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Active & Passive Voice

Review Growing Different Crops. Active & Passive Voice. Directions: Work with a partner. On each slide, a verb tense and some words are listed.

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Active & Passive Voice

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  1. Review Growing Different Crops Active & Passive Voice

  2. Directions: Work with a partner. • On each slide, a verb tense and some words are listed. • First, make an active voice question and statement (answer) using the words. Put the verb in the tense listed. Check your question by clicking the mouse. • Next, make a passive voice question and answer using the same words (change the word order & verb form; omit the old subject/agent if it’s not needed). Check your answer by clicking the mouse.

  3. where/farmers/grapes/growanswer - in Californiasimple present tense • Active Question: Where do farmers grow grapes? • Active Answer: Farmers grow grapes in California. • Passive Question: Where aregrapes grown (by farmers)? • Passive Answer: Grapes are grown (by farmers) in California.

  4. where/farmers/wheat/grow answer - in Arizona present progressive tense • Active Question: Where are farmers growing wheat? • Active Answer: Farmers are growing wheat in Arizona. • Passive Question: Where is wheat being grown (by farmers) ? • Passive Answer: Wheat is being grown (by farmers) in Arizona.

  5. how long/farmers/wheat/grow/in Arizona answer - for yearspresent perfect tense • Active Question: How long have farmers grown wheat in Arizona? • Active Answer: Farmers havegrownwheat in Arizona for years. • Passive Question: How long has wheat beengrownin Arizona? • Passive Answer Wheat hasbeengrown in Arizona for years.

  6. (no question word)/farmers/more wheat/grow/in the futureanswer - yesfuture with will • Active Question: Will farmers grow more wheat in the future? • Active Answer: Yes, farmers will grow more wheat in the future. • Passive Question: Willmore wheat begrown(by farmers) in the future? • Passive Answer: More wheat will be grown(by farmers) in the future.

  7. (no question word)/farmers/less cotton/grow/in the futureanswer - yesfuture with be going to • Active Question: Arefarmers going to grow less cotton in the future? • Active Answer: Yes, farmers are going to grow less cotton in the future. • Passive Question: Isless cotton going to begrown(by farmers) in the future? • Passive Answer: Yes, less cotton is going to be grown(by farmers) in the future.

  8. When/a tire company/cotton/grow/in Goodyear answer - in the 1940ssimple past tense • Active Question: When dida tire company grow cotton in Goodyear? • Active Answer: A tire company grew cotton in Goodyear in the 1940s. • Passive Question: When was cotton grown(by a tire company) in Goodyear? • Passive Answer Cotton was grown(by a tire company) in Goodyear in the 1940s.

  9. why/the company/lots of cotton/grow/thenanswer – to make tires for the militarypast progressive tense • Active Question: Why was the company growing lots of cotton then? • Active Answer: The company was growinglots of cotton then to make tires for the military. • Passive Question: Why was lots of cotton beinggrownthen? • Passive Answer Lots of cotton wasbeinggrown then to make tires for the military.

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