Lesson III - Active and Passive Voice
Lesson III - Active and Passive Voice
I. Objective
A. Identify the difference between active and passive voice.
B. Analyze information in selected material presented.
C. Convert an active voice sentence to a passive voice sentence.
III. Procedure
A. Routine
1. Prayer
2. Greetings
3. Checking of Attendance
B. Preliminary Activity
Students will be reviewed on their past lesson “A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine
Hansberry.
C. Elicitation
How do you react on the issues regarding teenage pregnancy in our country? Are you just
going to sit and listen to the stories about it, or you as a student will do something even a
little thing to stop it?
D. Discussion
Verbs has two voices. The active and the passive voice.
The voice of the verb is active, when the subjects performs the action. On the other hand,
the voice of the verb is the passive, when the subject is acted upon by the object of the
verb.
Here are examples of Active (A) versus Passive (P) voice in the six main tenses.
F.2. Label the following sentences. Write AV if the sentence is in Active Voice, and
write PV if the sentence is in Passive Voice.
(A) 1. I have finished my assignment.
(P) 2. The movie was seen by the children.
(A) 3. They have chosen the best movie.
(P) 4. The test will be given in a large auditorium.
(A) 5. Someone told me that you like movies.
(A) 6. They sell popcorn in movie theaters.
(P) 7. The winners’ name was now known until the night of the ceremony.
(A) 8. They are presenting an award now.
(A) 9. The police arrested two hundred people.
(A) 10. They send two million books to America every year.
IV. Evaluation
Directions: Supposing that you are the President of the country, how would you have
addressed or resolve the following issues and concerns affecting the values of your
countrymen? Discuss your answer using your notebook. Use the active voice whenever
possible. Frequent use of the active voice makes your writing stronger, livelier and less
wordy.
Unemployment/
Underemployment
Scam
V. Read the Summary of “The Raisin in the Sun” again. locate at least five sentences in the
active voice then transpose it to passive voice or vice-versa. Do it on your notebook.
VI. Reflection