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Lesson 3 Voices of The Verb English 7

The document discusses the active and passive voice in verbs. It defines active voice as having the subject perform the action on the object, while passive voice has the subject receiving the action. It provides examples of sentences in both the active and passive voice. The document also demonstrates how to change sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa by modifying the subject and verb. The goal is for students to understand and differentiate between the two voices as well as transform sentences between them.

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Lesson 3 Voices of The Verb English 7

The document discusses the active and passive voice in verbs. It defines active voice as having the subject perform the action on the object, while passive voice has the subject receiving the action. It provides examples of sentences in both the active and passive voice. The document also demonstrates how to change sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa by modifying the subject and verb. The goal is for students to understand and differentiate between the two voices as well as transform sentences between them.

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VOICES OF THE VERB

Active Voice and Passive Voice


OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the student must:
• identify the voices of the verb;
• differentiate active from passive voice; and
• transform active to passive and vice versa.
ACTIVE VOICE
• The subject is the “doer” of the action.

• Sentences in the active voice have a strong, direct,


and clear tone.

• [Subject doing action] + [verb] + [Object receiving


action]
EXAMPLES OF ACTIVE VOICE

•Monkeys adore bananas.


•The cashier counted the money.
•The dog chased the squirrel.
PASSIVE VOICE
• The subject receives the action.

• The subject is acted on by the verb.

• Use the preposition “by”.

• [Subject receiving action] + [be] + [past


participle of verb] + [by] + [Object doing action]
EXAMPLES OF PASSIVE
VOICE
• Bananas are adored by monkeys.

• The money was counted by the cashier.

• The squirrel was chased by the dog.


LET’S TRY THIS!
•Russel bakes the cookies. ACTIVE
PASSIV
•The car is driven by Rhian.
E
•Marti ate the apples. ACTIVE
•Joey throws the ball. ACTIVE
PASSIV
•The box was pushed by Sam.
E
ACTIVE TO PASSIVE
VOICE
ACTIVE: Reporters write news reports.
Subject doing SPresent Object receiving
the action. Verb the action

Subject receiving
the action.
PASSIVE: News reports are written by
Passive verb
the reporters.
Object doing
the action
ACTIVE: Reporters wrote news reports.
Subject doing SPast Object receiving
the action. Verb the action

Subject receiving
the action.
PASSIVE: News reports were written by
Passive verb
the reporters.
Object doing
the action
ACTIVE: Tom cleans the house.
Subject SPresent Object receiving
doing Verb the action
the
action.

PASSIVE: The house is cleaned by Tom.


Subject receiving Passive verb Object
the action. doing
the
action
ACTIVE: Sam repaired the car.
Subject SPast Object receiving
doing Verb the action
the
action.

PASSIVE: The car was repaired by Sam.


Subject receiving Passive verb Object
the action. doing
the
action
ACTIVE: Tom cleans the house.
Subject SPresent Object receiving
doing Verb the action
the
action.

PASSIVE: The house is cleaned by Tom.


Subject receiving Passive verb Object
the action. doing
the
action
PASSIVE TO ACTIVE
VOICE
PASSIVE: The students are taught by the
Subject receiving Passive verb
Professor. the action.
Object doing
the action

ACTIVE: The Professor teaches the


Subject doing the
students. action.
SPresent
Verb
Object receiving
the action
PASSIVE: The dishes are washed by John.
Subject receiving Passive verb Object
the action. doing the
action

ACTIVE: John washes the dishes.


Subject SPresent Object
doing Verb receiving
the the action
action.
PASSIVE: The castle was visited by many
Subject receiving Passive verb
tourists. the action.
Object
doing the
action

ACTIVE: Many tourists visited the castle.


Subject doing the SPast Object
action. Verb receiving
the action
PASSIVE: A beautiful basket was made by
Subject receiving Passive verb
them. the action.
Object
doing the
action

ACTIVE: They made a beautiful basket.


Subject SPast Object receiving
doing Verb the action
the
action.
PASSIVE: The calendar is marked by her.
Subject receiving Passive verb Object
the action. doing the
action

ACTIVE: She marks the calendar.


Subject SPresent Object receiving
doing Verb the action
the
action.
ASSIGNMENT #1
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