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Active or passive voice?

Are the following constructions active or passive?

In a passive construction, a form of the passive auxiliary be is used, and the main verb is in the -ed participle form. So %%PW,1,ARE,passive example%%: %%WL,1%%.

Other cases are active: %%WL,0%%.

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