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What do you notice?
What do these sentences have in common? The road was crossed by the chicken. The shoe was dropped by Cinderella as
she fled the ball. New styles are worn every year by
students. The painting is immediately noticed by
everyone who comes into the house.
Active vs. Passive (Passive) The road was crossed by the
chicken. (Active) The chicken crossed the road. http://www.englishvideolesson.com/208
6-active-vs-passive-voice-video-lesson.html
Grammar Girl has something to say about active and passive voice.
How would you make these active? The shoe was dropped by Cinderella as
she fled the ball. New styles are worn every year by
students. The painting is immediately noticed by
everyone who comes into the house.
Creative Writing Time! For each of the following pictures, write
a single sentence describing it. Be sure to use the voice indicated, either active or passive.
Passive Voice
http://with1shoe.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/cinderella_losing_her_shoe.12060547_std.jpg
Active Voice
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CarNcodpCMA/TFImNL2RqKI/AAAAAAAAIlc/C1UZTGu-7ns/s1600/1cinderella-graphicsfairy006b.jpg
Active Voice
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3JawS1C_lJU/TanwbGakvaI/AAAAAAAAKeo/aHwIZ_TdoCQ/s1600/iStockSpilledMilkB.jpg
Passive Voice
http://www.langhorneaa.org/files/basketball_hoops.jpg
Ticket-out-the-door For the next image, write down a single
sentence describing it, then correctly identify the voice of your sentence, either active or passive.
http://loudpoet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dirtyfingers.jpg