"I finished my research paper two days early."
A good way to determine active vs passive is to ask who performed the action. Did the subject perform the action, or was the action performed "by" the subject?
The subject performs the action in this sentence:
I = [subject]
finished = [action]
my research paper = [thing on which the action was performed]
In the other examples, the subject has an action performed on it.
My research paper = [subject]
was finished/is being finished = [action]
two days early = [time frame information, not really important for the discussion here]
At this point, you have no indication as to who will finish the paper, do you? No. You assume that the paper will be completed "by me," but it could just as easily be completed "by my friend."
If you can add "by [person/thing]" to a sentence, it's passive voice. If you can't, it's not. Clearly, you would never say "I finished my research paper by me."
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A dog bit a golfer and ruined his sporting career.
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Robbery
At a local thrift store a young man tried to steal a dress worth 60 dollars. The male entered the store around noon and he started to look around. There weren’t many staff members in the store, so when he saw that nobody was there he took the dress, put it in his bag and began to leave the store, but a staff member noticed what he did. She closed the doors before the criminal could leave and called the police. The young man tried to escape but he couldn’t break the doors. Once the police arrived he was arrested and later on charged guilty for robbery.
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