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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE. A Transitive Verb has two voices. . ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE. active. passive. Active - Passive. So , sentences can be in either active or passive voice. In active voice the “doer (subject)” is important. We know the doer.

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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

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  1. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

  2. A Transitive Verb has two voices. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE active passive

  3. Active - Passive • So, sentences can be in either active or passive voice. • In active voice the “doer (subject)” is important. We know the doer. Aliwrites these stories. (Ali is the doer, “stories” is the object) • In passive voice we don’t know the “doer”, the “doer” is not importantorthe “doer” isobvious. Thethieveswerecaughtlastnight.

  4. THE ACTIVE VOICE A VERB IS IN THE ACTIVE VOICE WHEN THE SUBJECT DOES SOMETHING OR IS ACTIVE. EXAMPLE: The hunter shot the bird. The hunter is the SUBJECT. IT HAS DONE SOMETHING. THE SUBJECT IS ACTIVE.

  5. THE PASSIVE VOICE

  6. STEPPING STONES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE

  7. STEPPING STONES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE • The hunter shotthe bird. • The bird was

  8. STEPPING STONES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE • The hunter shotthe bird. • The bird was shot

  9. STEPPING STONES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE • The hunter shotthe bird. • The bird was shot by the hunter.

  10. Passive Voice Verb to be Past participle He was givena welcome

  11. Change of Pronoun

  12. Exercises • She makes a cake on Sundays. • A cake is made by her on Sundays. • The secretary writes the letters • Letters are written by the secretary • We learn new words every day. • New words are learned by us every day. • The dog eats bone. • Bone is eaten by the dog. • Girls don’t play football. • Football is not played by the girls. • He doesn’t sell fruit. • Fruit is not sold by him.

  13. Exercises • He saw Lisa in Antalya last year. • Lisa was seen in Antalya last year. • They wrote paragraphs yesterday. • Paragraphs were written by them yesterday. • The teacher didn’t answer the question. • The question was not answered by the teacher. • We didn’t decide the place for the party. • The place for the party was not decided by us. • She prepared this report. • This report was prepared by her.

  14. Question form • Do you remember the answers? • Are the answers remembered by you? • Does he sing “Foreveryoung”? • Is “Foreveryoung” sung by him? • Did they wash the dishes? • Were the dishes washed by them? • Did you visit him at the hospital? • Was he visited by you at the hospital?

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