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What is a verb?
 What is a verb?
Verbs are words that show an action
(sing), occurrence (develop), or state
of being (exist). Almost every sentence
requires a verb.
 Sentences with verbs.

• Anthony is throwing the

football.
• The dog ran across the yard.
• She yelled when she hit her toe.
• Clara shouted at me.
 A Verb has TWO VOICES
It focus on the function of the subject
being either the doer/performer or the
receiver of the action.

They are classified as ACTIVE VOICE

and PASSIVE VOICE.
 The active voice describes a
sentence where the subject performs
the action stated by the verb. It
follows a clear subject + verb +
object construct that's easy to read.
 Every sentence contains, at minimum, a
subject and an action. The subject is the
person or thing the sentence is about, and the
action is what the subject is doing. When a
sentence is in active voice, the subject is
performing the action and the subject
(typically) comes before the action in the
sentence.
 EXAMPLES:
Jayson prepares his meal.

I swim.

He attacked me with a bat.

 With passive voice, the subject is acted upon by the
verb. It makes for a murky, roundabout sentence; you
can be more straightforward with active voice.

When a sentence is in passive voice, the subject is

being acted on by the verb and the subject typically
comes after the action.
 EXAMPLES:
Children are loved by their parents.

The road was inspected by the chairman.

Rubina plays volleybal very well.

 Some sentences also contain objects - the thing
being acted upon. This can make it more difficult to
determine whether the sentence is in passive voice.
For example, here is a sentence in active voice:

Anna hits the ball.

 That same sentence in passive voice reads:

The ball is hit by Anna.

The ball is the object, not the subject of the sentence. The ball
is not doing an action. Therefore, it should be after the subject
(Anna).
 Another example:

All banks offer credit cards.

Who is the subject?

What is the verb?
What is the object?
What voice is the sentence in?
 All banks offer credit cards.

Who will try to convert the

sentence into passive voice?
 Another example:

I wasted my time.

Who is the subject?

What is the verb?
What is the object?
What voice is the sentence in?
 How to Transform voices from Active to Passive

To change passive voice to active voice, you need to

recognize what the subject of the sentence is and then
rewrite the sentence, so the subject is performing the
action.

Let's use the following example to understand how to

change passive voice to active voice:
Extensive training on the new safety procedures
was required to be attended by the maintenance
staff.

We can recognize that this sentence is in passive voice

because the passive keyword "was" is used. Also, it's not
initially clear who or what the sentence is about.
 STEP 1:

Identify the subject of the sentence - who is doing an

action? The training is not doing an action, so it can't
be the subject. The only person or thing doing an
action here is the maintenance staff. They are
attending training. So, the maintenance staff is the
subject of the sentence.
 STEP 2:
Rewrite the sentence so the subject is performing the
action. This sentence could be rewritten to active voice as
follows:

The maintenance staff had to attend extensive training on

the new safety procedures.
 exercise:

Jerry knocked over the lamp.

We found an old car in the woods.

Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.

 A C T I V I T Y:
Test A. Encircle the subject of every sentence and
underline the verb.
• All banks offer credit cards.
• I wasted my time.
• Clara plays the guitar.
• Anna fainted after the game.
• The dog ran across the garden.
 A C T I V I T Y:
6. That song piece is really enjoyed by the choir.
7. Mary is going to make a special dinner for her
husband.
8. I will clean the house today.
9. The bee is sucking the juice from the flower.
10. A lazy is sleeping all day at the corner of the
house.
 A C T I V I T Y:
Test B. Convert the following active voice to
passive voice.
• All banks offer credit cards.
• The director will give you instructions.
• Clara plays the guitar.
• The two kings are signing the treaty.
• The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.