Active Voice:

• Focuses on the actor: In the active voice, the subject performs the action.
• Clarity and directness: Active voice generally makes sentences clearer, more direct, and easier to understand.
• Emphasis on responsibility: It clearly shows who is responsible for the action.
• Uses: Commonly used in most writing, especially when you want to be clear, concise, and emphasize the person or thing doing the action.
• Example: The dog chased the ball. (Here, the dog, the subject, is performing the action of chasing).

Passive Voice:

• Focuses on the action or the receiver of the action: In the passive voice, the subject receives the action. The actor may be omitted or placed at the end of the sentence.
• Emphasis on the action: Used when the action itself is more important than who performed it.
• Hiding the actor: Used when you don't know who performed the action, or when you don't want to assign blame.
• Formality: Can sound more formal, which is sometimes appropriate in academic or scientific writing.
• Uses: Useful in situations where the doer of the action is unknown, unimportant, or when you want to avoid assigning blame. Also used in scientific writing to focus on the experiment or result rather than the experimenter.
• Example: The ball was chased by the dog. (Here, the ball, the subject, is receiving the action. The focus is more on the ball being chased). The window was broken. (The actor is unknown or unimportant).