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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
By: Juan David Moreno Alfaro and Felipe Hernández
Grade: 6ºC
ACTIVE VOICE
active subject verb object
---------------- -----------------------------------
Cats eat fish
The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is the voice that
we use most of the time. You are probably already familiar with
the active voice. In the active voice, the object receives the
action of the verb:
PASSIVE VOICE
passive subject verb object
----------------------------------- ----------------
Fish are eaten by cats.
The passive voice is less usual. In the passive voice,
the subject receives the action of the verb:
ACTIVE VOICE AND PASSIVE VOICE
subject verb object
active Everybody drinks water.
passive Water is drunk by everybody.
When in the active voice is “will” you changed to “will be”
Ex: active voice: The boy will finish the school by December.
passive voice: The school will be finished by December.
The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the
passive verb:
USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE
subject verb object
give
importance to
active object
(President
Kennedy)
----------------
President
Kennedy
----------------
was killed
----------------
by Lee Harvey
Oswald.
----------------
active subject
unknown
My wallet has been
stolen.
?
We use the passive when:
•we want to make the active object more important
•we do not know the active subject
USE OF THE ACTIVE VOICE
subject verb object
give
importance
to passive
object (Lee
Harvey
Oswald)
Lee Harvey
Oswald
kill President
Kennedy
We use the active voice when:
•we want to make the passive object more important
EXERCISES
• They make shoes in that factory.
• Shoes in that factory.
• They built that skyscraper in 1934.
• That skyscraper in 1934.
• They are repairing the streets this month.
• The streets this month.

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Active and passive voice

  • 1. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE By: Juan David Moreno Alfaro and Felipe Hernández Grade: 6ºC
  • 2. ACTIVE VOICE active subject verb object ---------------- ----------------------------------- Cats eat fish The active voice is the "normal" voice. This is the voice that we use most of the time. You are probably already familiar with the active voice. In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb:
  • 3. PASSIVE VOICE passive subject verb object ----------------------------------- ---------------- Fish are eaten by cats. The passive voice is less usual. In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb:
  • 4. ACTIVE VOICE AND PASSIVE VOICE subject verb object active Everybody drinks water. passive Water is drunk by everybody. When in the active voice is “will” you changed to “will be” Ex: active voice: The boy will finish the school by December. passive voice: The school will be finished by December. The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:
  • 5. USE OF THE PASSIVE VOICE subject verb object give importance to active object (President Kennedy) ---------------- President Kennedy ---------------- was killed ---------------- by Lee Harvey Oswald. ---------------- active subject unknown My wallet has been stolen. ? We use the passive when: •we want to make the active object more important •we do not know the active subject
  • 6. USE OF THE ACTIVE VOICE subject verb object give importance to passive object (Lee Harvey Oswald) Lee Harvey Oswald kill President Kennedy We use the active voice when: •we want to make the passive object more important
  • 7. EXERCISES • They make shoes in that factory. • Shoes in that factory. • They built that skyscraper in 1934. • That skyscraper in 1934. • They are repairing the streets this month. • The streets this month.