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Active-Passive Voice

This document discusses active and passive voice. It defines active voice as having the subject perform the action of the sentence, while passive voice has the subject receive the action. The document provides examples of sentences in active voice, like "Everybody shunned the Kelveys" and passive voice, like "The pregnant was examined with care by Dr. J. Reid." It also outlines rules for converting between active and passive voice, such as using a form of "to be" plus the past participle of the verb.

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Active-Passive Voice

This document discusses active and passive voice. It defines active voice as having the subject perform the action of the sentence, while passive voice has the subject receive the action. The document provides examples of sentences in active voice, like "Everybody shunned the Kelveys" and passive voice, like "The pregnant was examined with care by Dr. J. Reid." It also outlines rules for converting between active and passive voice, such as using a form of "to be" plus the past participle of the verb.

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ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

VOICE
In this lesson, you should be able to:

a. Identify active and passive voice;

b. Convert active voice to passive voice


and vice versa
.
Direction: Analyze the verb used in the
sentences below:
1. The aunt sent a doll’s house.
2. The pregnant was examined with
care by Dr. J. Reid.
3. Everybody shunned the Kelveys.
4. Else saw the little lamp.
5. Children are affected by example.
-the quality of the
verb which pertains

VOICE: to the way a verb


functions relative to
the subject of the
sentence. It shows
whether the subject
is the doer or the
receiver of the
action.
-the subject of the
sentence is the doer
ACTIVE of the action and
VOICE: the direct object
follows the verb.
- Uses transitive
verb
Direction: Analyze the verb used in the
sentences below:
1. The aunt sent a doll’s house
2. The pregnant was examined with
care by Dr. J. Reid
3. Everybody shunned the Kelveys.
4. Else saw the little lamp.
5. Children are affected by example.
Examples: Note:
Subject
- doer of the action
Everybody shunned the
Kelveys. Transitive Verb
-expresses an action and
it is always followed by an
The aunt sent a doll’s house.
object that receives the
action
Else saw the little lamp.
Direct object/object
-receiver of the action
-answers the question what
or who
-the subject of the
sentence is the
PASSIVE receiver of the
action.
VOICE: -no direct object
-uses intransitive
verb
Direction: Analyze the verb used in the
sentences below:
1. The aunt sent a doll’s house
2. The pregnant was examined with
care by Dr. J. Reid
3. Everybody shunned the Kelveys.
4. Else saw the little lamp.
5. Children are affected by example.
Examples: NOTE:

The pregnant was examined -the doer of the action


with care by Dr. J. Reid. becomes the receiver
of the action.
Children are affected by example.
-the verb pattern used
The rooms were papered by is verb be + past
the carpenters participle form of the
verb
https://byjus.com/govt-exams/active-and-passive-voice-rules/
Rules of conversion:

https://byjus.com/govt-exams/active-an
d-passive-voice-rules/

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