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Active/Passive Voice

Active/Passive Voice. Write the examples on a clean sheet of paper . What is the difference?. Active: The ball hit Janet. Passive: Janet was hit by the ball. What is the difference?. Active: He wrote a letter. Passive: The letter was written by him. What is the difference?.

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Active/Passive Voice

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  1. Active/Passive Voice Write the examples on a clean sheet of paper

  2. What is the difference? • Active: The ball hit Janet.Passive: Janet was hit by the ball.

  3. What is the difference? Active: He wrote a letter.Passive: The letter was written by him.

  4. What is the difference? Active: The mailman carried the mail.Passive: The mail was carried by the mailman.

  5. What is the difference? • Active: Kevin took a picture.Passive:  A picture was taken by Kevin.

  6. . What is the difference? Active: They took the kids for a walk.Passive: The kids were taken for a walk by their moms

  7. Definitions • When the verb of a sentence is in the active voice, the subject is doing the acting • A verb is in the passive voice when the subject of the sentence is acted on by the verb.

  8. Active or Passive?Most of the sentences in English are active sentences… …and if you think about it, they tend to be much more simple than passive sentences.

  9. Look at these sentence and see for yourself:We ate lunch / The lunch was eaten. I have written a book / A book was written. They will buy a yacht / A yacht will be bought.Which version is more simple and common?

  10. Another use of the passive voice is when you want to emphasize the object and not the subject:"Charles sold the company."(Here the emphasis is on Charles doing the action.)"The company was sold."(Here the emphasis is on the fact that the company was sold.)

  11. Copy and complete Label the sentences as active or passive voice. • _______ Louise made the coffee. • _______ The coffee was made by Louise. • _______ The package was advertised by the travel agent. • _______ The travel agent advertised the package. Rewrite these sentences to put them in the active voice. • The sugar water was relished by the hummingbirds. • Jogging is done by many people for exercise. • A standing ovation was given to the guitar player. • The syllabus was handed out by the professor.

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