Drag each item to the correct location to compare when you would use active voice and when you would use passive voice in a sentence.(2 points)

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Active voice Passive voice
when you want to emphasize who performed an action
when you dont know who performed an action
when you want to emphasize a thing that was acted upon
when the subject of the sentence performed an action

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Here’s how you would compare when to use active voice and passive voice:

Active voice:

  • when you want to emphasize who performed an action
  • when the subject of the sentence performed an action

Passive voice:

  • when you don't know who performed an action
  • when you want to emphasize a thing that was acted upon