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Voice & Verbs

Voice & Verbs. Miss Arney English 12. What is voice?. VOICE is a verb form that shows whether or not the subject is performing the action. Which is “better”? :. Miss Arney punched Joe. Joe was punched by Miss Arney. Why?. Active Voice.

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Voice & Verbs

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  1. Voice & Verbs Miss Arney English 12

  2. What is voice? • VOICE is a verb form that shows whether or not the subject is performing the action.

  3. Which is “better”? : • Miss Arney punched Joe. • Joe was punched by Miss Arney. Why?

  4. Active Voice • A verb is in active voice when its subject performs the action. • Miss Arney punched Joe. • Joe is suing Miss Arney.

  5. Passive Voice • A verb is in passive voice when its subject does not perform the action. • Joe was punched by Miss Arney. • Miss Arney is being sued by Joe.

  6. Active voice is STRONGER!

  7. Which is it? • Signal Card activity: GREEN for active; RED for passive Yellow: IDK

  8. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? The researchers conducted the poll.

  9. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? The poll was conducted by volunteers.

  10. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? Volunteers used the phone to conduct interviews.

  11. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? Random people were selected for the poll by volunteers.

  12. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? Some people were visited by pollsters.

  13. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? The poll was designed by a famous scholar from Holland.

  14. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? The statistics were collected by the researcher.

  15. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? A philanthropist supplied the funding for the research.

  16. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? The conclusion was supported by his data.

  17. ACTIVE (green) or PASSIVE (red)? The conclusion will be issued by a publisher in Ohio.

  18. How do you fix passive voice? • Rearrange the sentence so that the subject (the DO-erof the action) appears before the verb.

  19. Let’s fix this one. • Dozens of questions had been prepared by the team.

  20. Let’s get Stephen King’s take on this…. • Please read pp 122-129. TAKE NOTES on a SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER.

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