PDF-Change the sentences to passive voice

PASSIVE VOICE PV 6 1 They introduced m e to her husband 2 Someone sold this old hat to my wife 3 They are pushing the car 4 Someone broke into my office 5 They were talking about you 6 You. 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. 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).. ~John R. Trimble. Mentor Sentences. Mentor Sentences. : . What . do you notice about the following . sentences?. Using . an image/sentence from your own writing, or something random, write your own sentence using the structure and concepts from the following. . 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. Models for Writers – Chapter 9. Six ways to use sentence variety. Subordination. Periodic and loose sentences. Dramatically short sentences. Active and passive voice. For Sentence Emphasis:. Coordination. 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. . Models for Writers – Chapter 9. Six ways to use sentence variety. Subordination. Periodic and loose sentences. Dramatically short sentences. Active and passive voice. For Sentence Emphasis:. Coordination. .. 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. 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. 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. Teacher Bárbara.. 1.- Write the verbs in brackets into the appropriate form. .  . Chinese __________________________ (speak) in Singapore. . The . Taj. . Mahal. _________________________ (build) around 164. - MEMO Exercise 1 Change the sentences from Active Voice into Passive Voice. 1. The doctor is called by Mother when somebody is ill. 2. The doctor was called by Mother last night. 3. The doctor is b