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14.3.1 Sentences: Active and Passive Voice

English · Grade 8 · 2 lessons in the design

What this covers

  • Active voice: the subject does the action; Passive: the subject receives it
  • Transforming simple Olympic sentences both ways
  • When passive is useful (process, unknown doer, official tone)

What you will be able to do

  • identify sentences in the active and passive voice
  • transform sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa
  • construct sentences in the active and passive voice
  • appreciate the use of active and passive voice in effective communication

Key questions

“Why should one use a variety of sentences?”

“How can one tell the doer and the receiver of an action in a sentence?”

Lessons

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  1. Spot the doer and the receiver
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Identify active and passive Olympic sentences. Name doer and receiver. Note be + past participle.
  2. Transform and choose the voice
    40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
    Change simple Olympic sentences from active to passive and back. Decide when each voice helps.