Passive tone of writing is used to focus on the action itself, or the object affected by the action, rather than the 'subject' or the 'doer' of the action.
For instance:
The student threw the book - Active
The book was thrown by the student - Passive
The newspaper revealed the truth - Active
The truth was revealed by the newspaper - Passive
More examples:
Water covers the greatest parts of the Earth's surface - Passive
The greatest parts of the Earth's surface is covered by water - Active
The major impact made by human beings on living marine resources has occured in the last 100 years - Passive
Human beings made a major impact ... ... - Active
Ships in the open sea discharge oil with impunity - Active
Oil with impunity was discharged by ships in the open sea - Passive
The helicopter pilots had located the whale - Active
The whale was located by the helicopter pilots - Passive
The fight for survival is a drama played out everyday - Passive
The drama played out everyday is a fight for survival - Active
All creatures, human and animal alike, face the same adversary - Active
The same adversary is faced by all creatures, human and animals alike - Passive
We often lost sight of our objective as we plunged up and down the sand hills - Active
Our obective was often lost sight of ... ... - Passive
Trees must surely indicate the presence of water - Active
The presence of water is indicated by the trees - Passive
Modern inventions have speeded up people's lives amazingly - Active
People's live have speed up amazing by modern inventions - Passive
Mobile phones enable us to log on to news, even from mountain top - Passive
We are able to log on to news through mobile phones, even from mountain top - Active
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