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Voice is such a form of verb which shows whether the subject acts or is acted upon. For example, The boy read a book. In this sentence, "the boy" is the doer of action "read" as the boy is subject and a book is object, as the boy did something. So the verb "read" is active. A book was read by the boy. In this sentence "a book" is the is the receiver of the verb. Thus, the verb is passive. Definition of Active Voice:  When the subject is the doer of the action, the verb is said to be in active voice. Example: He taught us English. Subject "he" is the doer of the action "taught". Definition of Passive Voice: When the subject is the receiver of the action, the verb is said to be in passive voice. Example: We were taught English by him . Table of Active and their passive   Tense/Verb form  Active Voice  Passive Voice  Simple Present  v¹/v5  is/am/are+v³  Present Continuous is/are + v⁴  is/are + being+v³  Present Perfect  has/have ...