Voice is a grammatical category that applies to verbs. Voice expresses the relationship of the subject to the action. Voice has two values:
ACTIVE: the subject does the action.
PASSIVE: the subject receives the action.
Example:
Shakespeare | wrote | Hamlet. | | | |
| | Hamlet | was written | by | Shakespeare. |
- The active voice is the "normal" voice - the one that we use most of the time. In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb:
active | subject | verb | object |
| → |
Cats | eat | mice. |
- The passive voice is less common. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb:
passive | subject | verb | object |
← | |
Mice | are eaten | by cats. |
See how the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:
| subject | verb | object |
active | Everybody | drinks | water. |
passive | Water | is drunk |
by everybody.
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