ENGLISH GRAMMAR – 3RD GRADE

TEACHER: VIVIANE

COLÉGIO SANTA CRUZ

Contents :-

Active voice

Passive voice

voice

Sentence Structures Passive of imperative

sentences

Examples

Forms of passive verbs General Rule According To Tense

Review

Activity

VOICE

Voice is the quality of a verb which indicates

whether the subject acts or is being acted

upon.

Two type of voices

Active voice

Passive voice

ACTIVE VOICE

The voice used to indicate that the grammatical

subject of the verb is performing the action or

causing the happening denoted by the verb.

EXAMPLE:-

The boy hit the ball.

Active voice is appropriate

Active voice adds clarity and places responsibility where it belongs

Active voice can make our writing more vivid

PASSIVE VOICE

The voice used to indicate that the grammatical

subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source)

of the action denoted by the verb.

Example:-

The ball was hit. (Or, "The ball was hit by the boy")

Passive Voice Is Appropriate;-

If the action is more important then the agent.

If the agent is not known.

To connect ideas in different clauses or sentences more clearly.

Subject ( Doer ) + Verb + Object

Construction Of The ACTIVE Voice

subject + modal verb + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)

Construction Of The PASSIVE Voice

subject + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)

Cat eat fish.Example:-

Example:- Fish is eaten by cat.

Example:- Fish must be eaten by cat.

The active object becomes the passive subject.

Sentence Structures

MODALS

Active Voice

Passive Voice

• Should take

• Can take

• Could take

• May take

• Might take

• Must take

• Ought to take

• Should be

taken

• Can be taken

• Could be taken

• May be taken

• Might be taken

• Must be taken

• Ought to be

taken

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Passive of imperative sentences

Commands :-

let + subject +be (not) +past participle

Active : Shut the door.

Passive : Let the door be shut.

Example:-

Example:-

Active : Kindly help him.

Passive : You are requested to help him.

Requests:-

Form of Passive Voice Verbs

I. linking verb am is are was were be being been

The passive voice requires a "double verb"

II. The main verb in the form of past participle

NOUNS

Active Voice

Passive Voice

• I• We• You• He• She• It• They• Sham

• By me• By us• By you• By him• By her• By it• By them• By sham

Continue :- Often passive voice sentences will contain a

preposition "by" .

General Rule According To Tense

TenseActive Voice

Passive Voice

Simple Present

• Take• Takes

• Is taken• Are taken

Present Continuous

• Am taking • Is taking• Are taking

• Is being taken• Are being

taken

Present Perfect

• Has taken• Have taken

• Has been taken

• Have been taken

TenseActive Voice

Passive Voice

Simple Past • Took • Was taken

• Were taken

Past Continuous

• Was taking• Were taking

• Was being taken

• Were being taken

Past Perfect • Had taken • Had been

taken

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TenseActive Voice

Passive Voice

Simple Future (will/shall)

• Will take

• Shall take

• Will be taken

• Shall be taken

Simple Future (going to be)

• Am going to take a cake

• She is going to take two cakes

• They are going to take a cake

• Cake is going to be taken by me

• Two cakes are going to be taken by her

• Cake is going to be taken by them

Future Perfect

• Will have

taken

• Will have been

taken

The last answer are News, if you check T.V. News CNN, there you can observe passive voice forms, something like:

“ Africa is affected by climate changes”

“Spain as it is today, has been conquered many times. Spain has

been under the Roman Empire, the Islamic Empire and Napoleon”

Where we can find it: THE NEWS

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