grammar, active, passive, voice of verbs

1. VOICE OF
VERBS
QUARTER 2

2. VOICE
Voice is the form of a
verb that shows whether
the subject is performing
the action.

3. ACTIVE VOICE
A verb is active if
its subject
performs the

4. PASSIVE
VOICE
A verb is passive if its
action is performed
upon the subject.

5. Active Voice Passive Voice
Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by
Harry.
Beautiful giraffes roam the
savannah.
The savannah is roamed by beautiful
giraffes.
Sue changed the flat tire. The flat tire was changed by Sue.
We are going to watch a movie
tonight.
A movie is going to be watched by us
tonight.
I ran the obstacle course in
record time.
The obstacle course was run by me in
record time.

6. Active Voice Passive Vo
The crew paved the entire stretch of highway. The entire stretch of high
paved by the crew.
Mom read the novel in one day. The novel was read by Mo
day.
I will clean the house every Saturday. The house will be cleaned
every Saturday.
The company requires staff to watch a safety video
every year.
The staff are required by
company to watch a safet
every year.
Tom painted the entire house. The entire house was pain
Tom.

9. Always
remember!

10. *Alternating between the
active voice and the passive
voice is powerful enough to
change the subject of the
sentence and shift the verb
form.

11. ACTIVE
VOICE
PASSIVE
VOICE
Jack will
take the
matter
forward.
The matter
will be
taken
forward by
Jack.

12. *Changing from the
ACTIVE to the PASSIVE
voice alters the form of
the verb. Passive verbs
always have two parts.

13. * All forms of a verb in the
passive voice require the
past participle, regardless of
the tense. It is only the
helping verb that changes
and thus determines the

14. Tense Passive Example
present simple am/are/is + past
participle
He is taken to school by his mum.
present
continuous
am/are/is being + past
participle
They are being bullied.
present perfect have/has been + past
participle
Have you been interviewed for many
jobs?
past simple was/were + past participle We were told not to touch anything.
past continuous was/were being + past
participle
Our computers were being attacked by
hackers.
past perfect had been + past participle His mother had been brought up in
India.
future will be + past participle Arrangements will be made to move
them to other locations.
future perfect will have been + past
participle
All the merchandise will have been
shipped by tomorrow.

15. USING
VOICE

16. USE THE ACTIVE VOICE WHENEVER
POSSIBLE
The passive voice requires a form
of the helping verb BE and often a
prepositional phrase beginning
with BY.
Active: Billy delivered the clarinet.
Passive: The clarinet was delivered

17. USE THE PASSIVE VOICE TO EMPHASIZE THE
RECEIVER OF AN ACTION RATHER THAN THE
PERFORMER OF AN ACTION.
When you want to stress the importance of the
receiver of an action, then its proper to use the
passive voice. The passive voice is also effective
when the performer of the action in unknown or
important.
Passive Voice: Mr. Stevens was given the award
yesterday by a city official.

18. USE THE PASSIVE VOICE TO
POINT OUT THE RECEIVER OF
AN ACTION WHENEVER THE
PERFORMER IS NOT
IMPORTANT OR NOT EASILY
IDENTIFIED.
The nuclear material was removed to a safe
location.
The unsigned letter was left under the

19. ACTIVE VOICE AND
PASSIVE VOICE –
PERFECT TENSE
SENTENCES

20. IN CASE OF PRESENT
PERFECT TENSE
The words ‘ Has or Have + Third
form of verb are changed to
‘ Has or Have + been + past
participle.

21. Active: He has invited his friends to the
party.
Passive: His friends have been invited to the
party by him.
Active: She has not finished her work yet.
Passive: Her work has not been finished yet
by her.
Active: Has their team won the match?

22. IN CASE OF PAST PERFECT TENSE, THE
WORDS ‘ HAD + THIRD FORM OF VERB ARE
CHANGED TO ‘ HAD + BEEN+ PAST
PARTICIPLE.
Active: He had already finished his work.
Passive: His work has already been finished by him.
Active: The old man had not sold his property.
Passive: His property had not been sold by the old man.
Active: Had she painted this picture before my arrival ?
Passive: Had this picture been painted before my arrival
by her?

23. IN CASE OF FUTURE PERFECT TENSE, THE WORDS ‘SHALL
OR WILL + HAVE + THIRD FORM OF VERB ARE
CHANGED TO ‘ SHALL OR WILL + HAVE + BEEN + PAST
PARTICIPLE.
Active: I shall have finished my work by then.
Passive: My work will have been finished by then by me.
Active: The police will have arrested the thief.
Passive: The thief will have been arrested by the police.
Active: All the villagers will have settled their dues.
Passive: Their dues will have been settled by all the villagers.