How to Changing Sentences from Passive to Active Voice very easy
How to Change Sentences from Passive to Active Voice very easy
alright our next step is to work on
changing sentences from the passive
voice to the active voice we're going to
be rewriting sentences so rien is that
the prefix that means to do again okay so
when you're rewriting you're writing
them again and hopefully in this case
you're improving them and making them
more active so by the end of this little
the lesson you will be able to change
sentences from the passive voice to the
the active voice I don't anticipate this
being a huge challenge however, I want to
make sure everybody's on the same page
so we're just gonna have this little
In the introduction, you will need a piece of
paper and a pencil or pen okay just to
write down some sentences and give them a
try before you have to do it for points
so let's do a few examples first the
mail was delivered by a different
carrier than usual so we know from the
the previous lesson that because it says was
delivered
and then because the action is actually
being done by somebody in the predicate
we know this is a passive sentence okay
so let's think about how okay how could
I change this into the active voice I
want to move this a different carrier
than usual that's currently in the
predicate I need to move that into the
subject and make it actually do
something so I would change this around
and probably write this as a different
carrier than usual delivered the mail so
we can see all the same pieces are there
all right a different carrier than usual
is still the person place or thing doing
the action is okay I've just moved them to
At the beginning of the sentence the
subject alright they're still doing
something to the same thing the mail is
still have something done to it but
now it's in the predicate but just kind
of sort of where it belongs and the verb
is still exactly the same it Was delivered
okay but instead of was delivered by
we've got just plain delivered so you
can see we've moved the thing doing the
action into the subject and made it an
actual like it's a something that's
doing the action okay let's look at
another one I was given an amazing
birthday present by my parents okay so
look at this and just think in your head
what might I do to this the person's place
or thing actually doing the action is my
parents, so I want them in the subject
how can I do that my parents gave me an
amazing birthday present so this has all
the same elements again my parents are
still doing the action they're still
doing the giving all right and they're
still doing the same action they're
still giving okay but it changes from
was given to give because it's in the
past tense
okay this was given happened in the past
gave happened in the past all right
they're still doing it to the same
person but we had to change it from I to
I do it moves from the subject to the
predicate
and then the birthday present they're
still doing the same all right
In the last example, we're going to deal
with what happens when you don't know
who's doing the action, okay we've got
this the jewels were stolen okay we
don't know who did the stealing right we
have no clue so this is where you have
to get creative and inventive and
sometimes just use common sense okay
we might say someone stole the jewels
all right someone takes the place of
this is like a non-existent actor in this
the first sentence okay I could have said
you know the thief stole the jewels or a
the thief stole the jewels right a
the mysterious person stole the jewels but
we don't know so I just chose someone
but you can get more creative if you
want we don't know my home
but they still stole the jewels
all right what we're gonna do now is I'm
gonna put up five sentences so I want
you to number one through five and then
you are going to write to them and you're
going to change them into the active
a voice so after I put them up here I'm
going to give you a countdown from five
for you to pause so that you can do the
work and then when you finish doing that
then you will press play again and we'll
check them
okay so the first sentence the science book
was destroyed by the fire the squirrel
was almost run over by the car
the documents were signed by the new owners
the late electricity bill was paid by
our parents and my locker were broken
into so I'm gonna count down I want you
to pause you are going to write each of
these sentences in the passive voice
five four three two one you
now you're ready to move on so I'm gonna
give you the answers that I came up with
okay there's room for the sort of
interpretation of some of these and
there are sometimes multiple correct
ways to write things but you should be
pretty certain that you've written a
the complete and correct sentence here we go
so for number one, I said instead of the
science book was destroyed by the fire I
said the fire destroyed the science book
fire is still doing the action it's
still destroying what the
science book all right the squirrel was
almost run over by the car what's
actually doing the action the car is and
it's almost running over the squirrel so
I said the car almost ran over the
squirrel because this was in the past
ran is in the past the documents were
signed by the new owners and new owners
should be now turned into the subject
and they're signing the documents so the
new owners signed the documents the
linked electricity bill was paid by our
parents okay the person plays doing the
action is actually our parents but it's
sitting in the predicate thinking and
passive so we're gonna put it into the
subject our parents paid for the late
electricity bill okay because paid and
was paid are both in the past
and then my locker was broken into this
is one of those where we don't know who
did the thing okay so you could have
said a thief or a mysterious human being
or someone broke into my locker
so at this point, you should be able to
say that I can change sentences from the
passive voice to the active voice if you
can't please leave those were a
challenge or you came up with sentences
that was completely different than what
I came up with then come talk to your
teacher or teachers and we will help you
get on the right track
otherwise, your next step is to do the
active passive voice check number
two okay thank you very much have a
wonderful day
you
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