Understanding Passive and Active Voice in English Language

 
Primer año medio: Unit 3: The Arts
 
Objetives:
Lesson 1: OA 8
Describir procesos y acciones
realizadas en las que el agente
es desconocido o no es
importante; por ejemplo: the
money was found on the floor;
rooms are cleaned daily; plastic
is produced from oil.
 
Contents:
Lesson 1: The passive and
active voice.
 
-
 
Uso de voz pasiva en
presente y pasado (subject + be
+ past participle) para describir
procesos y acciones realizadas
en las que el agente es
desconocido o no es tan
importante en la oración.
 
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Look at the following examples:
Example 01:
Cristopher Columbus
discovered 
America
.
Example 02:
America 
was discovered
by 
Cristopher Columbus
.
 
Are the senses of both
sentences the same?
Who did the action (doer)
in both sentences?
Are the subjects the same
in both sentences?
Which sentence is more
focused on the person
who did the action?
Which sentence is more
focused on the action
more than the person?
Active voice:
The cat 
ate 
a mouse
.
Pablo Neruda 
wrote
many 
poems
.
My mum 
bakes 
cakes
every day.
 
The doer (the cat) is the
subject of the sentence.
The sentence is focused
on the doer.
Structure: Subject +
verb + object.
Passive voice:
A mouse 
was eaten by 
the cat
.
Many poems 
were written by
Pablo Neruda
.
Cakes 
are baked by 
my mum 
every
day.
 
The doer is still the doer, but this
time it is the object of the
sentence.
The object becomes the subject.
The sentence is more focused on
the event rather than the person
who did the action.
The structure is different: Subject
+ verb to be (am, is, are, was,
were) + past participle verb (third
column).
If you want to mention who did
the action, you need to use «by»
(sometimes, it is not necessary to
say who did the action)
 
To sum it up!
Activity 01: Which word is missing?
Was or were?
«100 years of solitude»
_____ written by Gabriel
García Marquez.
La Gioconda _____ painted
by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Santiago and Conepción
_____ founded by Pedro de
Valdivia.
 
Was
 
 
 
Was
 
 
Were
Activity 02: Can you turn these
sentences into passive?
Beethoven composed
the 5th symphony.
The police caught the
thief.
James Cameron
directed Titanic in 1996.
 
The 5th symphony 
was
composed 
by
Beethoven.
The thief 
was caught 
by
the police.
 
Titanic was directed by
James Cameron in
1996.
Susan walks her dog
every day.
The baker makes bread
daily.
I watched a nice film
last night.
Egyptians built the great
pyramids.
 
Susan’s dog 
is walked 
by
her every day.
 
Bread 
is made 
(by the
baker) daily.
 
A nice film 
was watched
by me last night.
 
The great pyramids
were built 
by the
Egyptians.
 
Reading:
 
 
 
Video links:
 
Active vs passive voice:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_IRU6zx
9g
 
Song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARaEpSAD-
ng
 
Exercises:
 
Passive voice exercises:
https://www.englisch-
hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm
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  1. Primer ao medio: Unit 3: The Arts Contents: Lesson 1: The passive and active voice. Objetives: Lesson 1: OA 8 Describir procesos y acciones realizadas en las que el agente es desconocido o no es importante; por ejemplo: the money was found on the floor; rooms are cleaned daily; plastic is produced from oil. - presente y pasado (subject + be + past participle) para describir procesos y acciones realizadas en las que el agente es desconocido o no es tan importante en la oraci n. Uso de voz pasiva en

  2. Presentacin con audios, no imprimir

  3. Look at the following examples: Are the senses of both sentences the same? Who did the action (doer) in both sentences? Are the subjects the same in both sentences? Which sentence is more focused on the person who did the action? Which sentence is more focused on the action more than the person? Example 01: Cristopher Columbus discovered America. Example 02: America was discovered by Cristopher Columbus.

  4. Active voice: The cat ate a mouse. The doer (the cat) is the subject of the sentence. The sentence is focused on the doer. Structure: Subject + verb + object. Pablo Neruda wrote many poems. My mum bakes cakes every day.

  5. Passive voice: A mouse was eaten by the cat. The doer is still the doer, but this time it is the object of the sentence. The object becomes the subject. The sentence is more focused on the event rather than the person who did the action. The structure is different: Subject + verb to be (am, is, are, was, were) + past participle verb (third column). If you want to mention who did the action, you need to use by (sometimes, it is not necessary to say who did the action) Many poems were written by Pablo Neruda. Cakes are baked by my mum every day.

  6. To sum it up!

  7. Activity 01: Which word is missing? Was or were? 100 years of solitude _____ written by Gabriel Garc a Marquez. Was La Gioconda _____ painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. Was Santiago and Conepci n _____ founded by Pedro de Valdivia. Were

  8. Activity 02: Can you turn these sentences into passive? Beethoven composed the 5th symphony. The 5th symphony was composed by Beethoven. The thief was caught by the police. The police caught the thief. Titanic was directed by James Cameron in 1996. James Cameron directed Titanic in 1996.

  9. Susan walks her dog every day. Susan s dog is walked by her every day. The baker makes bread daily. Bread is made (by the baker) daily. I watched a nice film last night. A nice film was watched by me last night. Egyptians built the great pyramids. The great pyramids were built by the Egyptians.

  10. Reading:

  11. Video links: Active vs passive voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1_IRU6zx 9g Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARaEpSAD- ng

  12. Exercises: Passive voice exercises: https://www.englisch- hilfen.de/en/exercises_list/passiv.htm

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