Active vs. Passive voice

_________ the person or thing doing the action (verb) of the sentence

• Verb

• Subject

• Object

• None

________ the action of the sentence

• Verb

• Subject

• Object

• None

_______ the person, place, or thing that receives the action (verb) of the sentence

• Verb

• Subject

• Object

• None

Active Voice: When the subject come before the _______ in a sentence

• Verb

• Subject

• Object

• Adverb

Determining active/passive voice: STEPONE: Identify the ________ in the sentence. STEP TWO: Identify the _______ in the sentence. STEP THREE: Is there an __________?

• step 1-object

  step 2-verb

  step 3-subject

• step 1-subject

  step 2-verb

  step 3-noun

• step 1-verb

  step 2-object

  step 3-subject

• step 1-subject

  step 2-verb

  step 3-object

Example: The fish was caught by the seagull.

Object= Verb= Subject=

• Object= The fish

  verb= was caught

  subject=The seagull

• object=The seagull

  verb= was caught

  subject=The fish

• object=The fish

  verb= Was caught

  subject=The fish

Passive voice- when the _______________ of the sentence is unknown, we don’t know _______ is doing the _______________.

• When the doer or agent of the sentence is unknown, we don't know who is doing the action

• When the verb of the sentence is unknown, we don't know who is doing the action

• When the description of the sentence is unknown, we don't know who is doing the action

Is this active or passive: The ball was thrown

• Active

• Passive

________ is used when the author wants to be purposely vague when the subject is not specified

• Active

• Passive

Passive is written in verb form of ________

• To Be

• Past Tense