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Lesson 3.46.3: Year 3
Everyday Grammar, “Active voice and Passive voice”.
Active voice:
Active voice tells what a person or thing does. The subject performs the action(verb) on the object.’
Subject +Verb +object.
Example:
1) Rania painted the house.
2) The mother always answers the children’s questions.
3) My student posted her assignment online.
Passive voice:
Passive voice tells us what is done to someone or something.
The subject is being acted upon.
Object + Verb+Subject.
Example:
1) The house was painted by Anna.
2) The children’s questions are answered by the mother.
3) Assignment is posted online by my student.