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1. Active and
Passive Voice

2. Defining “Voice”
• “Voice” is a characteristic of verbs which
indicates the relation of the verb’s action to
its subject.
• The voice of a verb may be either “active”
or “passive.”

3. Active Voice
Active voice verb is
when the subject
performs the action of
the verb.
Pattern:
[Thing doing action] + [verb]
+ [thing receiving action]

4. Examples:
John washes the dishes.
subject object receiving
verb action/direct
doing the
action object
Martha brings a basket.
subject verb object receiving
doing the action/direct object
action

5. Passive Voice Passive voice verb is
when the thing receiving
the action is now the
subject, and the former
subject now receives the
action of the verb.
Pattern:
[subject] + [be verb] + [past participle
form of the verb] + [by] + [thing
receiving the action]

6. Examples:
The dishes are washed by John.
subject passive verb prep. thing doing
action
John washes the dishes.
subject verb object receiving
doing the action/direct object
action

7. Examples:
A basket is brought by Martha.
subject passive verb prep thing doing action
Martha brings a basket.
subject doing verb object receiving
the action action/direct object

8. Examples:
Arthur carried the box.
subject doing verb object receiving
the action action/direct object
The box was carried by Arthur.
subject passive verb prep thing doing action

9. To change a sentence from active to
passive voice:
1. Move the active sentence’s direct object
into the sentence’s slot

10. 2. Place the active sentence’s subject into the
direct object’s slot preceded by the
preposition “by”

11. 3. The former verb also changes in form. It
consists of be verbs in different forms plus
past participle form of the verb.

12. Example:
Tom cleans the house.

13. To change a passive voice into an
active voice:
1. Move the passive voice sentence’s subject
into the active sentence’s direct object slot

14. 2. Remove the be verb from the main verb
and change the main verb’s form if needed

15. 3. Place the passive sentence’s object of the
preposition by into the subject slot.

16. Examples:
The ballots are counted by the chairman.
*The chairman counts the ballots.
John painted my bicycle.
* My bicycle was painted by John.
Colorful parrots live in the rainforests.

17. Review
• Active voice verbs: Verbs that
indicate the sentence’s subject as
actively acting:
– Marvin hit the ball.
• Passive voice verbs: Verbs that
indicated the sentence’s subject as
being acted upon:
– The ball was hit by Marvin

18. Directions:
Transform the following sentences into
their opposite voices. If the sentence cannot
be transformed, just copy it.

19. Set A
1. Rolly sings a song at the party.
2. Julia invited the class.
3. The cats lie in the shade under our cars.
4. The lawyer revealed the evidence.
5. Mila watered the plants.
Set B
1. A beautiful dinner was made by Sally.
2. Five hamburgers are eaten by the man.
3. The castle was visited by tourists.
4. The design was finished by Dina.
5. The house is repaired by Lou.

20. Thank You
Very Much