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Active and Passive Voice. Verbs. LEARNING GOAL. I can form and use verbs in the active and passive voice. Create a working definition of the following terms:. Active Passive. View the Video. What actions do you see? Who is completing the actions? "I Would Run to You".

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  1. Active and Passive Voice Verbs

  2. LEARNING GOAL • I can form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.

  3. Create a working definition of the following terms: • Active • Passive

  4. View the Video • What actions do you see? Who is completing the actions? • "I Would Run to You"

  5. Listen the the Song • What actions do you notice? • How would the song change if were “It Was Heard by Me Through the Grapevine”? • "I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye

  6. Read the Passage “Do Good” • Identify as many verbs in the passage as possible and prepare to share.

  7. Listen to the Podcast • Listen to the Grammar Girl Podcast and read the transcript as the podcast plays. • Underline key details regarding active and passive voice. • Active Versus Passive Voice: Grammar Girl

  8. Guided Notes • In a sentence using active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed in the verb. • In a sentence using passive voice, the subject is acted upon; he or she receives the action expressed by the verb.

  9. Reasons to Use Active Voice • Active voice is used in most non-scientific writing. • Using active voice makes your meaning clear and keeps your sentences from becoming unnecessarily complicated or wordy. • Using passive voice sometimes buries or masks the meaning of your sentences.

  10. Active or Passive? • The dog bit the boy.

  11. Active or Passive? • Scientists have conducted experiments to test the hypotheses.

  12. Active or Passive? • The entrance exam was failed by over one-third of applicants to the school.

  13. Active or Passive? • The brakes were slammed on by her as the car sped down hill.

  14. Active or Passive? • The committee is considering action on the bill.

  15. Your Turn • Write as many sentences in Active Voice as possible in the time allotted. • Choose from this List: • Energize, discover, forge, force, amaze, built, unveil, love, rally, animate, sold, shop, read, create, vote, punch , advance, hobble, flush, lunge, flounder, lurch , crouch, dash, submerge, stumble, laugh, steal, reel, mail, restore, preside, yank, stamp, stumble.

  16. Share Examples • Share your examples with a partner; check to make sure your sentences are written in active voice.