Model verbs and passive/active voice

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What is a model verb?

A model verb is used to denote the mood of the verb.
All model verbs either express:
1) a possibility, or:
2) a necessity, or:
3) an obligation.

When do we use the active voice?

When we use the active voice, we say what the subject does.

For example:
My grandfather was a builder,he built this house in 1961. 

When doe we use the passive voice?

When we use the passive voice we say what happens to the subject.

For example:
How old is this house? It was built in 1961.
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Passive or active?
The writer might have sent a letter to the wrong address.

Active, the focus is on the writer.

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