ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

Active voice – indicates that the subject of verb is acting.

These examples show that the subject is doing the verb’s action.

·        The dog jump onto the boy.

J The dog (subject) is doing the jumping (verb).

·         Kristy will give a book report to the class.

J Kristy (subject) is doing the giving (verb).

Passive voice -  the subject and object flip-flop. The subject becomes the passive

                        recipient of the action.

These examples show the subject being acted upon by the verb.

·        The boy was jumped on by the dog.

J Boy (subject) was being jumped on (verb).

·        A book report will be given by Kristy to the class.

J Report (subject) will be given (verb).