Grade 8 -English

“John sees a pretty girl. He went to talk to

her. Her husband arrives. The husband hits
John on the nose.”

Questions:
1. What did the husband do?
2. What happened to John?
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 T I V E VO I C E
AC
AND
SS IV E VO IC E
PA
Voice – is the quality of a verb that
shows whether the subject is the doer
or receiver of the action
ACTIVE
VOICE
It is used to indicate the doer of the
action. When the subject does or “acts
upon” the verb, the sentence is said to be
in the active voice. These examples
show that the subject is doing the verb’s
actions.
PASSIVE
VOICE
It indicates that the subject receives the
action of the verb, the sentence is said to
be in the passive voice.
 These examples show how the
subject-verb relationship has changed..
RULE 1. Present Simple Tense-
Auxiliary verbs used in passive
voice: Is/are/am
1. He (subject) writes (verb) a letter.
A letter is written by
him. (active verb-
gives: passive verb- is
given)
2. The old father (subject) gives (verb)
the money to the boy.
The money is given by the old father to the boy.
(active verb-gives: passive verb- is given)
3. They (subject) sell (verb) books.
Books are sold by them.
(active verb-sell: passive
verb- are sold)
4. She helps me.
I am helped by her.
(active verb-helps:
passive verb- am helped)
Question:
• When can we say that the sentence is
in active or in passive voice?
Direction: Identify the voice of the verb in
each sentence.
1. Mike bakes a cake.
2. The door is opened by him.
3. She pays a lot of money.
4. The food is cooked by mother.
5. Manners make character.
Test I Test II
Direction: Rewrite the sentence Direction: Write A in the blanks before
changing from active to passive. the number if the sentence is Active
and P if Passive.

____ 1. He writes a poem.

1. She collects stamps.
____ 2. Girl clicks a selfie.
2. Dora explores the city.
____ 3. Mother cooks food.
3. A mouse eats cheese. ____ 4. They cut all wires.
4. Laura teaches English. ____ 5. The shells are collected
5. They observe classes. by James.
  ASSIGNMENT:
Study in advance about the past
forms of the active and passive
voice.