V0ICEOF

THE VERB

Voice of the VerbIt tells whether the subject is the doer or the receiver of the action.

It can be active or passive.

Active Voice

It is used for making clear and strong sentences.

The subject of the sentence performs the action.

Passive VoiceThe subject of the sentence receives the action.

This is used when we want to make the object more important.

It is also used when the doer of the action is unknown.

Try to analyze the sentences

inside the table.

SimplePresentTense

Active Voice

Passive Voice

Subject + Main Verb + Direct Object

Subject + Auxiliary Verb + Past Participle + by + the doer of the action

What changes have you observed when the sentence in Active Voice was converted to Passive

Voice?

Emma mails a letter.

A letter is mailed by Emma.

Simple Past

The company made a huge profit.

A huge profit was made.

Future We will mail our proposal next week.

Our proposal will be mailed next week.

Tense Active Voice Passive Voice

Have you seen the “by-phrase”?What keypoint can you generate from these

examples?

The “by-phrase” may be omitted in converting Active Voice to Passive Voice.

PresentPerfect

The class has taken a quiz.

A quiz has been taken by the class.

PastPerfect

We had settled an agreement yesterday.

An agreement had been settled yesterday.

Tense Active Voice Passive Voice

From these sentences, how do we convert sentences in Perfect Tense with Active Voice to Passive Voice?

We add the auxiliary verb “been” before the past participle.

Subject + has/have/had + been + past participle + by - phrase

PastContinuous

He was washing the dishes earlier.

The dishes were being washed by him earlier.

PresentContinuous

Granny is watering the plants.

The plants are being watered by Granny.

Tense Active Voice Passive Voice

How do we convert sentences in Continuous Tense with Active Voice to Passive Voice?

We add the auxiliary verb “being” before the past participle.

Subject + be - verb + being + past participle + by - phrase

AGONYANTHONY

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Help me! Our teacher gave us an assignment

about voices of the verb.I’m trying my best but I’m having a difficulty.

We were asked to convert sentences in

Active Voice to Passive Voice and vice versa.

Would you please correct some of my

answers?

First, identify the voice of the verb used in the

given sentences. Correct my ways of converting

sentences in Active Voice to Passive Voice and vice

versa. If I answered it correctly, leave it as it is.

The lightning strucked the horse twice

The horse was strucked.

The driver was asked by my father to stop.

My father had asked the driver to stop.

Given sentences Anthony’s Answer

Jessica had interviewed Pope Francis.

Pope Francis was interviewed by Jessica

Harry is being chased by the dogs.

The dogs is chasing Harry.

Arriana will perform a concert this year.

A concert will perform by Arriana.

Thank you so much for helping me with

my homework! For that, I’m wishing

you good life and God bless you!

KEEP CALMAND

THINK BEFORE

YOUSPEAK

Just a friendly

reminder..

Assignment:Cut out a short news report and

paste it on a short bond paper. Underline all the sentences that

used the Active Voice of the Verb.From the sentences that you

underlined, choose five andconvert it to Passive Voice.