Download presentation
Presentation is loading. Please wait.
Published byEdwin Parker Modified over 9 years ago
1
What do you notice?
2
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.
3
Active vs. Passive (Passive) The road was crossed by the chicken. (Active) The chicken crossed the road. http://www.englishvideolesson.com/2086- active-vs-passive-voice-video-lesson.html http://www.englishvideolesson.com/2086- active-vs-passive-voice-video-lesson.html Grammar Girl has something to say about active and passive voice. active and passive voice.
4
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.
5
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.
6
Passive Voice http://with1shoe.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/cinderella_losing_her_shoe.12060547_std.jpg
7
Active Voice http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_CarNcodpCMA/TFImNL2RqKI/AAAAAAAAIlc/C1UZTGu-7ns/s1600/1cinderella-graphicsfairy006b.jpg
8
Active Voice http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3JawS1C_lJU/TanwbGakvaI/AAAAAAAAKeo/aHwIZ_TdoCQ/s1600/iStockSpilledMilkB.jpg
9
Passive Voice http://www.langhorneaa.org/files/basketball_hoops.jpg
10
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.
11
http://loudpoet.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dirtyfingers.jpg
Similar presentations
© 2025 SlidePlayer.com. Inc.
All rights reserved.