STRATEGY : S.V.O vs O.V.S(Simple Present Tense)

GGGE 6533LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES

INSTRUCTION

PURPOSE

Learning a formula on how totransform an active sentence to apassive sentence (Simple PresentTense) in an effective way.

MAIN IDEA AND USAGE

You may often be confusedbetween an active and passivesentence. By using this strategy,you will be able to acquire thebasic rule of transforming anactive sentence to a passivesentence.

FORMULA

ACTIVE : S V O

PASSIVE : O V S

SUBJECT VERB OBJECT

SUBJECTVERB Verb to be

+ Past participle

OBJECT

subject object

object subject

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BE

NUMBER PERSON PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE

Singular 1st (I) am was

2nd (You) are were

3rd ( He, She, It) is was

Plural 1st (We) are were

2nd (You) are were

3rd (They) are were

PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN PASSIVE VOICE SENTENCE

SUBJECT OBJECT

I me

You you

He Him

She her

It it

We us

They them

STEPS AND EXAMPLES

How To Change A Sentence From Active To Passive

ACTIVE: S V O

PASSIVE: O V S

Saiful changes the flat tire

The flat tire is changed by Saiful

STEP 1: Identify the subject, verb and object in the active sentence.

STEP 2: Find the object of the verb (the flat tire).

STEP 3:Make the object the subject of the sentence.

Saiful changes the flat tire

subject verb object

The flat tire changes Saiful

object verb subject

S V O

O V S

STEP 4: Decide which tense the verb is in.

STEP 5: Put the verb to be of this tense.

(look to see if the subject is singular or plural)

The flat tire changes Saiful

Verb (simple present tense)

The flat tire is changes Saiful

singular verb to be

STEP 6: Write the past participle of the verbafter the verb to be (see the irregular verb chartif necessary).

STEP 7: Add ‘by’ before the subject.

The flat tire is changed Saiful

Past Participle

The flat tire is changed by Saiful

by + subjectverb to be

+Past participleobject

LET’S TRY IT OUT

1. My grandfather plants this tree.

2. She delivers the letters.

3. Kumar takes this photograph.

4. Choong opens the windows.

5. We receive a lot of phone calls

every day.

6. Ramlah cleans the room daily.

7. Teenagers read fashion magazines.

LET’S TRY IT OUT

8. Zamani wears loose clothes.

9. The reporter interviews lots of

people on every programme.

10. They serve delicious food during

lunch.

11. Khairul repairs the TV set.

12. I wash my car everyday.

13. The monkey eats the banana.