This lesson is about Active and Passive Voice. The presentation includes pictures as motivation which encourage learners to construct their own ideas regarding the lesson to tackle. It is also presented in a very simple and comprehensive way possible so that learners would be able to understand the lesson easily and effectively. Some sample situations are presented in the lesson which allow learners to analyze and eventually construct their own sample sentences.

1. English 8: Active and
Passive voice
Prepared by:
ANALIZA V. RESPONDE, SST II

2. PRAYER: Requesting everyone to stand.
Thank You Lord

3. Tell what idea/story can you draw from the
pictures.
Mario

4. Tell what idea/story can you draw from the
pictures.
Mario
The snake bites Mario

5. Tell what idea/story can you draw from the
pictures.
Mario

6. Tell what idea/story can you draw from the
pictures.
Mario
Mario is bitten by the snake

7. The sentences constructed based on the
pictures.
1.The snake bites Mario.
2.Mario is bitten by the snake.

8. ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the learners are expected to:
a.Identify sentences in active and passive voice;
b.transform active voice into passive voice; and
c.use active voice and passive voice in sentences.
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9. ACTIVE VOICE
The “doer” or the person/thing responsible for the
action in the sentence comes first; or it is the
subject of the sentence.
It answers the question, who/what does the
action?

10. Examples
1. The boy eats the cake.
“doer”/subject object of the verb
2. The snake bites Mario.
“doer”/subject object of the verb

11. PASSIVE VOICE
The person/thing acted on or the object of the verb in the
sentence comes first; or it becomes the subject of the
sentence.
 Answers the question, Who/what was acted by
whom/what?

12. Examples
by phrase
1. The cake is eaten by the boy.
subject doer of the action
by phrase
2. Mario is bitten by the snake.
subject doer of the action

13. INDIVIDUAL DRILL: IDENTIFICATION. Write
AV if the sentence is in Active Voice, PV if it is in
Passive Voice
1. The girl smiles at me.
2. I was bitten by the dog.
3. She broke the vase.
4. My teacher teaches me.
5. The book is given by him.

14. THINGS TO REMEMBER IN DETERMINING
WHETHER THE SENTENCE IS IN
ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE
ACTIVE VOICE PASSIVE VOICE
The doer comes first in the sentence.
Ex. The snake bites Mario.
The object of the verb comes first in
the sentence.
Ex. Mario is bitten by the snake.
No auxiliary verb is used, just the
action verb (ex. Bites)
There is a by phrase (mostly)
Auxiliary verb is used before the main
verb-in past participle form ( ex. is
bitten)

15. INDIVIDUAL DRILL: TRANSFORMATION.
Transform the given active sentences to passive.
1. The girl smiles at me.
2. She broke the vase.
3. The cat eats the cake.
4. The monkey climbs the trees.

16. Things to remember when transforming active
sentence to passive:
• Identify the “doer” of the action and the “object” of the
verb.
• Determine the tense of the verb used in the sentence.
• Determine the number of the subject (singular or plural)
for Subject-Verb agreement.

17. GROUP ACTIVITIES: MANGO
• GROUP 1: Identify whether the given sentences are in active or passive voice.
Write AV if it is in Active Voice, otherwise, write PV if it is in Passive Voice.
1. The dog barks at me.
2. This poem is written by her.
3. My teacher teaches me the lesson.
4. The book is happily read by Leon.
5. My cat ate the fish.

18. GROUP ACTIVITIES: APPLE
• GROUP 2: Transform the given active sentences into passive.
1. Theo gives me a flower.
2. My brother helps my father.
3. Her classmate breaks her glasses.
4. She picked the hat.
5. The dog eats the bones.

19. GROUP ACTIVITIES: BANANA
• Group 3: Construct five sentences in active voice.

20. GROUP ACTIVITIES: PINEAPPLE
• Group 4: Construct five sentences in passive voice.

21. GENERALIZATION
•Compare and contrast active voice
from passive voice. And give one
example each.

22. EVALUATION
Numbers1-2, identify whether the sentences are in active or passive voice. Write AV if it is active and PV if it is
Passive.
_____ 1. Wilson writes me a letter.
_____ 2. The seal is eaten by the shark.
Number 3. Write a sentence in active voice.
__________________________________________________.
Number 4. Write a sentence in Passive voice.
__________________________________________________.
Number 5. Transform this active sentence into passive.
The boy kicks the ball.
__________________________________________________.

23. ASSIGNMENT
•Give five examples of sentences
in simple past tense and another
five sentences in past perfect
tense.