The machine was actively scanning the area.
The local natives are usually active just before dawn.
To change an active sentence to passive, identify the object in the active sentence and make it the subject in the passive sentence. Move the subject of the active sentence to the phrase with "by" and change the verb to its past participle form. To change a passive sentence to active, identify the subject in the passive sentence and make it the subject in the active sentence. Use an appropriate active verb to describe the subject's action and add the original object of the passive sentence as the direct object in the active sentence.
To change a passive voice sentence into an active voice sentence, you need to make the subject of the passive sentence the doer of the action in the active sentence. Simply restructure the sentence so that the subject performs the action on the object. For example, "The cake was baked by John" (passive) becomes "John baked the cake" (active).
you write a active sentence by putting a exclamation mark or expressing something.
Passive voiceThis is a passive sentence. We can't tell from this sentence who peeled and quartered the apples.Compare with this active sentence - (we know who does the action):Jason peeled and quartered the applesThe apples were peeled and quartered (by Jason)In passive sentences the agent can be left out or put at the end of the sentence using by.
The sentence "Sentences can be written in active and passive voices" is a declarative sentence written in passive voice.
Someone obviously scolded them is thew active voice of the sentence.
Please provide the sentence so I can determine if the verb is active or passive.
To change passive voice to active voice, identify the object of the passive sentence and make it the subject of the active sentence. Then, identify the subject of the passive sentence and make it the object of the active sentence. Finally, rewrite the sentence using the active verb form. For example, "The book was read by John" (passive) can be changed to "John read the book" (active).
To change a sentence from active voice to passive voice, move the object of the active sentence to the beginning, followed by the verb in the past participle form and the subject at the end with "by" if needed. To change a passive sentence to active, identify the subject of the passive sentence, move it to the position of the subject in the active voice, and make the original subject the object of the active sentence.
The verb "given" in the sentence "Were you given a second helping" is in the passive voice.
Active voice
The sentence "James couldn't see the man" is an active sentence because the subject (James) is performing the action (seeing) in the sentence.