PPT-Use of Passive and Active Voice

Created by Alice Frye PhD 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. 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. . 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 . UWF Writing Lab. Grammar Mini-Lesson’s Series #2 . Defining “Voice”. “Voice” is a characteristic of verbs which indicates the relation of the verb’s action to its subject.. The voice of a verb may be either “active” or “passive.”. 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:. Voice. Voice. . is the form a verb takes to indicate whether the subject of the verb . performs . or . receives. the action. There are two types of voice: active voice and passive voice. Active Voice. 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.. 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).. 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. source. : The Writing Center, . University of North Carolina at Chapel . Hill. Discuss:. What do you think PASSIVE VOICE is?. Why might we need to talk about it now?. A passive construction occurs when you make the object of an action into . 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..