DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

DIVISION OF ANTIQUE
LIRIO M. ESCANO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
CARIT-AN PATNONGON, ANTIQUE

LEARNER’S WEEKLY ACTIVITY

SUBJECT TEACHER:
Subject Area: English 7 Grade Level: 7
Use the passive and active voice meaningfully in varied
Learning Competency/ies/Code: contexts. EN7G-III-c-2

UNIT/LESSON/TOPIC: Unit I- Lesson 3: Active and Passive voice

WEEK NO./DURATION WEEK 1: 1 HR DAILY
A. Learning Objectives:
At the end of the lesson the student should be able to:
a. distinguish active voice from passive voice
b. change active voice to passive voice and vice versa
c. identify sentences with active and passive voice in different context

A. PRE-ASSESMENT
1. What is active voice?
2. What is passive voice?

A. INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY (activity to link to a new lesson/topic)

Activity 1: Warm-up (Look at the following pictures and answer the following questions

1. What is the girl doing? 3. What happened to the fi sh?

Ans: __________________________________ Ans: _______________________________

2. 4.
What happened to the wood? What is the man doing?

Ans: _________________________________ Ans: ________________________________

 B. LESSON/DISCUSSION (Content)
1. Introduce the passive and active voice. Read the following points:
 Voice is the quality of the verb that tells whether the subject is the doer of the receiver of the action.
 In active voice sentences, the subject does the action.
Sentence structure: subject + action verb + object receiving the action.
Dogs bury bones.
Sandy takes cupcakes each Monday.
(subject) ( action verb) ( object receiving the action) (subject) ( action verb) ( object receiving the action)

 In passive voice sentences, the subject receives the action.

Sentence structure: subject + (auxiliary verb + past participle) + object doing the action.
(auxiliary verb) (auxiliary verb)

Bones are buried by dogs. Cupcakes are taken by Sandy each Monday.
(subject) ( past participle) ( object receiving the action) (subject) ( past participle) ( object receiving the action)

 Changing the voice from active and passive voice and vice versa. Observe the following:
 To change the sentence from active to passive, we just make the direct object the subject of the sentence
and the subject or the doer is placed with the by –phrase.
 Changing active voice-passive voice and vice versa
(Active voice) (Passive voice)
Example: Dogs bury bones. Bones are buried by dogs.

(Passive voice) (Active voice)

Cupcakes are taken by Sandy each Monday. Sandy takes cupcakes each Monday.

 Sometimes the doer of the action is omitted in passive voice sentences.

Example: The piano was played.

C. APPLICATION/DRILLS/ ACTIVITY 2
Activity 1:

Identify the voice of the verb in each sentence. Voice

1. Adda cooked a sumptuous dinner.
2. He plays basketball every Saturday.
3. The children baked cookies
4. The annual report was presented by the chairman.
5. My classmate was hit by the car.

Activity 2:
Directions: Decide whether the following sentences are written in the active or passive voice. Then write the doer of
the action on the line to the right. If the doer is unknown, write a question mark (?).

1) Thomas feeds his dog. active / passive ____________

2) The dog is fed by Thomas. active / passive ____________
 3) The family went to the beach. active / passive ____________
4) The letter was written by Marshall. active / passive ____________
5) The game had been won by the blue team. active / passive ____________
6) The problem was solved. active / passive ____________
7) The stunt man risked his life. active / passive ____________
8) The fire was extinguished. active / passive ____________
9) The car was being cleaned by its owner. active / passive ____________
10) It gets cold here during the winter. active / passive ____________

A. ASSESSMENT
Change the active voice sentences to passive voice.

1. The artist sings a song as he paints.

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2. The little girl pounds the piano when mad.
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3. The man with no teeth wants new dentures.
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4. Many of my friend surf the internet during class.
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5. The weatherman forecasts storms for tomorrow.
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6. My grandfather made the chest of drawers for my wedding present.
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7. The talented cardiac surgeon saves lives every day.
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8. Many of the stars perform concerts for their favorite charity.
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Directions: Rewrite the passive voice sentences as active voice sentences.

9. Passive: The dog was hit by the car.
Active: _________________________________________________________________________
Directions: Rewrite the active voice sentences as passive voice sentences.
10. Active: Julius answered the question.
Passive: ________________________________________________________________________
A. ENRICHMENTMENT ACTIVITY /ASSIGNMENT
Portfolio Output: Read the short story and identify sentences with the active and passive voice.

Active voice Passive voice