Active and Passive

Active and Passive

Remedial Lesson​

*Please use the format SURNAME, First name initial

Ex: DELA CRUZ, N.

In this lesson, you will learn the active and passive voice of verbs. Specifically, you will be guided to:

•  identify the voice of the verb used in a sentence

  
  

• transform sentences from active voice into passive

  voice and vice versa

  
  

Let's REVIEW!

Verb Tenses

Directions: Identify the simple past and past participle of the verb.

Awesome!

Keypoints

Voice is the quality of a verb that denotes whether the subject is the doer or the receiver of the action.

• Active Voice

  In active voice, the subject performs the action expressed by the verb:

  ·        The student wrote a song.

• Passive Voice

  In passive voice, the subject receives the action expressed by the verb:

  ·        A song was written by the student.

Uses of Passive Voice

• Call attention to receiver of the action

  rather than the performer:

  ·        The professor was hit by three snowballs.

• Point out the receiver of the action when

  performer is unknown or unimportant:

  ·        A love letter was slipped under the door.

  ·        The signs will be posted.

Uses of Passive Voice

• Avoid calling attention to the performer of

  the action (known as the "institutional passive"):

  ·        The fines will be collected on Monday.

• The verb is in active voice if the subject is the doer of the action, and the verb is in passive voice if the subject is the receiver of the action.

Let's answer!

Activity 1. Choose whether the underlined verb/verb phrase is expressed in active or passive.

Multiple Choice

1. Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caught the world

off-guard.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

2. Scientists and experts from different countries tirelessly worked to discover a vaccine against the deadly disease.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

Families below poverty line were given Social Amelioration Fund (SAF) by the government.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

4. Everybody has been warned about the adverse effects of COVID-19.

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

5. Soon, people will enjoy their social life again.

• active

• passive

Activity 2:

A. Pick out the verb/verb phrase in each sentence, and identify its voice.

Multiple Choice

made

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

washes

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

is prepared

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

was painted

• active

• passive

Multiple Choice

will vote

• active

• passive

Activity 2

B. Rewrite the sentences by transforming them from active voice into passive voice.

Don't forget your capitalization and period (.) after your sentence!

Example:

A thief stole my car.

Ans: My car was stolen by a thief.

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