Active and passive voice

                                   ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE        

ACTIVE VOICE: IN MOST ENGLISH SENTENCES WITH AN ACTION VERB, THE SUBJECT PERFORMS THE ACTION DENOTED BY THE VERB.

EXAMPLES:

- THE MAN IS EATEN FIVE HAMBURGERS.

- MARILYN MAILED THE LETTER.

- COLORFUL PARROTS LIVE IN THE RAINFORESTS.

PASSIVE VOICE: ONE CAN  CHANGE THE NORMAL WORD ORDER OF MANY ACTIVE SENTENCES SO THAT THE SUBJECT IS NO LONGER ACTIVE, BUT IS, INSTEAD BEING ACTED UPON BY THE VERB - OR PASSIVE.

NOTE IN THESE EXAMPLES HOW THW SUBJECT-VERB RELATIONSHIP HAS CHANGED.

EXAMPLES:

- FIVE HAMBURGERS MUST HAVE BEEN EATEN BY THE MAN.

- THE LETTER WAS MAILED BY MARILYN.