Passive vs. Active Voice

Active vs. Passive Voice Developed by Jeniffer Viscarra

Why should writers think about their verbs? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is Active Voice? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What is passive voice? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

When to use passive voice ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Passive Voice (con’d) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

When to use active voice ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Remember: Staying active is a healthy practice, especially in your writing!

How to avoid passive voice ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Rewrite the following sentences by changing nouns to verbs. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Changing From Passive to Active Voice ,[object Object],[object Object],One way of preserving active voice is by placing the noun/s doing the action before the verb. Try it!

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Avoid forms of the verb to be ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Revise by avoiding to be verbs ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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