In this video, you'll hear people talk about the past and the present. A man recites his poem, and then we go to a commercial break, where the fictional company Presto seems to have cornered almost every market with its wonder products!

Here are some examples of sentences using both the active and passive voices. Different tenses are used, too!

Mrs. Hardy and Victor are catching a train, but this is not the simple trip to his grandparents that the boy is expecting. From the look of joy on Mrs. Hardy's face, it's clear that they are off to visit Miss Thompson.

When Madonna met Justin Bieber on the sofa of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, the inimitable hostess found a way to tease out some of the stars’ intimate secrets with a rather risqué game of “Never have I ever."

This song from record producer Zedd is a lively mix of electronic dance music, country, and pop. It features the American musical duo Grey and impassioned vocals from country singer Maren Morris, whose voice suited the blend of musical styles.

The honey badger is described as the most fearless animal on the planet. Although barely a foot tall, they have a reputation for attacking just about anything—from venomous snakes to full-grown lions. And they are not exactly meant for captivity: Stoffel the honey badger escapes from his enclosure regularly using anything from balls of mud to a rake.

In the song “Why So Serious" from Alice Merton’s debut album Mint, the singer wishes she was living in a simpler, more carefree time.

Are you interested in aviation? Here's the first chapter of a documentary about the invention of the airplane entitled Kitty Hawk: The Wright Brothers' Journey of Invention.