Question

What are active and passive words
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Answer 1

In the active voice, the subject is performing an action: The dog chases the ball. Notice how the subject, dog, is performing the action, chase, on the target of the action, ball

One of the two “voices” of verbs (see also active voice). A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb. For example, in “The ball was thrown by the pitcher,” the ball (the subject) receives the action of the verb, and was thrown is in the passive voice.

Answer 2

Active and passive words refer to the way verbs are used in a sentence.

Active words are used when the subject of the sentence performs the action of the verb. For example, in the sentence "She ate the apple," the subject "she" is performing the action "ate."

Passive words, on the other hand, are used when the subject of the sentence receives the action of the verb. For example, in the sentence "The apple was eaten by her," the subject "the apple" is receiving the action "was eaten."