Because the subject is being "acted upon" (or is passive), such sentences are said to be in the passive voice.
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No, "He is a boy" is not in passive voice. Passive voice involves rearranging the sentence to emphasize the receiver of the action rather than the doer, which would change the sentence to something like "The boy is being called."
"The road was closed by the police due to an accident" is a sentence that uses the passive voice.
active voice: Lucy walks the dog.In this sentence we are told the subject is Lucy ( who or what does the verb - Lucy walks)passive voice: The dog was walked.In this sentence we are not told who or what did the action. We can add by Lucy at the end of the sentence but it is not necessary.The dog was walked by Lucy.The emphasis in the passive sentence is the object of the sentence.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).
Our has no bearing over whether a sentence is active or passive. It can be used in both. Active voice: A nice couple bought our house. Passive voice: Our house has been bought by a nice couple.
The sentence "The potholes on our street will be repaired" has a verb in the passive voice ("will be repaired").
The sentence "Sentences can be written in active and passive voices" is a declarative sentence written in passive voice.
No this sentence is not passive voice.
No, "He is a boy" is not in passive voice. Passive voice involves rearranging the sentence to emphasize the receiver of the action rather than the doer, which would change the sentence to something like "The boy is being called."
"The road was closed by the police due to an accident" is a sentence that uses the passive voice.
active voice: Lucy walks the dog.In this sentence we are told the subject is Lucy ( who or what does the verb - Lucy walks)passive voice: The dog was walked.In this sentence we are not told who or what did the action. We can add by Lucy at the end of the sentence but it is not necessary.The dog was walked by Lucy.The emphasis in the passive sentence is the object of the sentence.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).
Our has no bearing over whether a sentence is active or passive. It can be used in both. Active voice: A nice couple bought our house. Passive voice: Our house has been bought by a nice couple.
The sentence "The potholes on our street will be repaired" has a verb in the passive voice ("will be repaired").
You change passive voice to active voice by making the actor(s) the subject of the sentence, e.g., "the question was asked by the user" (passive) versus, "the user asked the question" (active).
No, this sentence is in the active voice. In passive voice, it would be "The tree was planted."
No, neither part of the sentence is in passive voice.
"Will you marry me" can be changed to passive voice as "Will I be married by you." In the passive voice sentence, the subject of the active voice becomes the object of the passive voice, and the object of the active voice becomes the subject of the passive voice.
That is in the passive voice. The active version of the same sentence would be, the teacher confiscated the toy.