Active And Passive

Thursday, October 18th ,2012

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

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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
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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).

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Let’s Practice
Directions: Change sentences 1,2 and 3 to active voice.

1. The statue is being visited by...