active voice is when a sentence's subject is performing the action of a verb.
here is an example of a sentence using active voice:
Phil filmed the video.
- in this sentence, phil is the subject.
- phil, the subject, is the one performing the action of filming the video.
on the other hand, passive voice is when a sentence's subject receives the action of the verb being performed.
here is an example of a sentence using passive voice:
The video was filmed by Phil.
- in this sentence, the video is the subject.
- the video, which is the subject, is being filmed by phil.
some things to keep in mind:
- when using passive voice, the action is being performed by the subject. this is why the video was filmed by phil in the second sentence (passive voice) as opposed to phil having filmed the video in the first sentence (active voice).
- whereas when using active voice, the subject is performing the action. this is why phil filmed the video in the first sentence as opposed to the video having been filmed by phil in the second sentence.
i hope this helps & makes sense! i tried my best to explain but sometimes it's difficult lol but please comment with any other questions you may have and i can try to elaborate further!! :) have a lovely rest of your day <3