Active Voice

Aside from tense and form, verbs also have voice. The voice of the verb describes the relationship between the doer or performer (subject or object) and the action expressed by the verb. There are two types of verb voice. They are the active voice and the passive voice.

The active voice shows that the subject is the performer of the action expressed by the verb.

Examples:

1. The Lord God had planted a garden in the east.
2. The youngest brother heard a voice whispered inside him.
3. The brothers and the King all understood the wisdom of the Princess.

In the examples shown above, the subjects Lord God, youngest brother, and brothers and King are the doers or the performers of the action expressed by the verbs had planted, heard, and understood.

A sentence in the active voice has a subject which does or performs the action, a transitive verb, and a direct object which receives the action coming from the transitive verb. Look at the following table to see the pattern of sentences in the active voice.

Subject (Doer)	Transitive Verb	Direct Object (Receiver)
Lord God	had planted	garden
brother	heard	voice
brothers, King	understood	wisdom