What is the voice of the verb in the sentence: "Mrs. Walker told scary stories to her class."?

1 Answer
Jun 7, 2016

It is an active voice sentence.

Explanation:

To find out if the sentence is in active or passive voice you have to look at the form of the verb.

The passive voice sentence has a verb in form

to be + Past Participle.

Verb to be can be used ia any tense.

For example:

  • Many houses have been built recently. (Present Perfect)

  • Scary stories were told to the class. (Past Simple)

  • A new road will be built next year. (Future Simple)

In given sentence the form of the verb is told, so it is an active voice sentence (in Past Simple tense)