Glossary term
What is Active voice?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Active voice" means: A sentence where the doer comes first, such as 'The team decided.' Passive voice hides the doer, as in 'It was decided.' It is taught in Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results and Professional English for Work. Related terms include Plain language, Assertive, Skim test and Follow-up question.
- 2 courses teach it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Active voice?
A sentence where the doer comes first, such as 'The team decided.' Passive voice hides the doer, as in 'It was decided.' (From Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results. 1 other course defines it for their own subject, so each definition follows.)
What does Active voice mean in Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results?
A sentence where the doer comes first, such as 'The team decided.' Passive voice hides the doer, as in 'It was decided.'
What does Active voice mean in Professional English for Work?
A sentence that starts with the person or thing doing the action, such as Sam sent the report.
Where is Active voice taught?
Active voice is defined in Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results and Professional English for Work.
Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets ResultsProfessional English for Work
Which lessons cover Active voice?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results, lesson 2.2: Short Words, Short Sentences, Short Paragraphs
- Professional English for Work, lesson 1.2: Write short, plain sentences
Which terms are related to Active voice?
Next to Active voice in the course glossaries: Plain language, Assertive, Skim test, Follow-up question, Inverted pyramid, Check-back, Point first, Liking gap, Idiom and Friendly (informal).
Plain languageAssertiveSkim testFollow-up questionInverted pyramidCheck-backPoint firstLiking gapIdiomFriendly (informal)
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Active voice?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner and intermediate level:
- Speak With Confidence: Communication That Gets Results: None. You will choose two real situations to work on in Module 1: a short talk (Situation A) and an important message or negotiation (Situation B).
- Professional English for Work: You can read everyday English and follow the main points of a clear message.