Active & Passive Voice

Active Voice & Passive Voice

What they are, and what they do.

But before we begin!

• Here are some class rules:

• No playing with gadgets.

• Don't open tabs or programs without permission.

• The more you focus, the faster the lesson will go (the sooner you'll be free).

Can you guess...

What the active voice and passive voice are?

Oh, and by the way, both voices can be used with any tense and any type of sentence.

Active Voice

• The active voice focuses on the person, animal, or thing--basically the subject--that performs an action.

• Here are some examples:

• “The dog chased the ball.”

• "Mimi brought us another dead rat this morning."

• "Hambo is chewing on his cage for some reason."

• Active = the subject does something to a recipient (object)

Passive Voice

• The passive voice focuses on the recipient of the action, or just the action itself.

• Here are a few examples:

• “The ball was chased by the dog.”

• “My car was stolen on Sunday night.”

• "The zucchini was instantly devoured by Hambo."

• Passive = what happened to a recipient (object)

Active VS Passive

• Active : The cats were chasing after mice.

• Passive: The mice were being chased by the cats.

• Active: Someone stole my car.

• Passive: My car was stolen by someone.

• Active: He writes a lot of news articles.

• Passive: A lot of news articles were written by him.

Quiz time!

Do you think you've understood both the active voice and the passive voice?

Multiple Choice

What is the active voice?

• the voice that highlight the person, animal, or thing that performs an action

• the voice that focuses on the recipient of the action, or just the action itself

Multiple Choice

What is the passive voice?

• the voice that highlight the person, animal, or thing that performs an action

• the voice that focuses on the recipient of the action, or just the action itself

Multiple Choice

What voice is the sentence below written in?

"We are going to watch a movie tonight."

• Active

• Passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is the sentence below written in?

"The olives are stoned and crushed in this room."

• Active

• Passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is the sentence below written in?

"The document had been read by the public."

• Active

• Passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is the sentence below written in?

"The teacher always answers the students' questions."

• Active

• Passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is the sentence below written in?

"Larry generously donated money to the homeless shelter."

• Active

• Passive

Multiple Choice

What voice is the sentence below written in?

"His parade uniform was stolen."

• Active

• Passive

Open Ended

Write 2 sentences in the active voice!

Open Ended

Write 2 sentences in the passive voice!

Open Ended

How would you turn the active sentence below into a passive sentence?

"Carl drove Arnold to the theater."

Open Ended

How would you turn the passive sentence below into an active sentence?

"The thief was arrested by the police."

And that's the quiz!

Do you think you've fully understood the active and passive voices?

Or do you have questions?

Before we go...

• Remind me, what's the difference between the active voice and the passive voice?