The document discusses active and passive verbs. Active verbs have the subject performing the action, while passive verbs have the object experiencing the action. Examples are provided of sentences with active verbs like "The man wore a grey hat" and passive verbs like "The grey hat was worn by the man." Readers are encouraged to include both active and passive verbs in their writing.

1. Active and Passive
Verbs

2. Active
 When the subject of the sentence is doing
something the verb is active.
 E.g. The man wore a grey hat.
 Subject – man verb – wore object – hat

3. Passive
 When the object of the sentence is having
something done to it, the verb is passive.
 The grey hat was worn by the man.
 Object – hat verb – worn subject – man

4. Active or Passive?
 Which is this?
 The girl fed the horse.
 It is an active verb.

5. Active or Passive?
 Which is this?
 The pencil was held by the caterpillar.
 It is passive verb.

6. Change this sentence to the
passive verb.
 The girl and her dog sat in the window frame.
 The window framed the girl and her dog

7. Change this sentence to the active
verb
 The ball was balanced on the seal’s nose.
 The seal balanced the ball on his nose.

8. REMEMBER
 A VERB IS ACTIVE WHEN THE
SUBJECT IS DOING IT.
 A VERB IS PASSIVE WHEN THE
OBJECT IS HAVING SOMETHING DONE
TO IT.
 TRY TO INCLUDE BOTH TYPES OF
VERB IN YOUR WRITING.