what parts of speech is activate

Question

I DONT UNDERSTAND AND I NEED HELP LIKE VERY FAST!!!

Answer 1

Hi Alexis--

 

"activate" is something you do, right? You throw a ball, you eat a snack, you paint a house, you activate a new bank account...

 

so all these "doing" words are verbs, including activate.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Matt in New York

Answer 2

As Matt indicated, "activate" is a verb. The basic form of the verb is called the infinitive, and it is often shown as "to activate." The three parts of the verb that a learner needs to know for every verb are: the infinitive, the simple past, and the past participle. In this case: (to) activate, activated, activated. An example from an irregular verb, "to sing," is: (to) sing, sang, sung.

I hope this helps everyone.

Answer 3

Active is a voice, not a part of speech. Active describes something that is being done, whereas passive describes the action itself. In active voice, the subject does the action designated by the verb. In passive, the subject is being acted upon. Does this make sense, or have I made things clear as mud?

 

Active: I ate the food

Passive: The food was eaten

 

Active: I kicked the ball

Passive: The ball was kicked

 

Active: I saw Jim

Passive: Jim was seen