Transcript Active and Passive Voice

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Active and Passive Voice
Verbs
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LEARNING GOAL
I
can form and use verbs in
the active and passive voice.
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Create a working definition of the
following terms:
 Active
 Passive
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View the Video
 What
actions do you see? Who is completing the
actions?
 "I Would
Run to You"
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Listen the the Song
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What actions do you notice?
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How would the song change if were “It Was Heard by Me
Through the Grapevine”?
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"I Heard it Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye
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Read the Passage “Do Good”
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Identify as many verbs in the passage as possible and
prepare to share.
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Listen to the Podcast
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Listen to the Grammar Girl Podcast and read the transcript as
the podcast plays.
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Underline key details regarding active and passive voice.
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Active Versus Passive Voice: Grammar Girl
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Guided Notes
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In a sentence using active voice, the subject of the sentence
performs the action expressed in the verb.
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In a sentence using passive voice, the subject is acted upon;
he or she receives the action expressed by the verb.
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Reasons to Use Active Voice
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Active voice is used in most non-scientific writing.
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Using active voice makes your meaning clear and keeps your
sentences from becoming unnecessarily complicated or
wordy.
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Using passive voice sometimes buries or masks the meaning
of your sentences.
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Active or Passive?
 The
dog bit the boy.
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Active or Passive?
 Scientists
have conducted experiments to
test the hypotheses.
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Active or Passive?
 The
entrance exam was failed by over onethird of applicants to the school.
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Active or Passive?
 The
brakes were slammed on by her as the
car sped down hill.
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Active or Passive?
 The
bill.
committee is considering action on the
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Your Turn
 Write
as many sentences in Active Voice as
possible in the time allotted.
 Choose
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from this List:
Energize, discover, forge, force, amaze, built, unveil,
love, rally, animate, sold, shop, read, create, vote,
punch , advance, hobble, flush, lunge, flounder, lurch ,
crouch, dash, submerge, stumble, laugh, steal, reel,
mail, restore, preside, yank, stamp, stumble.
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Share Examples
 Share
your examples with a partner; check
to make sure your sentences are written in
active voice.