PPT-Passive v. Active Voice

The active voice When a sentence is in the active voice the subject of the sentence is the actor The subject is doing the action in the sentence Examples The boy kicked the ball. Passive Voice. Angela Gulick. CAS Writing Specialist. June . 2015. What Exactly . Are. Active and Passive Voice, Anyway?. If you feel silly that you don’t know the answer to this question, I would estimate that about 70% of the people I teach don’t know the answer either. Active and passive voice describe the order of information in a sentence and what is being focused on, the subject of the action, the action itself, or the receiver of the action. . ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE. -- Read each sentence. Determine if the verb is in active voice or in passive voice. . 1. Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. . 2. A movie is going to be watched by us tonight. . 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 . 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. Voice is determined by the . subject’s. function in the sentence.. Active Voice. If the . subject is the doer. of the action, the verb is . active voice. .. Justin planted rose bushes in the garden.. 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 Indo-European language, which English is derived.. Resources: . Warriner’s. High School Handbook. http. :. /. /. grammar.ccc.commnet.edu. http://www.englishgrammar101.com . Powerpoint. by Sandra Jameson. Nazareth Area High School. Active Voice. S. 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. Battle . royale. Why is active voice preferred?. “Active . voice is brief, cogent, and assertive. It shows the reader a moving picture whereas a passive voice is weak and up to interpretation. Prose should always be active, powerful. The reader shouldn't even realize they're reading words off a page. . 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. Using the Passive Voice. Definitions. Changing to the passive voice. Practice examples. Active Voice vs. Passive Voice. Active voice takes the form “A does B”. We. chose the . plastic film . to cover the microphone. 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. 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. ACTIVE VS. PASSIVE VOICE. Generally, we use the active voice whenever possible because the Passive voice sentences often use more words, can be vague, and can lead to a tangle of prepositional phrases..