a voice of verbs used to indicate that the subject of a sentence is performing the action or causingthe event or process described by the verb, as kicked in the boy kicked the football
Use the active voice and avoid adverbs whenever possible.
Examples of 'active voice' in a sentence
active voice
He has always lived in the present tense and the active voice.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The active voice isn't somehow more 'direct' than the passive.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
His request supplements advice he gave, when education secretary, that the active voice is preferable to the passive, and that adverbs and adjectives add little.