In an active sentence, the subject is carrying out the action.
For example:
The children climbed the tree.
In this sentence, the children are doing the climbing, so it is an active sentence.
In a passive sentence, the subject receives the action.
The tree was climbed by the children.
The subject (the tree) is not doing the climbing, but being climbed, so it is a passive sentence.
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