Lesson Plan Unit I

Term : 3rd
Subject : English Active and Passive Voice

Topic: English Active and Passive Voice in lesson.

• Realizing English active and passive in sentence.

Goals: • Know way to use the voices in the right situation.
• Choose the verbs in applying English active or passive voice.

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

• Differentiate English active and passive voices;
• Identify voices of the verb in each sentence;
Objectives:
• Rewrite the sentence changing the voice from active to passive one;
• Appreciate the lesson by showing active participation of the students towards the
lesson.

• Internet Access: any resources based on the topic.

• Basic definitions of active and passive voice.
Materials: • Teaching Active and Passive Voice.
• Active and Passive Voice websites, or another explanation of English active and
passive voice.

• Introduce about active and passive voice in English verb.

Introduction:
• Indicate kinds of voices in English verb.

• Choose more formal language; students can adopt a more objective style which can
result in a reliance on English active and passive voice constructions, a style that is
more awkward than it is formal.
Development: • Inviting students to discover the relationship between the actor (or subject) and the
action (or predicate) in English active and passive voice. It can provide students with
more details on how the constructions work, better enabling students to choose the
best language for their writing situation.

• Give the lesson and ask student to indicate English active and passive vice.
Practice: • Ask student to translate in the different situation with two voices.
• Do multi choices exercise .

• Once students have identified he verbs from the page(s) they're exploring, divide
students into small groups to explore their findings.
• Ask students to share their findings and use the collected information to draw
Accommodations: conclusions about when they choose English active voice and passive voice.
• After teacher is satisfied that students have had enough time to explore their findings,
gather as a group and ask students to share their conclusions.
• Ask students to support their conclusions with specific details from the lesson.

• Once the lesson is complete, ask students to explore the pieces that they are writing,
checking for English active and passive voice.
Checking for
• Ask them to revise as necessary, based on whether the verbs are appropriate for the
Understanding:
particular sentence. Students may work during their in-class writing time or complete
the revisions as homework.

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1.1 English Active Voice and Passive Voice
There are 2 voices or forms for verbs:
1. the Active Voice
2. the Passive Voice

In the active voice, the object receives the action of the verb:

subject verb object

Active >>>

Cats eat fish

In the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb:

subject Verb object

Passive <<<

Fish are eaten by cats

The object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb:

subject verb object

Active Everybody drinks Water.

Passive Water is drunk by everybody.

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. The passive voice is less usual. In the next lesson we
look at.

1.2 Passive Voice

The passive voice is less usual than the active voice. 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.

1.2.1 Construction of the Passive Voice

The structure of the passive voice is very simple:
Subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)

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The main verb is always in its past participle form:

base past past participle

Regular work worked Worked

Irregular sing sang Sung

Look at these examples:

auxiliary verb main verb

Subject
(to be) (past participle)

Water Is drunk by everyone.

100 people Are employed by this company.

I Am paid in euro.

We Are not paid in dollars.

Are They paid in yen?

1.2.2 Use of the Passive Voice

We use the passive when:
• we want to make the active object more important
• we do not know the active subject

subject Verb Object

give importance to active object President by Lee Harvey

was killed
(Kennedy) Kennedy Oswald.

has been
active subject unknown My wallet ?
stolen.

Note that we always use by to introduce the passive object (Fish are eaten by cats).

Look at this sentence:

• He was killed with a gun.
Normally we use by to introduce the passive object. But the gun is not the active subject. The gun
did not kill him. He was killed by somebody with a gun. In the active voice, it would be: Somebody
killed him with a gun. The gun is the instrument. Somebody is the "agent" or "doer".

1.2.3 Conjugation for the Passive Voice

We can form the passive in any tense. In fact, conjugation of verbs in the passive tense is
rather easy, as the main verb is always in past participle form and the auxiliary verb is always
be. To form the required tense, we conjugate the auxiliary verb. So, for example:

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 • present simple: It is made
• present continuous: It is being made
• present perfect: It has been made

Here are some examples with most of the possible tenses:

Infinitive to be washed

present It is washed.

past It was washed.

Simple
future It will be washed.

conditional It would be washed.

present It is being washed.

past It was being washed.

continuous
future It will be being washed.

conditional It would be being washed.

present It has been washed.

past It had been washed.

perfect simple
future It will have been washed.

conditional It would have been washed.

present It has been being washed.

past It had been being washed.

perfect continuous
future It will have been being washed.

conditional It would have been being washed.

1.3 Practices on English Active and Passive Voice

1.3.1 Direction: Type the correct form of the passive verbs below.
1. The news article surprises me.
I…by the news article
2. The story fascinates Kim.
Kim…by the story.
3. Mary helps me often.
I …often …by Mary.
4. Jenny opened the letter.
The letter …by Jenny

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 5. The teacher asked me.
I …by the teacher.
6. I manage the store.
The store …by me.
7. The client ordered a package.
A package …by the client.
8. My sister bought these shirts.
These shirts …by my sister.
9. The professor's class bored us.
We …by the professor's class.
10. I wrote these answers.
These answers …by me.

II. 1.3.2. Direction: Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive. The verb forms are
printed in bold.
III.
1) They often listen to music. -

2) She is reading the newspaper now. -

3) These cars are produced in Japan. -

4) Alan teaches Geography. -

5) German is spoken in Austria. -

6) Lots of houses were destroyed by the earthquake in 1906. -

7) Henry Ford invented the assembly line. -

8) The bus driver was hurt yesterday. -

9) You should open your workbooks. -

10) Houses have been built. -

1.3.3. Direction: Decide whether the sentences are written in Active or Passive.
1) Boys like to play soccer. -

2) This room has been painted blue. -

3) Cricket is played in Australia. -

4) I am given a book. -

5) We have lost our keys. -

6) You might see dolphins here. -

7) The report must be completed by next Friday. -

8) They were singing a song in the lesson yesterday. -

9) A letter was written to her some days ago. -

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10) The black bike is being repaired at the moment.

1.3.4. Direction: Rewrite the sentences using Passive voice.

1) Julia rescued three cats..

2) The students handed in the reports..

3) Maria crashed into the blue car..

4) Alex learned the poem..

5) Steven has forgotten the book..

6) The mechanic has not repaired the DVD recorder..

7) They play handball..

8) Sue puts the rucksack on the floor..

9) The girls had lost the match..

10) The teacher is not going to open the window.

1.3.5. Direction: Rewrite the given sentences in Passive voice. Sometimes there are two possible answers (two
objects in the active sentence).
1) They don't speak English in this shop..

2) Kevin asked Dennis a question..

3) Somebody built the house last year..

4) She gives him a box..

5) Max will look after him..

6) The waiter brought Fred a big steak..

7) Somebody broke into our bungalow last Friday..

8) The teacher told us a joke..

9) They will meet Doris at the station..

10) Michael has not sent me a text message..