1. Warm ups
March 24-28

2. Active versus Passive Voice
Monday, March 24
Are the following Active or Passive?
The cookies were stolen.
Harry ate six shrimp for dinner.
The flat tire was changed by Sue.
Sue changed the flat tire.
The crew paved the road.
Active Voice: The subject is doing the action.
John loves Christy.
Passive Voice: The subject is receiving the action.
Christy is loved by John.
1 passive, 2. active, 3. passive 4. active 5. active

3. Tuesday, March 25 Active or Passive Voice
We are going to watch a movie tonight.
A movie is going to watched by us.
The novel was read by mom in one day.
The scathing review was written by a critic.
I ran the obstacle course in record time.
1. active, 2. passive, 3. passive, 4 passive 5. active

4. Subject/Verb Agreement
Wednesday, March 26
1. Annie and her brothers (is,
are) at school.
2. The dog or the cats (is, are)
outside.
3. Benito (doesn't, don't)
know the answer.
4. The players, as well as the
captain, (want, wants) to win.
5. Eight dollars (is, are) the price
of a movie these days.
Subject and verb agreement means matching the correct form of the subject with the correct form of the verb. Singular subjects go with the singular form of the verb. Plural subjects go with the plural form of the verb.
1. Are 2. are 3. doesn’t 4. want 5. is

5. Thursday, March 27 Subject/Verb Agreement
Either my shoes or your coat (is, are) always on the floor.
George and Tamara (doesn't, don't) want to see that movie.
Either answer (is, are) acceptable.
Every one of those books (is, are) fiction.
Mathematics (is, are) John's favorite subject, while Civics (is, are) Andrea's favorite subject.
1. is 2. don’t 3. is 4. is 5. is, is

6. Friday, March 28 Journal
Explain the following quote: "Napoleon is always right“ Chapter 5, Animal Farm