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. Active. When the subject of the sentence is doing something the verb is active.. E.g. The man wore a grey hat.. Subject – . man . verb – . wore. object – . hat. Passive. When the object of the sentence is having something done to it, the verb is 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 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.. 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).. 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.. 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. 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. 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. 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. Immunity:. The state of being immune from or insusceptible to a particular disease or the like.. . The condition that permits either natural or acquired resistance to disease.. The ability of the cell to react immunologically in the presence of antigen.. 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..