ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE 6. Active voice : They wait for the singer in the backstage.

Passive voice: __________________________________________________________

 In the active voice, the subject is performing an action: The dog chases the ball.
Notice how the subject, dog, is performing the action, chase, on the target of the 7. Active voice : The boy kicks the ball.
action, ball. This is a simple, direct example of the active voice. Passive voice: __________________________________________________________
 In the passive voice, the action’s target, ball, is positioned first as the focus of the
sentence. The sentence gets flipped, and the subject is now being acted upon by the B. PRESENT CONTINUOUS TENSE
verb. In other words, the subject is passive: The ball is being chased by the dog. Active voice: Subject + is/am/are + V-ing + object
Passive voice: Subject + is/am/are being + verb 3 + object
Examples
A. SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE
1) Active voice : She is cooking fried noodles in the kitchen.
Active voice : Subject + V1 (s/es) + object
Passive voice: Fried noodles is being cooked by her in the kitchen.
Passive voice : Subject + is/am/are + verb 3 + object.
Examples 2) Active voice : Tian is kicking the ball.
1) Active voice : She drinks coffee in the kitchen. Passive voice: The ball is being kicked by Tian.
Passive voice : Coffee is drunk by her in the kitchen.
3) Active voice : My neighbors are watching a football match.
2) Active voice : Lia and Mikha make a strawberry cake. Passive voice: A football match is being watched by my neighbors.
Passive voice : A strawberry cake are made by Lia and Mikha.
EXERCISE
3) Active voice : Reporters write new reports.
Passive voice : New reports are written by reporters . 1. Active : My mother is cooking fried rice.
Passive : __________________________________________________________

EXERCISE 2. Active : My uncle is building a new house.

Passive : __________________________________________________________
1. Active : Mike throws the garbage.
Passive : __________________________________________________________ 3. Active : My mother is sewing the dress.
Passive : __________________________________________________________
2. Active : Jeremia cleans the carpet.
Passive : __________________________________________________________ 4. Active : Laura is teaching math at high school.
Passive : __________________________________________________________
3. Active : The gardener waters the flowers every evening.
Passive : __________________________________________________________ 5. Active : A waiter is serving food in this restaurant.
Passive : __________________________________________________________
4. Active : Rosinta writes a short story.
6. Active : She is singing a song.
Passive : __________________________________________________________ Passive : __________________________________________________________

5. Active : My mother cleans the kitchen once a week. 7. Active : They are playing basketball
Passive : __________________________________________________________ Passive : __________________________________________________________