Active vs. Passive Voice

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Active vs. Passive Voice
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Active VS. Passive

• Passive voice emphasizes the person or object
  receiving the action.
• The game was won.
• Active voice emphasizes the person or object
  performing the action.
• We won the game.

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Active Voice Always

• Whenever possible, write in active voice. The
  reason is because
• Action is engaging.
• Active voice is much clearer and more concise.

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Passive Voice Rarely

• Passive voice is rarely used because it is
  indirect and often includes weak verbs. The
  person doing the action is missing.

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Passive

• Only write in passive voice if you have a good
  reason to do so, such as when
• The performer is unknown, irrelevant or obvious.
• The performer is less important than the action.
• The recipient is the main topic.

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Identifying sentences

• Find the subject. The subject should be the one
  performing the action, not receiving it.
• Ex The moon was jumped over by the cow.

Cow is the subject, but it is at the end. This
sentence is passive.
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Practice

• Identify active and passive verbs in the Active
  vs. Passive Voice exit ticket.

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Use

• Edit at least one spread on which you are
  working. Make sure all writing is in active voice.