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Active voice:

When the subject of a sentence performs the verb’s action, we say that

the sentence is in the active voice. Sentences in the active voice have a
strong, direct, and clear tone. Here are some short and straightforward

examples of active voice.
Active voice examples:

Monkeys adore bananas.
The cashier counted the money.
The dog chased the squirrel.

All three sentences have a basic active voice construction: subject, verb,

and object. The subject monkey performs the action described by adore.

The subject the cashier performs the action described by counted. The

subject the dog performs the action described by chased. The subjects

are doing, doing, doing—they take action in their sentences.

Passive voice:

A sentence is in the passive voice, on the other hand, when the subject

is acted on by the verb. The passive voice is always constructed with a

conjugated form of to be plus the verb’s past participle. Doing this

usually generates a preposition as well. That sounds much more

complicated than it is—passive voice is actually quite easy to detect.

Passive voice examples:

Bananas are adored by monkeys.
The money was counted by the cashier.
The squirrel was chased by the dog.

Let’s take a closer look at the first pair of sentences, “Monkeys adore

bananas” and “Bananas are adored by monkeys.” The active sentence

consists of monkeys (subject) + adore (verb) + bananas (object). The

passive sentence consists of bananas (object) + are adored (a form of to

be plus the past participle adored) + by (preposition)

+ monkeys (subject). Making the sentence passive flipped the structure