The machine was actively scanning the area.
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.
If you know the agent /doer of the action then the agent becomes the subject of the active sentence eg passive - The cat was chased by the dog (by the dog) tells us the dog is the agent or doer of the verb this becomes the subject. active - The dog chased the cat. If you don't know the agent of the passive sentence then you have to put someone or something as the subject. passive - The cat was chased. active - Something chased the cat.
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.
you write a active sentence by putting a exclamation mark or expressing something.
The sentence "Sentences can be written in active and passive voices" is a declarative sentence written in passive voice.
To change the sentence "A lie was told by Fred to Johnny" into active voice, you can rephrase it as "Fred told a lie to Johnny." In this structure, Fred is the subject performing the action, making the sentence more direct and clear.
Please provide the sentence so I can determine if the verb is active or passive.
Someone obviously scolded them is thew active voice of the sentence.
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).
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 voice of the verb in the sentence is active voice. In active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action.
Active voice