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LECTURE 9:

A) TENSES – VOICE

I) ACTIVE

II) PASSIVE
TENSES: VOICE
https://www.thoughtco.com/voice-grammar-1692579

In traditional grammar, voice is the quality


of a verb that indicates whether
its subject acts (active voice) or
is acted upon (passive voice).

The distinction between active and passive


voice applies only to transitive verbs.
TENSES: ACTIVE VOICE & PASSIVE VOICE
https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html

ACTIVE FORM
Subject Verb Object
Doing Action Receiving Action
The professor teaches the students.
John washes the dishes.
PASSIVE FORM
Subject Passive Verb Doing Action
Receiving
Action
The students are taught by the professor.
TENSES: ACTIVE VOICE & PASSIVE VOICE
https://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html

 Active/Passive Verbs Overview


TUTORIAL FOR LECTURE 9:
 Based on the Active/Passive Verbs Overview
in the lecture, individually formulate a
different example of a sentence each for
Active and Passive Verbs according to the
template below:
Name of Tense Active Passive
presenter Form Form
1.
2.
3. and so on

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