Republic of the Philippines

Region III-Central Luzon

Department of Education
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
Moncada South District
BAQUERO NORTE INTEGRATED SCHOOL
Moncada, Tarlac

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEETS

ENGLISH 7
FIRST QUARTER

WEEK 3

NAME: ____________________________________________________
GRADE & SECTION: ___________________________
SCORE: _______________________
PARENT'S/GUARDIAN'S SIGNATURE: _____________________

Prepared: ALDWIN ASHLEY C. ABON

Subject Teacher

Checked and Noted: GEMMA AMOR B. MENDOZA, PhD

School Principal 1
 I. TITLE: ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICES

II. MELC: Use the passive and active voice meaningfully in varied contexts
(EN7G-III-c-2)

III. OBJECTIVES:
1) utilize the passive and active voices in correct manner,
2) identify the active and passive voices in the sentence,
3) construct sentences using active and passive voices, and
4) use the passive and active voices in varied manners.

SKILL INVOLVED: WRITING

IV. LEARNING RESOURCES: MELC, SLM in English 7 Q-1 Module 3, PIVOT
IV-A Learners' Material English 7 Quarter 1, internet sources

V. MODE OF INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY: Modular (Learning Activity

Sheets); Radio-Based Instruction, Online Distance Learning

VI. CONCEPT NOTES

a. Definition of Voice of Verb, Active and Passive Voice
Voices of the verb focuses on the function of the subject being either
the doer/performer or the receiver of the action. They are classified as to: (a)
active and (b) passive.
Active Voice: In the active voice, the subject is the doer of the action.
Passive Voice: In the passive voice, the subject is the receiver of the
action. The verb is formed by adding the past participle of the verb to the
appropriate form of to be. The be verb carries the tense of the main verb.

ONLINE DISCUSSION: Students’ writing, remembering, and analytical skills

are important in this lesson. Thus, during the online class, it is important to
guide students in recognizing and analyzing the examples of active and
passive voice together with the rules in transforming active voice to passive
voice and vice-versa.

Active Voice and Passive Voice

Examples:
Active : The teachers prepared the materials for their classes.
subject predicate
doer of the action receiver of the action
Passive : The materials were prepared by the teachers for their classes.
subject predicate
receiver of the action doer of the action

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General rules of converting active voice to passive voice:
The active voice focuses on the person who does the action that means the
subject performs the action.
1. In active voice, the doer of the action or subject becomes the receiver which is
now part of the predicate in the passive voice.
2. Use is/ am/ are/ was/ were/ been/ being + past participle according to the
tense.
3. Put ‘by’ before the direct object in the passive voice.

To change a sentence from active to passive voice, do the following:

1. Place the receiver of the
action, rice, as a subject.

2. Place the doer of the

action, Hernan, as the predicate
of the sentence in passive voice and
use the preposition “by”.

3. The passive verb is formed

with “be verb” (auxiliary) plus the
main verb.

General rules of converting from passive voice to active voice

The passive voice focuses on the receiver or the result of the action; thus, the
subject receives the action.
1. In active voice, the receiver in the passive voice becomes the doer of the action
or part of the subject.
2. Remove the preposition ‘by’.

To change a passive voice sentence into an active voice sentence, simply reverse
the steps shown above.
1. The subject (rice) in passive
voice becomes the object in
active voice.
2. Change the auxiliary verb
be and replace it with the main
verb to emphasize the doer of
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3. Place the receiver of the
sentence into the doer slot

RADIO-BASED INSTRUCTION: Additional examples of active voice to passive

voice sentences will be discussed during the radio airing to guide students'
mastery of the lesson and their application of the skill into real life scenarios.

Remember! Not all sentences can be changed to the passive voice. Only an
active voice of the sentence with a direct object can be changed passive.
For example: “Tarsiers live in the rainforests.” cannot be changed to passive
voice because the sentence does not have a direct object.
Another example is, ‘She is dancing.” cannot be changed as well to passive
voice because the sentence does not have a clear known object.
Finally, “He died in 2005.” has no known object thus, cannot be converted
into passive voice.

VII. FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT

TASK 1
Direction: Convert the following sentences from active voice to passive voice.
1. The mayor declared a state of calamity.

2. The students of the barrio school visited the museum in the city.

3. Our parish priest will officiate the mass during our town fiesta.

4. Her mother prepared cups of coffee for her classmates.

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5. The governor ordered the closure of all provincial borders.

6. My father sold our farm for one million pesos.

7. The students plant seedlings.

8. The policemen arrested the quarantine violators.

9. Her employees presented their proposals.

10. Their carabaos plow the fields.

Direction: Convert the following sentences from passive voice to active voice.
1. The pyramids were built by Egyptians during the ancient civilization.

2. A cup of coffee was prepared by the servant.

3. The documents have been prepared by the clerks for the hearing.

4. The gift is given by the boss to his employees.

5. Our papers were accepted by the secretary.

6. Their rooms are cleaned by their house helper.

7. Her collections will be transferred by the workers tomorrow.

8. His house was painted red and green by the painter.

9. The packages were delivered by the courier.

10. The sheep were taken by the shepherd to the ranch.

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TASK 2
Direction: Write A if the statement is in active voice and P if it is in passive
form. Then, transform each statement from active to passive and vice versa.
____1. Noli Me Tangere is considered by experts as an enlightening novel.

____2. The terraces were built by our ancestors.

____3. Catriona Gray won the Miss Universe 2018 title.

____4. The Philippines owns the Benham Rise found in eastern portion.

____5. Residents of CALABARZON were affected by the Mount Taal eruption.

____6. The Spaniards colonized the Philippines.

____7. The bouquet of roses was given by Alex to his mother.

____8. Her good deeds are rewarded by her parents.

____9. Their family will receive financial support from the government.

___10. The petition will be submitted by the lawyer to the prosecutor.

TASK 3
Direction: Write True if the statement is correct and False if it is not true.
__________1. In active voice, the subject of the sentence is doing the action.
__________2. In passive voice, the subject receives the action expressed by
the verb.
__________3. The subject performs the action expressed by the verb in active
voice.
__________4. An active voice is used when you need to highlight the object or
person who is affected by the action.
__________5. The meaning is clearer and more direct in active voice.
__________6. The result of the action is the focus of passive voice.
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 __________7. In passive voice, the doer of the action is followed by the verb.
__________8. In active voice, if the person who performs the action is
mentioned it follows by.
__________9. The active voice is when the subject performs the action
expressed in the verb,
__________10. The passive voice focuses on the receiver of the action.

VIII. PERFORMANCE TASK

Direction: Inside the house, be a keen observer. Check out who is cooking,
cleaning, studying, playing and construct different kinds of sentences either
active or passive by using the object they are using. Create at least ten (10)
sentences of active voices and another ten (10) sentences of passive voices.

ACTIVE VOICE

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PASSIVE VOICE

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