English Week 10 Grade 6 1 Agenda of
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English – Week 10 Grade 6 1
Agenda of the Week 01 Grammar Worksheet Answer Key 02 Grammar: Active and Passive Voice 03 Guided Reading: Peter Pan ch. 3&4 2
• 01 Active and Passive Voice
WHAT IS ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE? Click on the link below to watch an introductory video to Active and Passive Voice: https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=W 1_IRU 6 zx 9 g 4
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE Active voice is when the subject of the sentence is doing the action. e. g. : Jill threw the ball. Passive Voice is used when the subject of the sentence is receiving the action. e. g. : The ball was thrown by Jill. 5
CHANGING FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE 1. Identify Subject, Verb, and Object. The children saw the movie. S V O 2. Move the Object to the Subject position. The movie…………………. 3. Use the suitable verb for the passive voice (verb to be + past participle) (refer to next slide) The movie was seen……… 4. Use the preposition “by” to show the agent of the action. The movie was seen by the children. 6
Active Voice Verb Example Passive Voice Verb Example simple present The gophers dig tunnels. is/am/are + past participle The tunnels are dug by gophers. simple past Walt Disney created Mickey Mouse. was/were + past participle Mickey Mouse was created by Walt Disney. VERB CHANGES 7
Rewrite each sentence below in the Passive Voice. 1. Diane eats pizza. S V O Pizza is eaten by Diane. 3. Tom wrote a book. S V O A book was written by Tom. 2. Many people speak English. 4. The government raised taxes. S V O English is spoken by many people. Taxes were raised by the government. LET’S PRACTICE TOGETHER! 8
ACTIVITY 1. Download the Passive Voice Songs Worksheet. 2. Read the Active sentences and identify the correct passive sentence for each. 3. After you finish, click on the link below to listen to the audio in order to check your work: https: //soundcloud. com/user-867861522/passive-songs
1. Download the Active and Passive Grammar Worksheet. 2. Read the notes and then work on the exercises. 3. Upload your worksheet on Moodle under Grammar Assignment or send it to your teacher by email. LET’S PRACTICE 10
