Expertlatin
- Can active voice be past tense?
- What is active and passive voice with examples?
- What is the voice of the verb?
Can active voice be past tense?
As you can see, active voice verbs can occur in any tense—past tense, present tense, past perfect tense, present perfect tense, future tense, and beyond. The key is that an active sentence contains action verbs and that the action of the verb is performed by the subject of the sentence.
What is active and passive voice with examples?
Active voice: Jerry knocked over the lamp. Passive voice: The lamp was knocked over by Jerry. Both sentences describe the same action taking place—Jerry making contact with a lamp and causing it to fall over—with the first sentence making Jerry the subject and the second making the lamp the subject.
What is the voice of the verb?
The voice of the verb refers to the relationship between the subject and the action. If the verb has an active voice, then the subject is doing the action. If the verb has a passive voice, then the action is happening to the subject. In other words, the subject would normally be the object of the verb.
