THAT ENGLISH SITE
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact

Active vs. Passive Voice

11/8/2018

 
Picture
From Purdue Owl: 

"Active voice is used for most non-scientific writing. Using active voice for the majority of your sentences makes your meaning clear for readers, and keeps the sentences from becoming too complicated or wordy. Even in scientific writing, too much use of passive voice can cloud the meaning of your sentences." 

To read more about the active voice and so to review some examples of how to use the active voice in your writing, click here. 


Another site that explains the difference between these two can be found by clicking here. 

To test yourself on how well you are able to identify active and passive sentences click on the following: 
The Ultimate Active and Passive Voice Quiz
English Club: Active or Passive Quiz

If you would like practice changing from passive to active....or from active to passive, click these links:

Exercise 1
Exercise 2
  (The quiz is found at the bottom of this web page.)

Exercise 3

More Exercises: 
Click here for a series of exercises to practice using active and passive voice. 


Picture

Comments are closed.
    Picture

    Author

    My name is Craig, and  I've been teaching English for many years. I initially created this site for my students, but all English learners are welcome. I hope you find something helpful to you. Feel free to leave suggestions or ideas in the Comments section under any entry. 

    Categories

    All
    Adjectives
    Adverbs
    Apostrophe
    Apps For Learning English
    Comma Splice
    Comma Usage
    Conjunctions
    Editing
    Fragments
    Grammar Tips
    Halloween
    Idioms
    Jobs And Careers
    Listening
    Parts Of Speech
    Prepositions
    Pronouns
    Pronunciation
    Punctuation
    Reading
    Recommended Sites
    Run On Sentences
    Seasonal
    Sentence Structure
    Short Stories
    Speaking
    Special Days
    Special Events
    The Writing Process
    Verbals
    Verbs
    Vocabulary
    Voice
    Writing Resources

    Subscribe to Newsletter
Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact