Today’s objective :  Stay WARM! And…  Active & Passive Voice 6.19B  What is active voice?  What is passive voice?  What do irregular verbs have to do with it???

Nouns and Verbs Simple sentences have a subject (noun) and a predicate (verb). Vanessa studied. Cameron laughed loudly. Some sentences have another noun that is receiving the action. This is called the direct object. Ben wrote a letter to the school principal. Marisol dribbled the basketball down the court.

Active voice Typically, whenever there is an action verb, the subject performs the action. Ben wrote a letter to the school principal. Marisol dribbled the basketball down the court. Here, the subject is the one performing the action of the verb. Because the subject does or “acts upon” the verb, these sentences are in the active voice.

Passive voice When you change the words around so that the subject is no longer active, but instead is being acted upon by the verb, it is passive. The letter to the principal was written by Ben. The basketball was dribbled down the court by Marisol. Notice how the subject-verb relationship has changed.

Changing active to passive To change an active voice to passive voice:  Move the direct object of the sentence to the subject’s spot.  Then, place the subject into a prepositional phrase beginning with the preposition “by”  Last, add a “to be” verb to the main verb and change the main verb’s form. (This last part is where irregular verbs come in!) Mom drove the car. The car was driven by Mom.

Passive voice What is the subject in the following sentences? Which is the verb? Which is the direct object? James watered the flowers. Sarah finished her homework. The puppy chewed the shoe. Grammy brought dessert to the party. Micah read a book. Now, change these sentences to passive voice.

Passive voice & irregular verbs When you change some sentences from active to passive, you will need to think about whether the verb is regular or irregular. For example: We all ate turkey on Thanksgiving. Turkey was eaten by all of us on Thanksgiving. Shelby swam five laps. Five laps were swum by Shelby.

For tomorrow  We are playing Active Voice Charades!!  You may work with one partner, two partners, or by yourself.  With your partner, think of an ACTIVE VERB that you can act out for the class.  You MUST come to class with a verb in mind to act out.

Things To Do: 1. Choose a partner and think of a verb to act out. 2. Glue in your notes paper (NOTES section) 3. Begin homework (or put it away to do at home). 4. Exit Ticket: Choose one and write on the back of your BLUE homework paper: - What’s the difference between active and passive voice? - What is the role of irregular verbs in active and passive? - Do you get this? Write a FACT about active/passive, OR jot down a QUESTION you may have.

Debrief Your Exit Ticket: Choose one and write on the back of your BLUE homework paper: 1. What’s the difference between active and passive? 2. What is the role of irregular verbs in active/passive? 3. Write a FACT about active & passive voice, OR jot down a QUESTION you might have.