Question

Substitute the active for the passive voice to make the following sentences less wordy and more forceful.
1. In my neighborhood, many new apartment houses are being built by developers. 2. Our plans were changed abruptly when her message was received by us.
3. After the soup was served, the turkey was served by them.

Answer 1

Active voice is when a sentence is written so that the subject is performing the action, as opposed to the verb acting upon the subject, as in passive voice. Since the sentences are already in passive voice, they could be rewritten in active voice as:

1) In my neighborhood, developers are building many new apartment houses.

2) Our plans were changed abruptly when we recieved her message.

3) After the soup was served, they served the turkey.

In passive voice, the verb generally comes before the noun it relates to, whereas in active voice, the noun comes before the verb it relates to.
Ex. I pet the dog (active) vs. The dog was pet by me (passive)

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Answer 2

The conversion of the passive voice sentences into the active voice is given as follows:-

1. In my neighborhood, developers are building many new apartment houses.
2. Our plans were changed abruptly when we received her message.
3. After the soup was served, they served the turkey.    

What is Active voice?

Active voice refers to those sentences when the subject is the doer of the action and more importance is given to the subject i.e. performer of the actions rather than actions.

Passive voice refers to those sentences in which due importance is given to the actions performed rather than the doer of the actions. It is formed by using Auxiliary verbs.

Therefore, it can be concluded that passive voice is changed into active voice by the change in the pronoun and use in the third person.

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