Passive

Passive versus active voice for increasing verb

Passive versus active voice for increasing verb
  1. Is increase passive or active?
  2. How do you know when to use active or passive voice?

Is increase passive or active?

Special Note: Ergative Verbs (Increase)

To explain, let's look at these three sentences: Active Voice: The manager increased the prices. = An active sentence where subject is the 'actor/agent' who is doing the verb. Passive Voice: The prices were increased (by the manager).

How do you know when to use active or passive voice?

When the actor (and the actor can be a person or object) comes before the action in a sentence, you have active voice. When the actor comes after the action or when the actor is completely absent from the sentence, you have passive voice. What are some examples of active and passive voice?

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