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Active vs Passive Voice
By EnglishI PLC
This video explains how to identify and form the active and passive voice in sentences. It not only encourages the use of the active voice but also suggests some key reasons for using the passive.
Active vs Passive Voice in Writing
By WarnerJordanEducation
This video defines the active and passive voice and describes their forms in sentences. Strongly arguing for the use of active voice in writing, it does not include any examples of the passive voice sometimes required in scientific or academic writing.
WRITING STYLE 2: Active and Passive Voice
By demarcations
This video explains the active and passive voice in terms of the agent and the receiver of a verb's action. It gives examples of the same sentences constructed in both the passive and active voice. The instructor also shows how to form the passive voice of a verb. Finally, he reviews the reasons for using the passive or the active.
The Active & Passive Voices #1
By Smrt English
This lesson explains the reasons and ways to use the active and passive voices. Passive sentences shift the focus from the subject to the object. Passive sentences are used when the agent (doer of the action) is not important or unknown or the agent is clear.
"Active vs Passive Voice" | English Grammar with Educator.com
By Educator
This video explains the difference between active and passive voice that writers use in sentences. It recommends the use of the active voice in most cases.
The Active & Passive Voices #2
By Smrt English
This lesson provides more detailed information about the active and passive voices. Passive sentences are used when it is unnecessary to say "by" an agent and is used as a past participle adjective. Active sentences can be used when speaking in casual situations when the subject is "you" or "we".
Talking about completed actions in English How using passive and active voice
By Learn English with EnglishClass101.com
Passive Sentences (Part 2)
By Smrt English
Mark explains the difference between the active voice and the passive voice. He provides reasons why people use the passive voice.
Parallel structure | Syntax | Khan Academy
By Khan Academy
This video explains parallelism as a feature of style in writing. The instructors suggest which key elements of a sentence will indicate whether or not the structure is parallel: the active vs. the passive voice; lists of single terms or words vs. types of phrases; and infinitive vs. other verb forms.