Active and Passive Voice

Another Day in 5E

Yi Fen, Darryl, Mathias, Gabriel and Gavin were in class discussing loudly before their English lesson. Would you like to find out what they were discussing about?

Poll

Scenario 1

Yi Fen: Here’s the completed the project! We did it!

Darryl: The project is done! All our hard work has paid off!

Mathias: Oh yeah! I am so happy! (claps his hand)

Gavin: We managed to complete our project in school. Well done my friends!

Gabriel: Did we finish them? (thinking hard)

Who worked on the project?

• Yi Fen

• Darryl

• Mathias

• Gavin

• Gabriel

Poll

Scenario 2

Yi Fen: I completed the project with Ms Robinson’s guidance.

Darryl: I have the materials but have forgotten to bring them. I give up!

Mathias: I accidentally sat on the bulbs. I do not know what to do next.

Gavin: I cheered Yi Fen on. That's all.

Gabriel: I was absent yesterday.

Who worked on the project?

• Yi Fen

• Darryl

• Mathias

• Gavin

• Gabriel

Multiple Choice

What form of word do you think the boys who worked on the project is known as?

• noun

• verb

• adverb

• adjectives

What do you think make up a sentence?

^{The boys completed the project.}

Multiple Choice

The boy kicked the ball clumsily.

Identify the verb.

• boy

• ball

• kicked

• clumsily

Multiple Choice

The boy kicked the ball clumsily.

Identify the subject.

• boy

• ball

• kicked

• clumsily

Multiple Choice

The boy kicked the ball hard clumsily.

Identify the object.

• boy

• ball

• kicked

• cliumsily

Multiple Choice

The student wrote the winning essay beautifully.

Identify the verb.

• essay

• wrote

• student

• winning

Multiple Choice

The student wrote the winning essay beautifully.

Identify the subject.

• essay

• wrote

• student

• winning

Multiple Choice

The student wrote the winning essay beautifully.

Identify the object.

• wrote

• student

• winning

• essay

Multiple Choice

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone long ago.

Identify the subject.

• long ago

• invented

• telephone

• Alexander Graham Bell

Multiple Choice

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone long ago.

Identify the verb.

• long ago

• invented

• telephone

• Alexander Graham Bell

Multiple Choice

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone long ago.

Identify the object.

• long ago

• invented

• telephone

• Alexander Graham Bell

1)The boy kicked the ball clumsily.

2) The student wrote the winning essay beautifully.

3) Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone long ago.

What is passive voice?

1) The boy kicked the ball.

 

2) The ball was kicked by the boy.

subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)

• Which is active and passive?

The student wrote the winning essay beautifully.

The winning essay was written beautifully by the student.

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone long ago.

The telephone was invented long ago by Alexander Graham Bell.

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