Active And Passive
Agenda
Comparative Grammar English-Spanish
•Greeting •Reflexion •Game •Active-Passive Voice •Exercises
GLADYS ZACARIAS
“Inch by inch, life is a cinch, yardby yard life is hard.”
Unit 3
The mouse was eaten by the cat.
The mouse ate the cat.
What is the difference between active and passive voice?
Active Voice
•The subject of thesentence does the action.
EXAMPLE:
The explorers climbed the tallest mountain in the world.
Passive Voice
•The subject of the sentence receives the action.
The window was broken.Active Form
Thing Thing doing + verb + receiving action action
The explorers climbed the mountain.
subject doing action
verb
object receiving action
Passive Form
Thing past receiving + be +participle action Auxiliary of verb
+
Thing doing action
The window was broken (by the kid).
subject receiving action be Auxiliary
past participle of verb
object doing action
PassiveVoice
To be Past participle
Transitive Verb
Reflects the action on an object
WHO - WHAT
Transitive Verbs become consist of cost equal fit have resemble suit
No
passive voice
belocated in be born be composed of
Only
passive voice
Verb = Transitive or Intransitive
What?
• William moved all boxes yesterday.
What?
preposition
Transitive
• The crowd moved acrossthe field.
Intransitive
Exercise : Transitive or Intransitive
What?
• She usually leaves the books on the table.
What?
adverb
Transitive
• The train sometimes leaves early onSunday.
Intransitive
Active and Passive Voice
VOICE indicates if the subject does or receives the action. ACTIVE VOICE: Claire wrote the report (the subject, Claire, acts). PASSIVE VOICE: Thereport was written by Claire (the subject, the report, receives the action).
Let’s Practice
Directions: Change sentences 1,2 and 3 to active voice.
1. The statue is being visited by...
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