Title: Farea Secondary School Mubarak Al Kabeer Educational Area ELT Supervision
1 Farea Secondary School Mubarak Al
Kabeer Educational Area ELT Supervision
School Principal Hana Al Sulaimi Supervisor Al
Habib Rzoug H.O.D Lulua Al Roomi Prepared By
Samah Al Hamdi
2 Active Voice, Passive Voice
- There are two special forms for verbs called
voices - 1. Active voice is the "normal" voice. In the
active voice, the object receives the action of
the verb. - 2. Passive voice is less usual. In the passive
voice, the subject receives the action of the
verb.
3The Active Voice
4We usually use the active voice in writing and
speaking.
Here is an example
The girl
the ball.
kicked
Someone or something (the agent)
does something (verb)
to someone or something else (recipient)
5ACTIVE VOICE
'Voice' refers to the relationship between the
subject and the verb in a sentence. A sentence is
said to be in the active voice if the subject is
performing the action of the verb.
6The Passive Voice
7In the passive voice, the recipient has something
done to it by the agent.
Here is an example
The ball
was kicked
by the girl
Someone or something (recipient)
has something done to it (verb)
by someone or something (the agent)
8PASSIVE VOICE EXAMPLES
9Sometimes in passive sentences, the agent is left
out.
Here is an example
The agent - the rain - is left out. Why do you
think that the agent might be left out in this
example? It is left out because it is not
important. The result (the house was destroyed)
is what matters in this sentence.
The house
was destroyed
by the rain
Someone or something (recipient)
has something done to it (verb)
by someone or something (the agent)
10ACTIVE OR PASSIVE?
- The baby ate a piece of chocolate.
ACTIVE
ACTIVE
- The money was stolen by the thief.
PASSIVE
- The picture was drawn by her.
PASSIVE
11PASSIVE VOICE EXAMPLES
PRESENT IS, ARE
PAST WAS, WERE
are
are
was
were
are
is
was
was
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