Quarter 1 Learning Materials for English 7 K12 Curriculum

2. Friendly Reminders:
1. Don’t be shy.
2. Always prepare your learning stuffs.
3. Be vocal if there is any question.
4. Kindly answer if you know the answer
to the question.
5. Always get ready and attentive.
6. Learn and enjoy!

3. OBJECTIVES
1. Identify if the statement is in active
voice or if it is in passive form.
2. Give examples of Active and Passive
voice statements.

4. Learning Task 1: In your notebook, copy
and answer the statements below. Let
us have a game by knowing who had the
sweetest parents/guardians during
your childhood days.
1-5 - Moderately Sweet
6-8 - Sweet
9-10 - Very Sweet

5. QUESTION:
When you were a child…
 Were you given a
pasalubong by your parents?
 Were you allowed to play
outside with your friends?
 Were you get a reward for
every good thing you’d
done?
 Were you given a baon
amounting to Php 20 and
above?

6. QUESTION:
When you were a child…
 Were you allowed to watch
TV from time to time?
 Were you fetched by your
parents or guardians in
school?
 Were you given time to
concentrate on your
studies?
 Were you allowed to use
gadgets from time to time?

8. VOICES OF THE VERB
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.

9. Also remember!
Active voice occurs when the
subject of the sentence acts as the
performer
or doer of the action while passive
voice indicated that the subject of
the sentence is the receiver of the
action.
Though it is not always present, the
doer of the action in passive voice is
introduced by the preposition by.
Source: https://literarydevices.net/aphorism/

10. Examples:
Active : The teachers prepared the
materials for their classes.
Analysis: Teacher = subject = doer
materials = predicate =receiver
Passive : The materials were prepared by
the teachers for their classes.
Analysis: Material = subject = receiver
teacher = predicate =receiver

11. Simple Present Tense
The man watches news report.
Subject or Doer Receiver
ACTIVE VOICE

12. Simple Present Tense
The news report is watched by the man
Receiver Subject or Doer
PASSIVE VOICE

13. Let’s Try! ACTIVE or PASSIVE?
1. President Duterte held a meeting and talk to
Mr. Cayetano and Mr. Velasco.
2. DOH announced that the candidates for
COVID19 vaccine are now in third phase
trial.
3. Persons aged 15-65 allowed to go out was
approved by AITF.
4. Earthquake was experienced by many
people in Luzon.
5. Fisherfolks caught big crocodile in Tawi-Tawi.

14. Sample, Sample!
Give examples of Active and Passive
voice statements.