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Good morning!
Grammar Blasts #15
Welcome back to…
Today we will be discussing…
The Voice!
Just Kidding
We will actually be talking about…
The Passive Voicevs
The Active Voice
Active Voice
An active verbsends its action forward to the
object
When the subject is the doer of action, the verb is in the
active voice.
Let’s take a look at some examples…
The ninja sliced the fruit.umm..tried to…
Fans surrounded the singer.
Pandas live in the beautiful wilderness.
That’s the Active Voice!Any questionz?
NEXT
Passive Voice
When subject receives the action, the verb is in the passive
voice.
A passive verb sends its action backto the subject
Let’s take a look at some examples…
The poor soul was surrounded by Zombies.
The tree was struck by lightning.
An A+ was given to Sam by Mr. T.
Take a look at thesesentences.
What voice are they using?
Active or Passive?
The letter was mailed by Ms.Morgan.
The tree was struck by lightning.
The car was jumped over by Nate.
The World record was broken by Mr.T.
Passive
Passive
Passive
Passive
Let’s try and changethose “Passive” sentences”
into sentences usingthe Active Voice!!!
The letter was mailed by Ms.Morgan.
The tree was struck by lightning.
The car was jumped over by Nate.
The World record was broken by Mr.T.
Lightning struck the tree.
Ms. Morgan mailed the letter.
Nate jumped over the car.
Mr. T broke the World Record!
Active!
Active!
Active!
Active!
In general,always try to use the
Active Voice!!!
Kewl. Time for our
Notebook Exerzize
Write two sentences usingthe Active Voice.
Write two sentences using thePassive Voice.
Finished!
Active Voice
When the subject is the doer of action, the verb is in the
active voice. An active verbsends its action forward to the
object
Zebras surrounded the bus.
Passive Voice
When subject receives the action, the verb is in the passive voice
A passive verb sends its action backto the subject
The bus was surrounded by zebras
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