Passive voice is a grammatical construct in which the subject of a sentence is acted upon, rather than performing the action. To determine if a sentence is written in passive voice, look for certain indicators. Passive voice can be converted to active voice by exchanging the subject and object of the sentence.
Passive voice is a grammatical construct in which the subject of a sentence is acted upon, rather than performing the action. To determine if a sentence is written in passive voice, look for the following:
The subject is not conducting the action, but is being acted upon.
A form of the be verb (am, is, are, was, were) appears with the past participle (-ed or -en) form of the verb.
The preposition 'by' either appears in the sentence or can be added.
To convert a passive voice sentence into active voice, you can exchange the object of the preposition and the subject of the sentence. However, passive voice can sometimes be preferable when the object being acted upon is more important or when the doer of the action is unknown.