The active voiced is the preferred voice when speaking or writing. This comes in the form of subject + verb + direct object. Essentially it is the who (or what), did what, to what. For example:
Anya is cleaning up the books.
Here we have Anya, who is the subject of the sentence. Then we ask, what is Anya doing? This identifies the verb (or the "did what"). She is cleaning up. Then we find out what the direct object is: the books.
That sentence right there is a sentence written in active voice.
If we were to write this in passive voice it would look like this:
The books are being cleaned up by Anya.
While the same information is being presented in both the sentences, the one with the active voice has a better flow and more easily understood than the passive voice. The passive voice complicates the simplicity of the sentence. English speakers have a preference to know who or what we are speaking about first and then what they are doing. This helps us identify information quickly which is the whole point in communication.
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