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7/28/2019 Active and Passive Voice p1

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There are two special forms for verbs called

voice:

1.Active voice

2.Passive voice


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# The active voice is the

"normal" voice. This is the voicethat we use most of the time.

You are probably already

familiar with the active voice. In

the active voice, the object

receives the action of the verb.


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The active voice is stronger than the passive, and

it therefore produces more powerful sentences.

If the subject of the sentence is the person or

thing doingthe acting, then the verb is in active

voice.

Examples:

-My boss made the decision yesterday.

-Doug coordinatedthe meeting in Pauls absence.

-We proposedthe change last week.

-The computerjust crashed.


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These examples show that the subject is do ing the

verb's action.

Because the subject does or "acts upon" the verb in such

sentences, the sentences are said to be in the active voice.


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If the subject of the sentence is the

person or thing receiving the action,

then the verb is in passive voice. In

addition to being less direct, the passivevoice is also generally wordier than the

active voice.

Examples:

-The decision was made by my boss

yesterday.

-The meeting was coordinated by Doug

in Pauls absence.-The change was proposed (by us) last

week.


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One can change the normal word order of manyactive sentences (those with a direct object) sothat the subject is no longeractive, but is,

instead, being acted upon by the verb - orpassive.

Note in these examples how the subject-verbrelationship has changed. Because the subjectis being "acted upon" (or ispassive), suchsentences are said to be in the passive voice.


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NOTE: Colorful parrots live in therainforests cannot be changed to passivevoice because the sentence does nothave a direct object.


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Active

and

Passive

Voice


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Using Active Versus Passive Voice

In a sentence using active voice, thesubject of the sentence performs the actionexpressed in the verb.

Image Caption

The arrow points from the subject performingthe action (the dog) to the individual beingacted upon (the boy). This is an example of asentence using the active voice.


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Image Caption: Sample active voice sentence

with the subject performing the action

described by the verb.


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Image Caption: The active voice sentence subject

(watching a framed, mobile world) performs the action

of reminding the speaker of something.

Each example above includes a sentence subject

performing the action expressed by the verb.


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To change a sentence from active to

passive voice, do the following:

1. Move the active sentence's direct

object into the sentence's subject slot


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2. Place the active sentence's

subject into a phrase beginning

with the prepositon by


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3. Add a form of the auxillary verb

be to the main verb and changethe main verb's form


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1. Move the passive sentence's

subject into the

active sentence's direct object slot


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2. Remove the auxiliary verb be fromthe main verb and change main verb'sform if needed


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3. Place the passive sentence'sobject of the preposition by into the

subject slot.


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R it th f ll i t


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Rewrite the following sentences so

that the verbs will be in the active

voice.

1. We are taught grammar by Ms

Sullivan.2. He was praised by the teacher.3. The injured were taken to the

hospital by the firemen.4. The town was destroyed by an

earthquake.5. The teacher was pleased with the

boys work.


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BY,

RAI,

CHAI,RUTH

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