You've probably heard about active and passive voice, and you may have been told never to use the passive voice, but we’re here to tell you that both can work in different ways. Active voice is ...

Starting now, we will cover the "passive voice" over two consecutive sessions. The passive voice... it's a unit that many people are surprisingly uncomfortable with. I have seen many people until now ...

Whether you write on a part- or full-time basis, you can benefit from becoming more familiar with an often-overlooked aspect of writing that is treated in today’s column: active and passive voice ...

Passive and active voice simply refer to the relationship of the subject to the verb. In a sentence using the active voice, the subject of the sentence (doer) performs the action described by the verb ...

Passive speech is awkward and sometimes hard to understand. Let Word find your passive voice content and help you correct it. You probably learned about passive and active voice during grade school ...

In Indian classrooms where competition is fierce and every word in an answer sheet counts, the ability to write with clarity is no longer just a linguistic skill, it is an academic advantage. Teachers ...

You’ve probably heard that passive voice is bad in writing. Be honest: Do you know what passive voice is? If you don’t, it’s OK. It may be something you’ve sensed without quite understanding, the ...

This handout is also available for download in PDF format. We refer to a sentence as being in the "active voice" when the subject is performing the action of the sentence (the verb). A sentence is in ...

Each Flipped Learning Module (FLM) is a set of short videos and online activities that can be used (in whole or in part) to free up class time from content delivery for greater student interaction. At ...

Upon reading "Teaching Writing to Undergrads," I was a bit dismayed by John T. Ikeda Franklin's statement on use of the passive versus active voice when writing science reports (C&EN, Oct. 30, 2006, ...

Grammatically, the passive voice is made up of a form of “to be” and a past participle. Some examples of the passive voice include: “is believed,” “was seen,” “was written,” “will be considered,” and ...