How do you change active to passive and passive to active?

Bonnie Eager and Jerry Wrightman took their wedding vows at St. James Cathedral. The bride had made her dress. At the reception, friends drank punch and ate cake while greeting the bride and groom....

Active is tending to become more severe or wider in scope;like "active tuberculosis"Passive is lacking in energy or will;like "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination...

You change passive voice to active voice by making the actor(s) the subject of the sentence, e.g., "the question was asked by the user" (passive) versus, "the user asked the question" (active).

He is being taught.

The passive voice is for when the object is given preference over the subject. Active: I don't make my bed on weekends. Passive: My bed isn't made on weekends. Active: The police are holding him for...