Chapter 6: Using Passive and Active Voice: Architectural and Engineering Marvels 6.0 Introduction to Voice So far in this grammar‚ verbs have been classified by their form‚ tense‚ aspect‚ and modality. Another essential concept in the English verb system is voice. Grammatical voice refers to either passive or active voice. Consider the sentence The French government commissioned sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to design the Statue of Liberty. The sentence is considered an active voice sentence because
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PASSIVE VOICE 1. “There is a considerable range of expertise demonstrated by the spam senders.” The actors in this little drama are the spam spenders — or‚ to be more active‚ the spam senders are the actors in this little drama. Direct them center stage‚ and send the weak “there is” opening packing to the provinces: “The spam senders demonstrate a considerable range of expertise.” 2. “It was determined by the committee that the report was inconclusive.” Again‚ the subject is weak and indeterminate
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Passive vs. Active Voice Voice is the form of a verb that shows whether the subject is performing the action. In English‚ there are two voices: active and passive. Only action verbs indicate the active voice; linking verbs cannot. If the subject of a verb performs the action‚ the voice is active. The captain telephoned the crew. Telegraph messages gathered on the desk. If the subject receives the action‚ the voice is passive. The crew was telephoned by the captain. The telegraph
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Active and Passive voice Grammar: Active and Passive voice The formula of active voice is a common structure of a sentence; it should consist of subject‚ verb and object. If we want to change the structure into passive voice‚ we should change some of the elements in the sentence. The formula both of the voices are shown below: Active voice S + V + O + adjective/adverb Examples of the sentences 1. Agus gives Rany a present in her birthday. 2. They punched the thief
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ENGLISH GRAMMAR The Passive Voice THE PASSIVE VOICE INTRODUCTION The passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to be into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb. The subject of the active verb becomes the ‘agent’ of the passive verb. The agent is very often not mentioned. When it is mentioned it is preceded by by and placed at the end of the clause. Active: My grandfather planted this tree. Passive: This tree was planted by my
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Examples of Active and Passive Voice Active voice describes a sentence where the subject performs the action stated by the verb. Inpassive voice sentences‚ the subject is acted upon by the verb. Sentences in Active and Passive Voice Here are examples of sentences written in both the active voice and the passive voice‚ with the active voice sentence appearing first: Harry ate six shrimp at dinner. (active) At dinner‚ six shrimp were eaten by Harry. (passive) Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah
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minutes Topic: Passive Voice Materials: Power Point Presentation‚ Paper and Pen. Objectives: At the end of the lesson‚ students are expected to be able to: 1. Familiar with the structure of Passive Voice. 2. Classify Passive sentences easily. 3. Convert Passive from Active. Review: Active Voice Motivation: (5~10 minutes) The students will be separated into groups. The teacher will display some pictures and the students are expected to compose active voice sentences from
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Ana Jesusa P. Camania Beed 3-1 Semi- Detailed Lesson Plan I. Objective: Distinguish the Active Voice and Passive Voice. II. Subject Matter: Active and Passive Voice A. Reference: English for All Times 6 pg. 164-170 B. Materials: Powerpoint Presentation III. Motivation: Show a picture of children flying kites. IV. Procedure: A. Presentation Make the student construct sentence about the picture.
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Active & Passive Voice Change the Voice [Active - Passive] of the following sentences. 1. Brutus stabbed Caesar. 2. The people will make him President. 3. Who taught you grammar? 4. The governor gave him a reward. 5. The Romans expected to conquer Carthage. 6. One should keep one’s promises. 7. I know her. 8. My captors were taking me to prison. 9. His behaviour vexes me sometimes. 10. It is time to close the shop. 11. The audience loudly cheered the Mayor’s speech. 12. Premchand wrote
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EMPLOYING CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS HYPOTHESIS IN TEACHING ENGLISH PASSIVE VOICE By: Connie Tanone‚ S.Pd.‚ M.Pd. Widya Mandala Catholic University Surabaya Abstract The passive voice is taught by providing pattern of the sentences. Still students have difficulties to master passive voice. To overcome the problem‚ the writer applies the hypothesis of Contrastive Analysis in teaching passive voice. The writer presented the similarities and the differences between English and Indonesian‚ and treated the
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