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Revising for Active Voice
University of Scranton Writing Center
Verb◦ The action.
Subject◦ The actor.
Object◦ The action’s recipient.
Voice◦ Relationship between the three.
Grammatical Terms
Passive Voice◦ Subject and object have swapped roles.◦ “We were told to leave by the supervisor.”
Active Voice◦ Subject and object properly placed.◦ “The supervisor told us to leave.”
Active vs. Passive Voice
Symptoms◦ “To be” Verbs:
Am Is Are Was Were Be, Being, Been
Identifying Passive Voice
Identify the sentence’s active verb.◦ What action is performed?
Identify the sentence’s subject.◦ Who performs this action?
Identify the sentence’s object.◦ Who receives this action?
Place the subject before and the object after the verb.
Revising for Active Voice
Students are given exams by faculty members.
Revising Practice
Does the sentence exhibit passive voice? What is the sentence’s active verb? Who performs this action? Who receives this action? Can we rewrite the sentence by placing the subject (faculty members) before and the object (students) after the active verb (give)?
Faculty members give students exams.
In laboratories, chemicals are researched by scientists.
Revising Practice
Does the sentence exhibit passive voice? What is the sentence’s active verb? Who performs this action? Who receives this action? Can we rewrite the sentence by placing the subject (scientists) before and the object (chemicals) after the active verb (research)?
In laboratories, scientists research chemicals.
Gregor was portrayed by Kafka as an isolated insect.
Kafka portrayed Gregor as an isolated insect.
Revising Practice
Presently, more books are being read by students during the summer than ever before.
Presently, students read more books during the summer than ever before.
Revising Practice
We were travelling through Europe for an entire month.
We travelled through Europe for an entire month.
Revising Practice
Identify the sentence’s active verb.◦ What action is performed?
Identify the sentence’s subject.◦ Who performs this action?
Identify the sentence’s object.◦ Who receives this action?
Conclusion