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Mastering Active and Passive Voice Forms

Understand the difference between active and passive voice in sentences. Learn how to convert active sentences into passive and vice versa. Practice tense changes in active and passive voice forms.

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Mastering Active and Passive Voice Forms

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  1. Active & PassiveActive Voice Form • Subject of a sentence does the action • e.g. A man is cutting down a tree. ‘A man’ = subject – “does the action” -- cutting -

  2. Active & PassivePassive Voice Form • Object receives the action e.g. A tree is being cut down by a man. ‘A tree’ = cut down. Passive

  3. Active-Passive Voice – example 1 • The boy is carrying the girl.Active Voice The boy = subject the girl = object of the verb Who is doing the action of carrying? = The boy

  4. Active-Passive Voice – example 2 • The girl is being carried by the boy.Passive Voice The girl = subject is being carried = verb the boy = object of the preposition ‘by’ Who is RECEIVING the action of carrying? = The girl

  5. Active-Passive Voice – changes 1 • John reads a book every day. Active Voice A book is read every day by John. Passive Voice BCK

  6. Active-Passive Voice – changes 3 • John reads a book every day. Active Voice A book is read every day by John. Passive voice BCK

  7. Active-Passive Voice – note 1 He cooks food. Active Voice ‘food’ singular Foodis cooked by him. Passive Voice BCK

  8. Active-Passive Voice – note 2 He carried some books. Active Voice ‘some books’ – Plural Some bookswere carried by him. Passive Voice ‘were carried’ BCK

  9. Active-Passive Voice -- note 3 • She has signed ten letters. Active Voice ‘She’ – subject;singular Ten letters have been signed by her. Passive Voice ‘Ten letters’ – plural BCK

  10. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 1 • She bakes cakes. Active ‘bakes’ – verb – Simple Present Tense Cakes are baked by her. Passive Voice ‘are baked’ – verb – Simple Present Tense BCK

  11. Active-Passive – Tense Change 2 • He is building a sand castle. ‘is building’ – verb – present continues tense – ACTIVE VOICE FORM A sand castle is being built by him. ‘is being built’ – verb PASSIVE VOICE FORM BCK

  12. Active-Passive -- Tense Change 3 • He has drawn a picture. ‘has drawn’ – verb – present perfect tense ACTIVE VOICE A picture has been drawn by him. ‘has been drawn’ – verb – present perfect tense PASSIVE VOICE BCK

  13. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 5 • She told me a secret. Active Voice ‘told’ – verb – simple past tense A secret was told (to) me by her. Passive Voice ‘was told’ – verb – simple past tense BCK

  14. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 6 • The postman was deliveringthe post. ACTIVE VOICE FORM The post was being delivered by the postman. PASSIVE VOICE FORM BCK

  15. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 9 They will give the beggar some money. ‘will give’ -- Active The beggar will be given some money by them. ‘will be given’ -- Passive BCK

  16. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 13 The Modal Auxiliary (helping) Verbs in Passive Voice Form take ‘be’: e.g. He will give you a book. Active Voice You will be given a book by him. Passive e.g. They can pick a number. Active Voice A number can be picked by them. Passive e.g. We must finish this job. Active Voice This job must be finished by us. Passive BCK

  17. ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE

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