1. ACTIVE and PASSIVE VOICE.

2. Voice can be active or passive.
You must learn to recognize the difference to successfully speak English.

3. thing receiving action
Active Voice
In active voice, the thing doing the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing receiving the action is the object.
Most sentences are active.
Thing doing action +
verb +
thing receiving action

4. thing receiving action
Thing doing action +
verb +
thing receiving action
SUBJECT
OBJECT

5. The professor teaches the students.
EXAMPLE
The professor teaches the students.
VERB
SUBJECT;
Doing the action
OBJECT;
Receiving the action

6. The professor teaches the students.

7. EXAMPLE John washes the dishes. VERB SUBJECT; Doing the action OBJECT;
Receiving the action

8. John washes
the dishes.
JOHN-- SUBJECT
DISHES-- OBJECT

9. Passive Voice
In passive voice, the thing receiving the action is the subject of the sentence and the thing doing the action is optionally included near the end of the sentence.
You can use the passive voice if you think that the thing receiving the action is more important or should be emphasized.

10. You can also use the passive voice if you do not know who is doing the action or if you do not want to mention who is doing the action.

11. Thing receiving action + BE + Past Participle of the Verb + BY
Passive voice
Thing receiving action
+ BE + Past Participle of the Verb
+ BY
+ Thing Doing the Action

12. Students are taught by the Professor..
EXAMPLE
Students are taught by the Professor..
PASSIVE VERB
SUBJECT;
Receiving the action
Doing the action

13. Students are taught by the Professor.

14. The dishes are washed by John.
EXAMPLE
The dishes are washed by John.
SUBJECT;
Receiving the action
PASSIVE
VERB
Doing the action

15. The dishes are washed by John.
JOHN—Doing the
action
DISHES-- SUBJECT

16. Active / Passive voice Overview

17. Once a week, Tom cleans the house. PASSIVE:
SIMPLE PRESENT
ACTIVE:
Once a week, Tom cleans the house.
PASSIVE:
Once a week, the house is cleaned by Tom.

18. PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ACTIVE: Right now, Sarah is writing the letter. PASSIVE: Right now, the letter is being written by Sarah.

19. ACTIVE: Sam repaired the car. PASSIVE: The car was repaired by Sam.
Simple Past
ACTIVE: Sam repaired the car. PASSIVE: The car was repaired by Sam.

20. Past Continuous
ACTIVE: The salesman was helping the customer when the thief came into the store. PASSIVE: The customer was being helped by the salesman when the thief came into the store.

21. Simple Future will ACTIVE: Someone will finish the work by 5:00 PM.
PASSIVE:
The work will be finished by 5:00 PM.

22. Simple Future be going to
ACTIVE: Sally is going to make a beautiful dinner tonight. PASSIVE: A beautiful dinner is going to be made by Sally tonight.

23. Future Continuous will
ACTIVE: At 8:00 PM tonight, John will be washing the dishes. PASSIVE: At 8:00 PM tonight, the dishes will be being washed by John

24. Future Continuous be going to
ACTIVE: They will have completed the project before the deadline. PASSIVE: The project will have been completed before the deadline.