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Review of tense and voice

Review of tense and voice. This presentation explains two different characteristics of verbs: tense and voice . Knowing this vocabulary will help you discuss sentence characteristics accurately. . T ense = T ime . Verb tense specifies time of the action

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Review of tense and voice

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  1. Review of tense and voice • This presentation explains two different characteristics of verbs: tense and voice. Knowing this vocabulary will help you discuss sentence characteristics accurately. For use with Technical Editing 3e

  2. Tense = Time Verb tense specifies time of the action further past past now future past perfect past tense present future The team The team The team The team had played playedplayswill play three games ... yesterday. each week. tomorrow. ...when UT beat them. For use with Technical Editing 3e

  3. Tense = TimeVerb tense specifies time of the action For use with Technical Editing 3e

  4. Voice = relationship between the subject and the action expressed by the verb For use with Technical Editing 3e

  5. Active Voice • Thestudentstookthe test on May 7. • subject = students • students performed the action of taking • active voice For use with Technical Editing 3e

  6. Passive Voice • Thetestwas givenin the computer classroom. • subject = test • the test did not act (give) but received the action of giving • passive voice For use with Technical Editing 3e

  7. Marks of passive voice • to be verb (is, are, was, were, have been) • past participle • usually an -ed word—completed, organized, complained • irregular verbs have irregular past participles—given, taken, written, built For use with Technical Editing 3e

  8. Examples of passive voice • Romewas not builtin a day. • Applesare fertilizedwith organic materials. • Applicants’race and gender are not considered. For use with Technical Editing 3e

  9. Past tense and passive voice • Past tense and passive voice use past participles • Use other markers to distinguish voice from tense For use with Technical Editing 3e

  10. Tense and voice together Transitive verbs have both tense and voice. • In active voice, the past participle identifies past tense. • Icompletedthe project. • In passive voice, the to be verb identifies tense. • The projectwill be completed. • The projectwascompleted yesterday. For use with Technical Editing 3e

  11. Weak verbs and passive voice Weak verbs may sound passive, but voicealways refers to the relation of subject and the action in the verb, not to strength and weakness. These examples use weak verbs but not passive voice. • This lesson is important. (to be verb) • This course involves grammar. (active voice) For use with Technical Editing 3e

  12. Summary: Tense and Voice • Tense = Time • Verb tense places an action in the past, present, or future • Voice = relationship of the subject to the action in the verb • active voice: subject performs the action • passive voice: subject receives the action For use with Technical Editing 3e

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