It is not the choice of verb, but the way the verb is used that makes a sentence passive. For example, here is a sentence in the active voice: I ate a pizza. Here is the same sentence in a passive...
Someone with his passive, gentle nature would never initiate a fist fight.I've been passive for far too long, and now it's time I stood up for myself.He's usually a passive person, but once he hits...
A passive sentence says that something happened but doesn't say who caused it to happen. For example: food was eaten. An active sentence says who did it. For example: Tom ate the food.