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English 7: Lesson 3
Active and Passive Voice
Mary Jane A. Nongka
Subject Teacher
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

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Utilize the passive Identify active Use the passive and
and active voices and passive Construct sentences
active voices in varied
using active and
in the correct voices in different manners
passive voices
manner; types of writing;
E-newspaper is one of the familiar forms of media nowadays. There are
hundreds of news headlines
everyday you see and hear over the radio, television, and internet.
NEWS serves as our outlet to know
what happen to the world or country that we live in. It keeps us updated
with the help of 24 Oras, TV
Patrol, DZRH, CNN Philippines, Bombo Radyo, Brigada News FM,
Rappler, Manila Bulletin, and the
like.
 Here are some sample headlines from actual e- newspapers.
1. Thousands of Cebu Pacific Airlines flights canceled days after
COVID 19 lockdown.
2. Family expected to recover after the pandemic.
3. Antibacterial drug discovered in Japan.
4. University of Wuhan group invents wheelchair powered by
compressed air.
Here is what you have to do. Copy in your activity notebook the table
below and you have to identify
the subject of the sentence and the main verb that comes after the subject
for each headline above.
Number 1 is already provided to you as an example for your easy
reference.
Subject Main Subject Main
verb verb
Example: canceled
1. Thousands of Cebu Pacific
Airlines flights
2.
3.
Did you identify correctly the subject of the sentence and the main verb? Whathave you
observed with
each of the sentences? Well done! Now you are ready to take off to another task to
explore deeper the
two kinds of voices.
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So, what does voice mean? What is the
difference between active voice and
passive voice? Can you give associated
ideas of it?
In writing or speaking activity, you may hear terms used
such as active and passive voice. You may find yourself
asking what active/passive voice is. Why is it so vital and
more importantly, how can you use it? Why is it so
important to know both?
The voice of a verb tells whether the subject of the sentence
performs or receives the action. Voices are of two types:
active and passive.
Active Voice: In the active voice, the subject performs
the action expressed by the verb
Example 1 - Gizelle sings a song.

Here ‘Gizelle” is the subject and the verb is ‘sing’ and ‘song’
is the object. Here the action of ‘singing’ is being done by the
subject i.e. ‘Gizelle’.
Example 2 - James finished the homework.
In this scenario, “James” is the subject and the verb is
‘finish’ and ‘homework’ is the object. Here the action of
‘finishing’ is being done by the subject i.e. ‘James’.

Example 3 - The puppy chewed the shoe.

This time, “puppy” is the subject and the verb is ‘chew’ and
‘shoe’ is the object. Here the action of
‘chewing’ is being done by the subject i.e. ‘puppy’.
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Passive Voice:
In passive voice, the subject
receives the action expressed
by the verb.
Example 1 - A song is sung by Gizelle.
Here the ‘song’ is the subject, ‘sing’ is the verb and ‘Gizelle’ is the entity who
did the action of singing
and ‘song’ is the entity on whom action has been done.
Example 2 - The homework was finished by James.
In this example, ‘homework’ is the subject and ‘finish’ is the verb. ‘James’ is the
one who did the action
of finishing and ‘homework’ isthe entity on whom action has been done.
Example 3 - The shoe was chewed by the puppy.
Here ‘puppy’ is the subject and ‘chew’ is the verb. The ‘puppy’ is the one who
did the action of chewing
and ‘shoe’ is the entity on whom action has been done.
Below is a diagram for a better understanding of the difference of active
andpassive voice.
General rules of converting active
voice to passive voice:

1. The subject in the active voice becomes the object in the

passive voice and the object in the active voice becomes the
subject in the passive voice.
2. Put ‘by’ in front of the subject in the passive voice.
3. Use 3rd form of verb + is/ am/ are/ was/ were/ been/ being
according to the tense in
passive voice.
Not all sentences can be changed to the passive voice. Only an
active voice of the sentence with a
direct object can be made passive.
For example: “Tarsiers live in the rainforests.” cannot be
changed to passive voice because the
sentence does not have a direct object.
Another example is, ‘She is dancing.” cannot be changed as
well to passive voice because the
sentence does not have a clear known object.
Finally, “He died in 2005.” has no known object thus, cannot be
converted into passive voice.
In this part of the activity in your activity notebook draw the Venn Diagram below and
differentiate how statements are formed for both active and passive voice. You have to jot
down in the diagram which describes such definitions of active and passive voices. Please
refer to the examples below for your easy reference.

The subject receives the action expressed by the verb.

2. The action is done on/upon the subject.
3. The receiver of the action is preceded by the verb.
4. The doer of the action is preceded by the verb.
5. Meaning is clearer and direct.
6. Meaning can be confusing and indirect.
7. The receiver of the action is followed by the verb.
8. The subject performs the action expressed by the verb.
9. The doer of the action is followed by the verb
10. The subject of the sentence is doing the action
Identify Me If You Can!
Write Active if the statement is in active voice and Passive if it is passive
voice.
1. The boy teased the girl.
2. A cake was made by my mother yesterday.
3. The girl was teased by the boy.
4. She has written a novel.
5. The police have caught the thief.
6. Have you finished the report?
7. This experience will never be forgotten by me.
8. Somebody stole my pen yesterday.
9. She was not beaten by me.
10. My pen was stolen by somebody yesterday
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