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Is Bob and Judy were setting out birdseed for the cardinals chickadees a passive or active sentence?

The sentence "Bob and Judy were setting out birdseed for the cardinals and chickadees" is in the passive voice.

Here's why:

* Passive voice focuses on the action being done to the subject. In this case, the birdseed is being set out.

* Active voice focuses on the subject performing the action. It would be active if it were "Bob and Judy set out birdseed for the cardinals and chickadees."

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