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Types Example Explain

Active John built In this sentence, "John" is the

the house. subject, "built" is the verb, and

"the house" is the object. The

subject "John" is the one

acting as building the house.

Passive The house In this sentence, "the house" is

was built the subject, "was built" is the

by John. verb (with "was" being the

auxiliary verb and "built"

being the past participle of

"build"), and "by John"

indicates the doer of the

action. The subject "the

house" is receiving the action

of being built.

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