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Active and Passive VoiceVerbs

+LEARNING GOAL

I can form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.

+Create a working definition of the following terms:

Active

Passive

+View the Video

What actions do you see? Who is completing the actions?

"I Would Run to You"

+Listen the the Song

What actions do you notice?

How would the song change if were “It Was Heard by Me Through the Grapevine”?

"I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye

+Read the Passage “Do Good”

Identify as many verbs in the passage as possible and prepare to share.

+Listen to the Podcast

Listen to the Grammar Girl Podcast and read the transcript as the podcast plays.

Underline key details regarding active and passive voice.

Active Versus Passive Voice: Grammar Girl

+Guided Notes

In a sentence using active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed in the verb.

In a sentence using passive voice, the subject is acted upon; he or she receives the action expressed by the verb.

+Reasons to Use Active Voice

Active voice is used in most non-scientific writing.

Using active voice makes your meaning clear and keeps your sentences from becoming unnecessarily complicated or wordy.

Using passive voice sometimes buries or masks the meaning of your sentences.

+Active or Passive?

The dog bit the boy.

+Active or Passive?

Scientists have conducted experiments to test the hypotheses.

+Active or Passive?

The entrance exam was failed by over one-third of applicants to the school.

+Active or Passive?

The brakes were slammed on by her as the car sped down hill.

+Active or Passive?

The committee is considering action on the bill.

+Your Turn

Write as many sentences in Active Voice as possible in the time allotted.

Choose from this List: Energize, discover, forge, force, amaze, built,

unveil, love, rally, animate, sold, shop, read, create, vote, punch , advance, hobble, flush, lunge, flounder, lurch , crouch, dash, submerge, stumble, laugh, steal, reel, mail, restore, preside, yank, stamp, stumble.

+Share Examples

Share your examples with a partner; check to make sure your sentences are written in active voice.