Active and Passive Voice

The subject of a sentence is…

• The main action of the sentence.

• The element that receives the action.

• A person or a thing that performs the action of the sentence.

What are the voices of verbs?

• Subject, verb and object

• Active, verb and passive

• Active and passive

What is an active voice?

•   When the narrator describes a situation.

• Object receives the action of the verb.

• Subject receives the action of the verb.

What is a passive voice?

• When the narrator describes a situation.

• Object receives the action of the verb.

• Subject receives the action of the verb.

What is a direct object?

• Receives the action of an indirect object.

• Receives the action of the verb.

• Receives the action of the doer.

“She found my wallet” is an example of…

• Direct object

• Active voice sentence

• Passive voice sentence

“The skit was performed by the English 2A” is an example of…

• Direct object

• Active voice sentence

• Passive voice sentence

Which is an example of a passive voice?

• The man rode his bike to work.

• The food was cooked by the chef.

• Timmy fed his cat.

Change the active voice sentence to passive voices sentence.

“The car hit the dog.”

• The dog was hit by the car.

• She hit my dog by her car.

• The dog was hit by her.

Change the passive voice sentence to an active voice sentence.

“The question was answered by Sandara.”

• Sandara is answering the question.

• Sandara answered the question.

• Sandara was questioned.