What do you notice?

What do these sentences have in common? The road was crossed by the chicken.  The shoe was dropped by Cinderella as

she fled the ball.  New styles are worn every year by

students.  The painting is immediately noticed by

everyone who comes into the house.

Active vs. Passive (Passive) The road was crossed by the

chicken.  (Active) The chicken crossed the road. http://www.englishvideolesson.com/208

6-active-vs-passive-voice-video-lesson.html

Grammar Girl has something to say about active and passive voice.

How would you make these active? The shoe was dropped by Cinderella as

she fled the ball.  New styles are worn every year by

students.  The painting is immediately noticed by

everyone who comes into the house.

Creative Writing Time! For each of the following pictures, write

a single sentence describing it. Be sure to use the voice indicated, either active or passive.

Passive Voice

http://with1shoe.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/cinderella_losing_her_shoe.12060547_std.jpg

Active Voice

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CarNcodpCMA/TFImNL2RqKI/AAAAAAAAIlc/C1UZTGu-7ns/s1600/1cinderella-graphicsfairy006b.jpg

Active Voice

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3JawS1C_lJU/TanwbGakvaI/AAAAAAAAKeo/aHwIZ_TdoCQ/s1600/iStockSpilledMilkB.jpg

Passive Voice

http://www.langhorneaa.org/files/basketball_hoops.jpg

Ticket-out-the-door For the next image, write down a single

sentence describing it, then correctly identify the voice of your sentence, either active or passive.

http://loudpoet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dirtyfingers.jpg