1.
 Says whether the subject is the doer of the action or
receiver of the action.
VOICE
Active
voice
Passive
voice

2.
 Most of the sentences we speak in day to day lives are
active voice.
 Shorter than passive voice.

3.
 In active sentences, the thing doing the action is the
subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the
action is the object.
 [Thing doing action] + [verb] + [thing receiving action]
 Verb is controlled by the subject

4.
EXAMPLE:
The professor teaches the students
Subject doing verb object receiving
Action the action

5.
EXAMPLES:
 The boys pluck flowers
 My mother prepares delicious food
 Keerti writes the article.

6.
VERB IN PASSIVE VOICE SHOWS THAT:
 Something is done to the person or thing denoted by
the subject.
 [Thing receiving action] + [be] + [past participle of
verb] + [by] + [thing doing action]

7.
EXAMPLES:
The dog was killed by John
Subject receiving passive doing action
Action verb

8.
 Verb is controlled by the object.
 Only past participle of the main verb is used.
 Object in active voice becomes subject in passive voice.
 Subject in the active voice becomes the object of
preposition "by” in the passive voice.

9.
EXAMPLES:
 The flowers were plucked by the boys.
 Delicious food is prepared by my mother.
 The article was written by Keerti