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Example sentences for "active voice"

  • A transitive verb that represents the person or thing named by its subject as acting is said to be in the =active voice=; as, James struck the horse.

  • The form of conjugating the active verb, is often called the Active Voice, and that of the passive verb, the Passive Voice.

  • When the sentence is written in this order, the verb is said to be in the active voice.

  • If the subject acts, the verb is in the active voice.

  • The first form is in the +Active Voice+; the second is in the +Passive Voice+.

  • The Active Voice shows that the subject names the actor+.

  • In order to aid the scholars in the knowledge and formation of the tenses, we shall conjugate here a verb in active voice, by means of the particle Naga, which is the most common.

  • In active voice is made use of na for present and past tenses, and of ma, for the future.

  • The present and past tenses of active voice, are formed by means of naquig, and the future and imperative with maquig.


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "active voice" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    active interest; active life; active operations; active principle; active service; active verb; active voice; active volcanism; active volcano; active volcanoes; breaking down; bright lookout; dear children; getting rid; government publications; guard station; inner nature; long afterward; mechanical drawing; more agreeable; natured face; periodic cyclones; raise himself; stop them; taking cold; turned sharply