PPT-Active vs. Passive Voice

Kassie Howell Ling 3362 30 September 2014 The Rule Use Active Voice Whenever Possible History of Rule Passive voice emerged in 4500 BC from the middle voice found in the IndoEuropean language which English is derived. Reference:. Humphrey, S., Love, K., & . Droga. , L. (2011). . Working Grammar: An introduction for secondary English teachers. . Victoria: Pearson.. Definitions. : . Active voice. : . Verbs are written with the . What are the active and passive voices?. Why does it matter for my writing?. When should I use each one most effectively?. Visit the . YouTube. Channel (UBC Science Writing). By the end of these in-class activities, you should be able to:. person or thing receiving an action. .. -. Passive is made only with transitive verb.. Passive voice. Intransitive verb cannot be passive. Active sentences focus on performing an action.. Passive voice. The active voice focuses on the doer of the action. .. Subject. Verb. Object. The driver. hit. a small child.. The passive voice focuses on the receiver of the action. OBJECT. VERB. SUBJECT. A small child. From the. UWF Writing Lab’s 101 . Grammar Mini-Lessons Series. Mini-Lesson #2. . Voice . is a characteristic of verbs which indicates the relation of the action of the verb to its subject. The voice of a verb may be either active (with the subject doing the action) or passive (with the subject receiving the action).. Thai passive. ผม. ถูก. หมา. กัด. . โดน. PASSIVE VOICE. Active VOICE. ask. is asked. to be + V3. PAST PARTICIPLE ( verb 3 ). PRESENT:. PAST:. PAST PARTICIPLE:. eat. Part of Speech. Noun. Pronoun. Verb. Helping Verb. Adjective. Preposition. Conjunction. Active Voice. John. . punched. . Kim. What is . John. ?. Subject. What is . punched. ?. Verb. Past. What is . Correct use of “I” and avoiding the “royal we”. Attributing Action. Active vs. passive . voice . (Activity 1: 2 minutes). Individually, . Write a sentence written in the active voice. Write a sentence written in the passive voice. Passive Voice. The ball was thrown by the football player.. Direct object . verb . actor/doer. Verb in form “to-be” + past participle. The . subject is the object of the action, not the doer of the action. .. Example: My bike was stolen. .. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my . bike . was stolen. I do not know, however, who did it. .. Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows. Created by Alice Frye, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. 1. Steps in this tutorial. 1) State the goals of this tutorial. 2) What are active and passive voice. 3) Examples of active and passive voice. Week of Feb. 17. Warm-Up: Monday, Feb. 17th. Add these definitions to your grammar notes. What . Is Active Voice?. The action is performed . by. . the sentence subject, meaning this sentence is . active (direct. ZEPU Constantly focus in active passive trainer RD production since 2009With reliable quality and good after service we win more and more trust from customerZEPU had cooperation more than 3500 hospita 3. Trial. Active Sentence. Brown wrote “Teaching by Principles” book in . 1991. Premium. Passive . Sentence. “Teaching by Principle” book was written . in . 1991. Sentences can be in the form of active or passive.