active passive voice.pptx

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Active & Passive Voice


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Active Voice

• Active Voice – indicates thatthe subject of the verb is

acting

• Because the subject does or

"acts upon" the verb in suchsentences the sentences aresaid to be in the active voice.


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Active Voice

The subject of the sentence performs the action

The student wrote the essay.


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Active Voice

Active voice is used to show that thesubject of the sentence is performing orcausing the action.

Example

!ebron threw the bas"etball before thebu##er.

!ebron shot the bas"etball from the freethrow line.

!ebron scored three points.


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Active Voice

These e!ampes show that thesubject is doing the verb$s action. The dog jumped onto the boy.

The dog ( subject ) is doing the jumping ( verb ).

%rish wi give a book report to the cass. Kristy ( subject ) is doing the giving ( verb ).

The computer ate my paper. The computer ( subject ) is doing the eating

( verb ).


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Passive Voice

Passive voice is used when the subjectis the recipient of the action.

Example

The ball was thrown by !ebron.

The bas"et was shot by !ebron.

The score was made by !ebron.


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&assive Voice

• $n a passive voice sentence thesubject and object %ip%op. Thesubject becomes the passive

recipient of the action.

• 'ecause the subject is being (actedupon( )or is passive*+ such sentencesare said to be in the passive voice.


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&assive Voice

• These e!ampes show the subject being acted upon by the verb.

• The boy was jumped on by the dog.

– Boy ( subject ) was being jumped on ( verb )• A book report wi be given by %rish to

the cass. – Report ( subject ) will be given ( verb ).

• 'y paper was eaten by the computer.

– Paper ( subject ) was being eaten ( verb ).


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(easons to )se the Active Voice

The active voice is less aw"ward and clearlystates relationship between subject andaction.

*ompare &assive: ,our re-uest for funding has been denied

by the review committee.

Active: The review committee denied your re-uestfor funding.

The active voice sentence pattern propels thereader forward through your writing thusavoiding wea" prose.


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+hen to )se &assiveVoice ,n genera the passive voice is ess

direct ess forcefu and ess concisethan the active voice.

)se the passive voice in the foowingsituations:

)se passive voice when you do not knowor do not want to revea the performer of

an action.

)se passive voice when you want toemphasi-e the receiver of an action.


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!ampes

• Awkward &assive: 'y bicycewas repainted by /ohn.

• 0eiberate &assive: 'y bicycewas repainted. 1The performeris not mentioned and theemphasis is on the bicycle.2


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3orm of &assive VoiceVerbs The passive voice re-uires a (double

verb( and will always consist of a formof the verb (to be( and the past

participle )usually the (enedt( form* ofanother verb.

!ampe:

Active: /ohn baked the bread.&assive: The bread was baked by /ohn. ( as is a form of the verb !be".)


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3orm of &assive VoiceVerbs +riters shoud be famiiar with

the forms of "to be" often caedinking verbs so that they can

easiy identify the passive voice intheir work.

/eview the forms of (to be( am# is# are# was# were# be# being#

been


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3orm of &assive VoiceVerbs• 0ote the forms of (to be( in the examples

of the verb (to "ic"( in various forms ofthe passive voice

• is "ic"edhad been "ic"edwas "ic"edis going to be "ic"ed

is being "ic"edwill be "ic"edhas been "ic"edcan be "ic"edwas being "ic"edshould be "ic"ed


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3orm of &assive VoiceVerbs 1ften passive voice sentences will

contain a "by" phrase indicting whoor what performed the action.

Passive sentences can be easilytransformed into active sentenceswhen the object of the preposition

(by( is moved to the subject positionin the sentence.


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3orm of &assive VoiceVerbs !ampes:

&assive: The cookies were eaten by thechidren.

Active: The chidren ate the cookies.

&assive: The tunnes are dug by thegophers.

Active: The gophers dug the tunnes.


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4et5s &ractice

0irections: *hange the sentencesbeow to the active voice.

2. The statue is being visited by hundreds of

tourists every year.3. 4y boo"s were stolen by someone yesterday.

5. These boo"s had been left in the classroom bya careless student.

6. 7o8ee is raised in many parts of 9awaii byplantation wor"ers.

:. The house had been bro"en into by someonewhile the owners were on vacation.


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4et5s &ractice

0irections: *hange the sentencesbeow to the passive voice.

2. 7hildren cannot open these bottles easily.

3. The government built a road right outsideher front door.

5. 4r. /oss bro"e the anti-ue vase as hewal"ed through the store.

6. ;hen she arrived+ the changes ama#ed her.

:. The construction wor"ers are ma"ing streetrepairs all month long.


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4et5s &ractice

!abel the following sentences A7T$VE or PA


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4et5s &ractice

0irections: *hange the sentences beow tothe active voice.

2. The statue is being visited by hundreds oftourists every year.

3. 4y boo"s were stolen by someone yesterday.

5. These boo"s had been left in the classroom bya careless student.

6. 7o8ee is raised in many parts of 9awaii byplantation wor"ers.

:. The house had been bro"en into by someonewhile the owners were on vacation.


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Excercise

The potholes are being repaired bythe wor"ers. 9ot+ blac"+ asphaltwas poured into the potholes by

the crew.


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Excercise

The professor graded the essays.4any students scored well

because they used active voice.1ne student almost failed becausehe had too many passivesentences. The professor

recommended the student to the7enter for Teaching and !earning.


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/ewrite the following paragraph in theactive voice.

Last summer our house was painted by me.First, the exterior was washed using warm waterand a mild detergent. Then all of the chinks inthe walls were sealed with putty. After the puttyhad had a chance to dry, the exterior could be

painted. A latex paint was used because it iseasy to apply and cleans up with water. A wholeweek was needed to nish this part of the ob. Acolor was used that was very close to the

original color. !hen the ob was nished, a greatdeal of satisfaction was felt by me. "ven mydad said that a good ob was done.

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