Changing Voice

Changing Voice

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REVIEW: What are the two parts of a sentence called?

A complete sentence will always have a subject and a predicate.

Multiple Choice

Review: Which part of the sentence is who or what the sentence is about?

• subject

• predicate

Multiple Choice

Review: Which part of the sentence contains the verb and gives information about the subject?

• subject

• predicate

Multiple Choice

In the active voice, which part of the sentence is the person or thing doing the action in?

• subject

• predicate

Active Voice

• My sister bought me a birthday present.

• My sister is the one doing the action (bought), and that is the subject of the sentence.

Multiple Choice

In the passive voice, which part of the sentence is the person or thing doing the action in?

• subject

• predicate

Passive Voice

• The orange ball was kicked by the 4th grader.

• The 4th grader is the one doing the action, and he/she is in the predicate of the sentence

Changing Voice

• Change the location of the person or thing completing the action

• If going from active to passive, move the actor to the predicate

• If going from passive to active, move the actor to the subject.

Example of Changing from Active to Passive

• My mom cooked us a delicious dinner.

• My mom is the actor and is currently the subject. To make this in passive voice, we have to move her to the predicate.

• A delicious dinner was cooked for us by mom.

Example of Changing from Passive to Active

• The piping hot coffee was spilled by the toddler.

• The toddler is the actor and is in the predicate. To make this active, we need to move it to the subject.

• The toddler spilled the piping hot coffee.

Tips

• Be careful not to change the rest of the words in the sentence

• Your verb itself WILL NOT change. However, the tense of the verb might in order for the sentence to make sense.

• If you do not know who the actor in the sentence is (if it is ambiguous), use common sense to rewrite (words like someone/something can come in handy).

Open Ended

Change from passive to active voice:

The grass on the football field was cut by Mr. Bill.

Open Ended

Change from active to passive:

Dad cleaned the leaves out of the gutters.

Open Ended

Change from passive to active:

The class novel was read aloud by Ms. Wiedmar.

Open Ended

Change from active to passive:

Mrs. Loper and the teachers prepared the school to return to in-person learning.

Open Ended

Change from passive to active:

The spam email was sent by a salesman whose account was hacked.

Open Ended

Change from passive to active:

The school has been cleaned and sanitized.