Active & Passive Voice

Here are some class rules:

No playing with gadgets.

Don't open tabs or programs without permission.

The more you focus, the faster the lesson will go (the sooner you'll be free).

The active voice focuses on the person, animal, or thing--basically the subject--that performs an action.

Here are some examples:

“The dog chased the ball.”

"Mimi brought us another dead rat this morning."

"Hambo is chewing on his cage for some reason."

Active = the subject does something to a recipient (object)

The passive voice focuses on the recipient of the action, or just the action itself.

Here are a few examples:

“The ball was chased by the dog.”

“My car was stolen on Sunday night.”

"The zucchini was instantly devoured by Hambo."

Passive = what happened to a recipient (object)

Active : The cats were chasing after mice.

Passive: The mice were being chased by the cats.

Active: Someone stole my car.

Passive: My car was stolen by someone.

Active: He writes a lot of news articles.

Passive: A lot of news articles were written by him.

Remind me, what's the difference between the active voice and the passive voice?