•Passive and active voice

Passive voice is where the subject is changed on the sentence, usually from front to middle.

Active voice is where the subject is at the start of the sentence, highlighting it as the subject straight away.

Example:

500 killed by storm

Storm kills 500 people

The first sentence is passive as the subject 'storm' is at the end, whereas the second sentence is active as straight away it talks about the 'storm' which killed the 500 people.