Question

Hello,
Is the following sentence written in the Active Voice.
My answer yes, is this correct?

Thank You

Accidents are witnessed every day.

Answer 1

No, that's the passive voice.

In the active voice, the subject of the verb performs an action; e.g., "He killed the President".

In the passive voice, the subject of the verb receives the action; e.g., "The President was killed".

Or, "Accidents are witnessed every day".

An easy way to differentiate is to remember that if the sentence does not explicitly state /who/ performed the described action, it is probably in the passive voice.

Answer 2

Here is one of the many websites explaining the difference between active and passive voice. Study the examples to clarify the difference.

Answer 3

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html

I think that is what SraJMcGin intended to post.

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Answer 4

try....

People witness accidents everyday.

Answer 5

This is an easy way to think of the difference between Active Voice and Passive Voice.

Active - the subject does something(is active). The Action moves from Subject ->Verb
or Subject ->Verb->Direct Object.

Passive - That subject is LAZY... It is just having something done to it.

Subject <-Verb *** plus there is a "being" verb as an auxiliary...
The boy <- IS HIT by the ball.
WAS hit
Has BEEN hit

So... two clues - is there a being verb as an auxiliary, and is the subject ACTIVE or just sitting there . <G>