ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

with

​Ms. Libongcogon

​Let's see what you already know by answering the POLL

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​LET'S BEGIN!

Poll

Alfred makes his bed every morning.

• ACTIVE

• PASSIVE

Poll

Sandra is writing an essay.

• ACTIVE

• PASSIVE

Poll

An essay is being written by Lisa.

• ACTIVE

• PASSIVE

Poll

The cake was eaten by my sister.

• ACTIVE

• PASSIVE

Poll

My story will be read by my teacher.

• ACTIVE

• PASSIVE

​LOOK AT THE PICTURE AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ON THE NEXT SLIDES

Fill in the Blanks

The________ate the __________

Fill in the Blanks

The ___________was eaten by the___________

​ACTIVE

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OR

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PASSIVE

Multiple Choice

Have you finished the report?

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

​WHAT IS AN ACTIVE VOICE?

​The active voice focuses on the person who does the action that means the subject performs the action.

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​1. In active voice, the doer of the action or subject becomes the receiver which is now part of the predicate in the passive voice.

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2. Use is/ am/ are/ was/ were/ been/ being + past participle according to the tense.

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3. Put ‘by’ before the direct object in the passive voice

Multiple Choice

This experience will never be forgotten by me.

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

​WHAT IS A PASSIVE VOICE?

​In the passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the action. The verb is formed by adding the past participle of the verb to the appropriate form of to be. The be verb carries the tense of the main verb.

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Example 1 - A song is sung by Gizelle.

The song, which is the receiver of the action, now becomes the subject of the sentence while Gizelle, doer of the action, is now part of the predicate of the sentence.

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Example 2 - The homework was finished by James.

In this example, homework becomes the subject of the sentence and James, the receiver of the action, is now part of the predicate of the sentence.

LOOK AT THIS!

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Multiple Choice

He has been teaching English for ten years.

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

Multiple Choice

You should do your homework.

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

Multiple Choice

“Sungka” was being played yesterday by me.

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

Multiple Choice

A lot of crops were damaged by the heavy rain in Davao City.

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

Multiple Choice

A poem will have been written by me by the time you call me

• ACTIVE VOICE

• PASSIVE VOICE

Multiple Choice

In active voice, if the person who performs the action is mentioned it follows by.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

The passive voice focuses on the receiver of the action.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

In active voice, the subject of the sentence is doing the action.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

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

• TRUE

• FALSE

​Now, let's see what have you learned.

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Open Ended

What is the difference between active and passive voice?