What is the difference between Active and Passive Voice?

The main difference between active and passive voice is that both use different forms of verbs. Passive voice uses verbs such as 'is,' 'to be,' and other verbs such as was, being, are, were to create sentences. For example, "you are stupid," "the boy was standing next to my house." Most times, people use passive voice to change the meaning of a sentence. They do this by changing the direct object of the sentence. It changes the structure of the sentence by changing the position of the direct object. On the other hand, active voice uses real verbs. For example, "The boy drove the car to the event." You can change this sentence to passive voice by changing the position of the direct object. For example, "the car was driven to the event by the boy." It is good to put sentences in active voice than in passive voice because the active voice will put more importance on the object acting.

Active and passive voices are normally used when you are creating sentences. When you say active voice, this means that you will place the subject as the doer of the verb. When you say passive voice, the subject is going to be the recipient of the actions that are being described in the sentence. Active voice is more recommended to be used by people because they are easier to understand. Using passive voice is fine as long as it will be done in moderation. There are also instances when using passive voice is better especially when telling some stories. Using an active voice can be a more straightforward way of telling details about an event or a person.