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Active VS Passive Voice
Active VS Passive Voice
Overview
Crime and
Punishment
Focus on Grammar 4
Part VIII, Unit 18
By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells
Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
Crime Report
Examples of Passive Voice:
Active
Subject is voice
doing the action.
Passive
Subject is
voice
receiving the action.
Active vs. Passive 2
Active voice
Agent of the
action
Passive voice
Receiver of the
action
Identify the agent and receiver
Practice 2 of the action. Are the verbs
active or passive?
Passive voice
Receiver of
the action
Active voice
Agent of
the action
Use of Passive Voice 1
Use the passive voice when the agent of
the action is unknown or not important.
Passive voice
Active voice
We Paolo
don’t know
is
whoresponsible.
is responsible.
Paulo
A crime
committed
was committed.
a crime.
By Phrases
Use a by phrase when it is important to
know who performs the action.
The information
is surprising.
Change the sentences from
Practice 3 active to passive voice.
Example:
The lawyers submitted evidence.
Evidence was submitted by the lawyers.