The phrase "active tense" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in discussions about grammar to refer to a verb form that indicates the subject is performing the action.
Example: "In the sentence 'The cat chased the mouse,' the verb 'chased' is in the active tense."
Alternatives: "active voice" or "active form".
The active tense is faster and more immediate; it also uses fewer words.
Active not passive Always prefer the active tense in news writing, and particularly in intros.
They put "less is more" into an active tense by repeatedly and in different ways showing a little doing a lot, and then some more.
Whether being a catalyst for innovation or cultivating the genius of a colleague, leadership is always in active tense.
The verb is inflected for mood (indicative, subjunctive, imperative), aspect (perfective, imperfective), voice (active, passive), tense (present, past), and person (first, second, and third, singular and plural).
The youth stands up, spouts something like, "Virtue is a singular noun and the subject of the sentence; secures is a regular verb, indicative mode, active voice, present tense, third person singular; happiness is a singular noun, object of the sentence," and sits back down with a sigh of relief.
This output depends on singular or plural forms, the tense, active or passive voice of the sentence as well as on peculiarities of the syntactical structures preferred by authors in various biomedical sub-domains.
They use active voice, present-tense verbs and never end with punctuation.
The inevitable silences, the halting admissions, the difficulty of finding the right words, the struggles with that enraging, adored person facing you, the secret pleasures of the embarrassing focus on you—just you, and nobody else but you may look dull from the outside, but to the people involved it's a highly charged, tense, and active situation.
The inevitable silences, the halting admissions, the difficulty of finding the right words, the struggles with that enraging, adored person facing you, the secret pleasures of the embarrassing focus on you — just you, and nobody else but you — may look dull from the outside, but to the people involved it's a highly charged, tense, and active situation.
In describing these experiences, you should use action verbs in an active past or present tense.
