What is Active voice and passive voice explain with examples?

Answer 1

Active: The boy dropped the apple.
Passive: The apple was dropped by the boy.


In active voice sentences, the verb tells you the action in the sentence, the subject does the action, and the object is the recipient of the action.



Active sentences use the pattern: Subject-Verb-Object


In passive voice sentences, the Object and the Subject change places. The subject then becomes the passive recipient of the action.

Yes
Active sentences tell us who did the action off the verb. They have the form: subject + verb + object

eg The dog chased the cat.

Passive sentences allow us to put something that is not the doer of the verb in the subject position.

eg The cat was chased

You can if you want, say who or what chased the cat by adding the agent at the end of the sentence.

eg The cat was chased by the dog

Passive is used when the actor/agent is not important or is not known. Often when describing a process passive is used

eg Tea is grown in Sri Lanka. It is picked and taken to processing plants where it is dried and packed for export



Or if the actor is the most important bit of information we can add it at the end for emphasis.

The Mona Lisa is a very well known painting. It was painted by Leonardo da vinci
Good.

When the verb takes the action from the subject (the doer) and passes on to the object (the receiver), the verb is said to be in Active voice.
I helped my friend.

When the subject receives the action, the subject is the receiver of the action, the verb is said to be in Passive Voice.
My friend was helped (by me).

It better to use active voice if the Doer of the action is known or mentioned.

Answer 2

Active voice is when the subject of a sentence performs the action expressed by the verb. For example, in the sentence "The dog chased the cat," the subject "dog" is performing the action of chasing. Passive voice is when the subject of a sentence receives the action expressed by the verb. For example, in the sentence "The cat was chased by the dog," the subject "cat" is receiving the action of being chased.