Lesson 8 Voices of Verbs · · 2016-02-19Module 2, Lesson 8: Voices of Verbs Quiz 1. Please...
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Module 2
Lesson 8
Voices of Verbs
Two Voices of Transitive Verb
Voices of Verbs
Definition: Voice of verb is a grammatical term that indicates whether the subject is the doer/agent/ actor or the receiver/object of the action of the verb.
Voice is a property of Transitive verbs only.
Two voices of Transitive verbs:
1. Active Voice
2. Passive Voice
Voices of Verbs
Voices of Verbs • Active Voice indicates that in a sentence , the subject is the doer/agent/ actor of the action. The element that is acted upon is called the receiver or the object of the action (verb). This is the normal way of constructing sentences. Example: o Chito sees his mother coming. o He opens the door
Voices of Verbs o Mrs. Cruz is buying her daughter clothes.
o The manager sent the employees a memo on attendance.
o Yvonne has told her friends a humorous story.
* Please see notes on Table of Conversion of Voices of Verbs. The format of the voices vary with the different tenses of the verb.
Voices of Verbs o Mrs. Cruz is buying her daughter clothes.
o The manager sent the employees a memo on attendance.
o Yvonne has told her friends a humorous story.
* Please see notes on Table of Conversion of Voices of Verbs. The format of the voices vary with the different tenses of the verb.
Voices of Verbs
In some cases, the doer of the action in the Passive Voice is omitted because:
• the doer is unknown • the recipient is more important and therefore
emphasized • there are several doers of the action
The use of Passive voice should be avoided because: • It can create awkward sentences • It causes sentences to appear flat and
uninteresting.
Voices of Verbs Other examples of Active Voice converted to
Passive Voice:
oClothes are being bought by Mrs. Cruz for her daughter. or
oHer daughter is being bought clothes by Mrs. Cruz.
oA memo on attendance was sent to the employees by the manager.
oThe employees were sent a memo on attendance by the manager.
Voices of Verbs o A humorous story has been told to her
friends by Yvonne.
o Her friends have been told a humorous story by Yvonne.
The Passive Voice is generally used in scientific writings such as reports, researches, procedure because the procedures and results are more important than the ones doing them.
Voices of Verbs
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Voices of Verbs Identify the following sentences as Active or Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook.
1. Melinda was invited to a party by her crush.
2. My friends were attending a journalism seminar.
3. Roger’s parents have toured Great Britain several times.
4. The artists have done the church decoration for the Feast of Immaculate Conception.
Voices of Verbs 5. The Crown jewels were taken to the
bank for keeping. 6. Meme is taking several courses this
summer. 7. The borrowers were lent the money at
usurious interest rate. 8. The news have been broadcast
nationwide by several television stations. 9. These doilies are being made by my
aunt in Biñan.
Voices of Verbs
10. A famous couturier has sewn the wedding dresses of many movie personalities.
Voices of Verbs
If you got a score of 5 or less in the practice exercise, please review the notes on Voices of Verbs before taking the quiz.
Please look over the uploaded Powerpoint notes in Quia and check whether there are other facts you need to include in your Cheat Sheet.
Voices of Verbs Identify the following verbs as Active or
Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook.
1. is built 6. were losing
2. have hurt 7. brought
3. will be paid 8. has drunk
4. is being spun 9. gives
5. has been bitten 10. will have been chosen
Voices of Verbs
If you got a score of 5 or less in the practice exercise, please review the notes on Voices of Verbs before taking the quiz.
Please look over the uploaded Powerpoint notes in Quia and check whether there are other facts you need to include in your Cheat Sheet.
Voices of Verbs Identify the following sentences as Active or Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook.
1. Melinda was invited to a party by her crush. Passive
2. My friends were attending a journalism seminar. Active
3. Roger’s parents have toured Great Britain several times. Active
4. The artists have done the church decoration for the Feast of Immaculate Conception. Active
Voices of Verbs 5. The Crown jewels were taken to the
bank for keeping. Passive 6. Meme is taking several courses this
summer. Active 7. The borrowers were lent the money at
usurious interest rate. Passive 8. The news have been broadcast
nationwide by several television stations. Passive
Voices of Verbs 9. These doilies are being made by my
aunt in Biñan. Passive 10. A famous couturier has sewn the
wedding dresses of many movie personalities. Active
Voices of Verbs Identify the following verbs as Active or
Passive. Write A or P in your notebook.
1. is built P 6. were losing A
2. have hurt A 7. brought A
3. will be paid P 8. has drunk A
4. is being spun P 9. gives A
5. has been bitten P 10. will have been chosen P
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