GOOD MORNING !!!

What is the girl doing?

The girl is reading a book.

 What happened to the woods?

The woods were being chopped by the man .

 The girl is reading a book.
The woods were being chopped by the man .
In the first sentence the subject does the
action while on the second sentence the
subject receives the action.
 Voice of Sentences

Active and Passive Voice

Objectives:
• distinguish active voice from passive voice
• change active voice to passive voice and vice versa
• identify sentences with active and passive voice in
different context
Voice
-quality of the verb that tells whether
the subject is the doer or the receiver
of the action.
Active Voice
The subject does the action
Sentence structure: subject + action verb + object receiving the action

Dogs bury bones .

(subject) ( action verb) (object receiving the action)
 Sandy takes cupcakes each Monday.

(subject) ( action verb) (object receiving the action)

Passive Voice
The subject receives the action
Sentence structure: subject + (auxiliary verb + past participle) + object doing the action.
auxiliary verb
Bones are buried by dogs.
(subject) ( past participle) ( object receiving the action)
 auxiliary verb

Cupcakes are taken by Sandy every Monday.

(subject) ( past participle) ( object receiving the action)

Let’s try this!

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Rules in Changing the Voice from Active to Passive

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.
Example:
1. Place the receiver of the action, rice, as a subject.
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
Hernan cooked the rice. The rice…

(direct object)
(subject)
Example:
2. Place the doer of the action, Hernan, as the predicate of the
sentence in passive voice and use the preposition “by”
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
Hernan cooked the rice. The rice…by Hernan

(doer) (receiver)
Example:
3. The passive verb is formed with “be verb” (auxiliary) plus the
main verb.
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
Hernan cooked the rice. The rice was cooked by Hernan

(verb) (auxiliary + (main verb)

Rules in Changing the Voice from Passive to Active

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’.
Example:
1. The subject (fish) in passive voice becomes the object in active voice.
PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE
The fish is sold by the man. …(sold) the fish.

(subject) (direct object)

Example:
2. Change the auxiliary verb be and replace it with the main verb to
emphasize the doer of the action
PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE
The fish is sold by …(sells) the fish

be verb (auxiliary)
Example:
3. Place the receiver of the sentence into the doer slot.

PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE

by the man. The man sells the fish.

(doer)
Example:
3. Place the receiver of the sentence into the doer slot.

PASSIVE VOICE ACTIVE VOICE

by the man. The man sells the fish.

(doer)
 Let’s try this!
Identify the voice of each sentences. If the sentence is in active voice covert it to passive and if the
statement is passive convert it to active.

1. My mother made a cake yesterday.

2. Liza plays the piano.
3. The guitar was played by Gerald.
4. Trisha sells homemade banana bread.
5. A mice was eaten by the cat.
Active

A cake was made by my mother.

Active

The piano is played by Liza.

Passive

Gerald played the guitar.

Active

Homemade banana bread is sold by Trisha.

Passive

The cat ate the mice.