Hello,
Is the following sentence written in the Active Voice.
My answer yes, is this correct?
Thank You
Accidents are witnessed every day.
No, that's the passive voice.
In the active voice, the subject of the verb performs an action; e.g., "He killed the President".
In the passive voice, the subject of the verb receives the action; e.g., "The President was killed".
Or, "Accidents are witnessed every day".
An easy way to differentiate is to remember that if the sentence does not explicitly state /who/ performed the described action, it is probably in the passive voice.
Here is one of the many websites explaining the difference between active and passive voice. Study the examples to clarify the difference.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html
I think that is what SraJMcGin intended to post.
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try....
People witness accidents everyday.
This is an easy way to think of the difference between Active Voice and Passive Voice.
Active - the subject does something(is active). The Action moves from Subject ->Verb
or Subject ->Verb->Direct Object.
Passive - That subject is LAZY... It is just having something done to it.
Subject <-Verb *** plus there is a "being" verb as an auxiliary...
The boy <- IS HIT by the ball.
WAS hit
Has BEEN hit
So... two clues - is there a being verb as an auxiliary, and is the subject ACTIVE or just sitting there . <G>
No, the sentence "Accidents are witnessed every day" is not written in the Active Voice. It is written in the Passive Voice. In the Active Voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action, while in the Passive Voice, the subject of the sentence receives the action.
To determine whether a sentence is in the Active Voice or the Passive Voice, you can identify the subject and the verb. In this case, the subject is "accidents" and the verb is "are witnessed."
In the Active Voice, the subject should come before the verb and be the one performing the action. For example, in the Active Voice, the sentence would be "People witness accidents every day."
If you are still not sure whether a sentence is in the Active or Passive Voice, you can ask yourself the question "Who or what is performing the action?" If the answer to that question is missing or not clear, then it is likely a passive construction.