What distinguishes active voice from passive voice in a sentence?

Active voice occurs when the subject is the doer of the action, while passive voice occurs when the subject is acted upon or receives the action.

In the sentence 'Water is being drunk by Riyanka', what is the voice of the verb and why?

The voice of the verb is passive because the subject, Riyanka, is receiving the action of drinking water.

Fill in the blank: When the subject performs the action, the verb is in ___.

Active voice

True or False: In passive voice constructions, the focus is on the doer of the action.

False. In passive voice constructions, the focus is on the receiver of the action, not the doer.

Riddle: I can change the subject's role from doer to receiver in a sentence, yet I do not change the meaning. What am I?

Passive voice

What is the process of changing a sentence from active voice to passive voice?

The process involves swapping the subject and object positions, using 'by' before the new object, and adjusting the verb 'be' according to the tense of the original sentence.

In passive voice, the subject of the active voice becomes the ___ of the passive voice.

Object

True or False: In passive voice constructions, 'by' is always omitted.

False. 'By' is used before the object in passive voice.

Riddle: I am a voice that flips around, where the doer is not found. What am I?

Passive voice

Fill in the blank: The project was completed on time by ___.

Them