said to be in the Active Voice when its subject acts or when the emphasis is on the doer or the subject. Example: Mohan sang a song. Here, the subject Mohan is acting. Passive Voice: A verb is in the Passive Voice when the subject is being acted upon or when the emphasis is on the object or the work done. Example: Grammar explanation We use the passive voice to change the focus of the sentence. My bike was stolen. (passive - focus on my bike) Someone stole my bike. (active - focus on someone) We often use the passive: when we prefer not to mention who or what does the action (for example, it's not known, it's obvious or we don't want to say) Passive voice in Simple Present Tense Active Voice Passive Voice Formula: Subject + infinitive + object Formula: S + to be + past participle + by object Examples: Simson cares the lion The lion is cared by Simson Ana does the homework The homework is done by Ana They sell that house That house is sell by them Phrases in active and passive voice in English. Menu. Englisch-hilfen.de/ Active - Passive in English Grammar We used the phrase I drive and put this phrase into the most common tenses. Active (Simple Forms) Simple Present: I drive: Simple Past: I drove: Present Perfect: I have driven: Past Perfect: I had driven: Present Simple Tense Changing Active to Passive. Change the following Present Simple Tense into Passive Voice. She cleans this room twice a day. The room boy cleans the room every day. They pay us bmxP10.

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