We've all heard this before from our English teachers: 'You should always write in the active voice.' But what exactly does this mean? Here are two different ways to construct a similar sentence.
1. Henry threw the ball.
2. The ball was thrown by Henry.
Let's take a look at the first sentence. The subject of the sentence is 'Henry,' and 'ball' is the object, which receives the action of the verb 'threw'.