EF3/4 active/passive voice

verbs- active/ passive voice

voice -style of verb

active - action, somebody does something

passive - don't make decisions, pushed around by people

active voice - the subject of the sentence does the verb
"Sarah drives the kids to school." sarah drives
Sarah is doing the action of the sentence.
The subject is active, doing the verb.
"I read a book yesterday."

strong, confident, good style for writing and speaking


passive voice - the subject of the sentence does nothing, doesn't do the verb
"Sarah drives the kids to school." active voice
"The kids were driven to school." passive voice

past participle

simple                  past                       participle
drive                     drove                    driven
see                        saw                       seen
swim                    swam                    swum
speak                    spoke                    spoken
spend                   spent                     spent
teach                    taught                    taught
put                       put                          put
let                         let                          let
go                        went                        gone
keep                     kept                        kept
buy                       bought                   bought
write                    wrote                      written
think                   thought                     thought
sink                     sank                         sunk

  

"I seed saw a bird."
"I eated ate a cookie."
 "I buyed bought a phone yesterday."


"The little girl ate five cookies." active voice
"Five cookies were eaten by the little girl." passive voice


a passive-aggressive person

"give someone the the cold shoulder"


"Best Buy sells ipads." active, easier
"Ipads are sold by Best Buy." passive, harder

style- Which style do you like?

"Sue combed the dog's hair." active voice
"The dog's hair was combed by Sue." passive voice

Don't know the subject, or don't want to say.
"I broke a glass."
"The glass was broken."
"My car was stolen last night."
"I was told that ..." 

Try these:
1. He wrote this song.
This song was written by him.
2. My grandmother plants garlic in the fall.
Garlic is planted in the fall by my grandmother.

bulb of garlic - cloves of garlic

The garlic plants are put in the ground in the fall by my grandmother.

In the fall, my grandmother plants garlic. active
In the fall, my grandmother planted garlic. active, past tense

I walked the dog. past tense
The dog was walked by me. passive voice

present                    past                           participle
walk                        walked                      walked
take                         took                           taken

"I took the dog to the park." past tense
"The dog was taken to the park." passive voice

3. Are you writing a letter?
Is the letter being written by you?

The letter is being written by me."

Did you write a letter?
The letter was written be you/me/Justin Bieber.

"She was scammed by a telemarketer."
"I wrote a letter."
"The letter was written by me."