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:
Everybody shunned the
Kelveys.
The aunt sent a doll’s house.
Else saw the little lamp.
Note:
Subject
- doer of the action
Transitive Verb
-expresses an action and
it is always followed by an
object that receives the
action
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/