Active Voice, Passive Voice

The voice of a verb has to do with whether or not the subject of a sentence acts upon something else or whether the subject is acted upon.

1. Active voice
2. Passive voice

A verb is in the active voice when its subject acts_when the subject does something(to its object).

active	subject	verb	object
		>
	I	write	a application.

A verb is in the passive voice when its subject is acted on.

passive	subject	verb	object
	<
	A application	is written	by me.

The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:

	subject	verb	object
active	Able leaders	guide	the country well.
passive	The country is	guided well	by able leaders.

Now we'll look at the passive voice in more detail »