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Can you please explain what Active and Passive Voice are? Im very confused with this subject. Please use examples. Thank you for helping me if you answer this question.

Can you please explain what Active and Passive Voice are? Im very confused with this-example-1

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Passive voice is used in a clause whose subject is unknown , unimportant , common , or obvious. In passive voice object will replace the subject and subject will be removed.

Active voice is used in a clause or a sentence whose subject expresses the main verb's agent. The subject and the object of the sentence come in it's order in active voice .

Example : People speak spanish in spain => active voice , people is the subject.

Spanish is spoken in spain => passive voice , ( the subject is obvious to us )

The pic above :

number 1 : As you see in that sentence the subject of the sentence (we) has came directly in the sentence so this is an action voice .

number 2 : But in this one when you read the sentence , you immediately ask yourself "who ?" so the subject is unknown therefore this is an passive voice .

I hope it helped.

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