50 Examples of Active Voice and Passive Voice

The sentences in active voice and in passive voice They are used according to the order and priority that you want to give to the subject or to the object in a prayer.

• Active voice. The grammatical subject is the one who performs the action. For example: Matías kicked the ball.
• Passive voice. The grammatical subject is the one who receives the action, that is, it is the object that is acted on. For example: The ball was kicked by Matías.

Active voice	Passive voice
The children broke the glass.	The glass was broken by the children.
A robber robbed the bank.	The bank was robbed by a robber.
The teacher guides the student.	The student is guided by the teacher.
Juan wrote the best monograph.	The best monograph was written by Juan.
A professional decorated the office.	The office was decorated by a professional.

See also:

• active voice in english
• Passive voice in English

Active voice

The active voice is the one that focuses primarily on the subject of the sentence, which in this case is a subject agent, given that he is the one who performs the action of the

verb directly or actively. In Spanish, this voice is more common than the passive. For example: The family spent their vacations at the beach.

Active voice sentences are characterized by presenting a certain order of the elements:

subject + verb + object

Passive voice

The passive voice It is a particular way of structuring a sentence, in such a way that the object of the action comes first. Thus, the grammatical subject, which is called patient subject, is the element on which the action expressed by the verb falls passively, not the one that carries it out. For example: The girl was congratulated by her mother.

In this way, what in the active voice is the direct object, in the passive voice is the subject, and what in an active sentence is the subject, in its passive form fulfills the function of agent plugin, which is entered with the prepositionby. For example: The evidence was found by the police.

Careful:There are some sentences that do not allow the change from active voice to passive voice, such as those formed with the verbs to have either have. For example: There were a lot of people at the concert. / I'm sleepy.

The passive voice, then, is characterized by presenting the following order:

patient subject + verb be + participle + agent complement

In passive voice sentences it is also possible not to mention the agent of the action, that is, the one who would be the grammatical subject in an active sentence. In this case, the elements of the sentence are:

patient subject + verb be + participle

Examples of active voice and passive voice

Next, sentences appear in the active voice followed by their corresponding form in the passive voice.

1. An anonymous informant betrayed to the assailants.
   the raiders they were betrayed by an anonymous informant.
2. Computer has altered the files.
   The files have been altered by computer.
3. The previous owner of the house planted the tree.
   The tree was planted by the previous owner of the house.
4. The state will issue new tickets.
   new banknotes will be issued For the state.
5. Police is investigating possible fraud.
   A possible fraud Is being investigated For the police.
6. a local company It has built building.
   Building It has been built by a local company.
7. The restaurant advertisement new dishes for spring.
   new dishes were announced for the spring by the restaurant.
8. Already delivered twenty orders.
   Twenty orders already were delivered.
9. Nobody cansort out this problem.
   This problem is not can be solved for no one.
10. In other times, men invited the women to dance.
    In other times, women they were invited to dance for men.
11. The accused declared the truth.
    The truth was declared by the defendant.
12. Nobody He has signed the letter.
    The letter does not has been signed for no one.
13. sooner or later someone he is going to find the treasure.
    Sooner or later, the treasure will be found for someone.
14. Public the book two years ago.
    The book was published two years ago.
15. The fire He destroyed an abandoned house.
    an abandoned house was destroyed by fire.
16. The enemy hacked computers yesterday afternoon.
    The computers were hacked yesterday afternoon by the enemy.
17. A crowd received to the players at the airport.
    Players They were received at the airport by a crowd.
18. The students fear to the school principal.
    The school principal is feared by the students.
19. The young man reprobate the math exam.
    The math exam was failed for the young man
20. the provincial government will implement measure as soon as possible.
    Measure will be instrumented by the provincial government as soon as possible.
21. The waiter brought the food on the table.
    Food She was brought by the waiter to the table.
22. The best player in the world I note the first goal of the match.
    The first goal of the match was scored for the best player in the world.
23. The technician repair the television that was broken.
    The television that was broken It was repaired by the technician.
24. Julio Cortazar wrote the novel Hopscotch.
    The novel Hopscotch it was written by Julio Cortazar.
25. Journalist confirmed information.
    Information was confirmed by the journalist.

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