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Revising for Active Voice

Revising for Active Voice. University of Scranton Writing Center. Grammatical Terms. Verb The action. Subject The actor. Object The action’s recipient. Voice Relationship between the three. Active vs. Passive Voice. Passive Voice Subject and object have swapped roles.

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Revising for Active Voice

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  1. Revising for Active Voice University of Scranton Writing Center

  2. Grammatical Terms • Verb • The action. • Subject • The actor. • Object • The action’s recipient. • Voice • Relationship between the three.

  3. Active vs. Passive Voice • Passive Voice • Subject and object have swapped roles. • “We were told to leave by the supervisor.” • Active Voice • Subject and object properly placed. • “The supervisor told us to leave.”

  4. Identifying Passive Voice • Symptoms • “To be” Verbs: • Am • Is • Are • Was • Were • Be, Being, Been

  5. Revising for Active Voice • Identify the sentence’s active verb. • What action is performed? • Identify the sentence’s subject. • Who performs this action? • Identify the sentence’s object. • Who receives this action? • Place the subject before and the object after the verb.

  6. Revising Practice • Students are given exams by faculty members. • What is the sentence’s active verb? • Who performs this action? • Who receives this action? • Does the sentence exhibit passive voice? • Can we rewrite the sentence by placing the subject (faculty members) before and the object (students) after the active verb (give)? • Faculty members give students exams.

  7. Revising Practice • In laboratories, chemicals are researched by scientists. • What is the sentence’s active verb? • Who performs this action? • Who receives this action? • Does the sentence exhibit passive voice? • Can we rewrite the sentence by placing the subject (scientists) before and the object (chemicals) after the active verb (research)? • In laboratories, scientists research chemicals.

  8. Revising Practice • Gregor was portrayed by Kafka as an isolated insect. • Kafka portrayed Gregor as an isolated insect.

  9. Revising Practice • Presently, more books are being read by students during the summer than ever before. • Presently, students read more books during the summer than ever before.

  10. Revising Practice • We were travelling through Europe for an entire month. • We travelled through Europe for an entire month.

  11. Conclusion • Identify the sentence’s active verb. • What action is performed? • Identify the sentence’s subject. • Who performs this action? • Identify the sentence’s object. • Who receives this action?

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