What is the difference between Active and Passive.

We use an active sentence to say what the subject does to the object.

Present
subject progressive object

The cat is chasing the mouse.

 We use a passive sentence to say what is done to the object.

object verb subject

The passive progressive is made with be + being and the past participle

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passive
doing sentence.
the action.
 subject verb object

Monkeys are climbing trees.

object ‘be’ being Verb 3 ‘by’ subject

Trees are being climbed by monkeys

subject

cars are damaging the roads.

Present
object
progressive
 continuous keyword
object

verb
Past participle subject
 subject

Too many fumes were polluting the air.

Present object
progressive
object continuous

subject
Verb be Past participle