ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE

8th grade language arts

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ACTIVE VOICE The subject of the sentence performs

the action (subject will come before verb)Remember subject is who or what the

sentence is about and the verb is the action taking place!

Preferable voice to use in writing

EXAMPLES OF ACTIVE VOICE The man ate five hamburgers.

Mary mailed the letter.

Colorful parrots live in the rain forest.

PASSIVE VOICE The subject receives the action of the

verb

You can recognize passive-voice expressions because the verb phrase will always include a form of be, such as am, is, was, were, are, or been. HOWEVER the presence of a be-verb, however, does not necessarily mean that the sentence is in passive voice.

Avoid using this voice when writing

EXAMPLES OF PASSIVE VOICE An ‘A’ was given to Mike.

The letter was mailed by Mary.

Five hamburgers must have been eaten by the man.

IDENTIFY THE VOICE EACH SENTENCE USES Harry ate six shrimp at dinner.

active At dinner, six shrimp were eaten by Harry.

passive Beautiful giraffes roam the savannah.

active The savannah is roamed by beautiful giraffes.

passive Sue changed the flat tire.

active The flat tire was changed by Sue.

passive We are going to watch a movie tonight.

active