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Active & Passive Active Voice Form

Active & Passive Active Voice Form. Subject of a sentence does the action e.g. A man is cutting down a tree. ‘A man’ = subject – “does the action” -- cutting -. Active & Passive Passive Voice Form. Object receives the action e.g. A tree is being cut down by a man.

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Active & Passive Active Voice Form

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  1. Active & PassiveActive Voice Form • Subject of a sentence does the action • e.g. A man is cutting down a tree. ‘A man’ = subject – “does the action” -- cutting -

  2. Active & PassivePassive Voice Form • Object receives the action e.g. A tree is being cut down by a man. ‘A tree’ = cut down. Passive

  3. Active-Passive Voice – example 1 • The boy is carrying the girl.Active Voice The boy = subject the girl = object of the verb Who is doing the action of carrying? = The boy

  4. Active-Passive Voice – example 2 • The girl is being carried by the boy.Passive Voice The girl = subject is being carried = verb the boy = object of the preposition ‘by’ Who is RECEIVING the action of carrying? = The girl

  5. Active-Passive Voice – changes 1 • John reads a book every day. Active Voice A book is read every day by John. Passive Voice BCK

  6. Active-Passive Voice – changes 3 • John reads a book every day. Active Voice A book is read every day by John. Passive voice BCK

  7. Active-Passive Voice – note 1 He cooks food. Active Voice ‘food’ singular Foodis cooked by him. Passive Voice BCK

  8. Active-Passive Voice – note 2 He carried some books. Active Voice ‘some books’ – Plural Some bookswere carried by him. Passive Voice ‘were carried’ BCK

  9. Active-Passive Voice -- note 3 • She has signed ten letters. Active Voice ‘She’ – subject;singular Ten letters have been signed by her. Passive Voice ‘Ten letters’ – plural BCK

  10. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 1 • She bakes cakes. Active ‘bakes’ – verb – Simple Present Tense Cakes are baked by her. Passive Voice ‘are baked’ – verb – Simple Present Tense BCK

  11. Active-Passive – Tense Change 2 • He is building a sand castle. ‘is building’ – verb – present continues tense – ACTIVE VOICE FORM A sand castle is being built by him. ‘is being built’ – verb PASSIVE VOICE FORM BCK

  12. Active-Passive -- Tense Change 3 • He has drawn a picture. ‘has drawn’ – verb – present perfect tense ACTIVE VOICE A picture has been drawn by him. ‘has been drawn’ – verb – present perfect tense PASSIVE VOICE BCK

  13. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 5 • She told me a secret. Active Voice ‘told’ – verb – simple past tense A secret was told (to) me by her. Passive Voice ‘was told’ – verb – simple past tense BCK

  14. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 6 • The postman was deliveringthe post. ACTIVE VOICE FORM The post was being delivered by the postman. PASSIVE VOICE FORM BCK

  15. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 9 They will give the beggar some money. ‘will give’ -- Active The beggar will be given some money by them. ‘will be given’ -- Passive BCK

  16. Active-Passive Voice – Tense Change 13 The Modal Auxiliary (helping) Verbs in Passive Voice Form take ‘be’: e.g. He will give you a book. Active Voice You will be given a book by him. Passive e.g. They can pick a number. Active Voice A number can be picked by them. Passive e.g. We must finish this job. Active Voice This job must be finished by us. Passive BCK

  17. ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE

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