Active Voice

​tell us what the subject is doing.

• ​Yesterday, Daniella made the smoothies.

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Verbs of any tense can be in the active voice as long as the subject is doing the action.

• ​My teacher will grade our projects next week. (future tense)

• ​Sydney is searching for stink bugs. (present tense)

Sentences in active voice are usually shorter and easier to understand.

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​Follow these steps if you want to switch to active voice:

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​The pie was baked by Dave.

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• ​Switch the order of who did and who received the action

  • Dave was baked by the pie.

• ​Throw out the word "by"

  • ​Dave was baked the pie.

• ​Turn the passive voice verb into an active voice verb

  • ​Dave baked the pie.