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	Voice In this lesson you will learn the definition of voice and study examples of voice. Voice Definition Voice: shows the relationship between the action, event or condition, and the subject or the people affected by it Voice includes the following: active voice the person or thing that performed the action is the subject of the verb A does B = I wrote this page. passive voice the subject and the direct object switch places to form the passive voice use "to be" with the past participle the direct object ("this page") becomes the subject in the passive sentence B is done by A = This page was written by me. Voice Examples active voice I wrote this page. Mary teaches English. Elsa ate the cake. Chuck repairs computers. Sarah serves yogurt. John uses microphones, Jill studies science. passive voice This page was written by me. English was taught by Mary. The cake was eaten by Elsa. The computers were repaired by Chuck. The yogurt was served by Sarah. The microphones were used by John. Science was studied by Jill.   Grammar Tips Can You Catch These Native Speaker Mistakes? (Beginner - Listening) An audio lesson to help with your understanding of common mistakes. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this audio program. Commonly Confused Words: Part One (Beginner - Listening, reading) A video lesson to help with your understanding of commonly confused words. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Click here to visit the lesson page. Commonly Confused Words: Part One (Beginner - Listening) An audio lesson to help with your understanding of commonly confused words. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this audio program. Commonly Confused Words: Part Two (Beginner - Listening, reading) A video lesson to help with your understanding of commonly confused words. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Click here to visit the lesson page. Commonly Confused Words: Part Two (Beginner - Listening) An audio lesson to help with your understanding of commonly confused words. The English is spoken at 75% of normal speed. Click here to visit the lesson page with the written script for this audio program.