2. Subjects, Objects, & Verbs The subject is the noun (person, place, or thing) that is “performing” the verb The object is the noun that receives the action of the verb The verb is the action word

3. Active Voice The subject performs the action of the verb. Active voice is Direct Preferred uses fewer words Example: People pollute the earth.

4. Passive Voice The subject receives the action of the verb. Passive voice is indirect wordy Example: The earth is polluted by people.

5. Active voice has a direct object that is receiving the action of the verb. S V DO The blazing fire destroyed the outside walls. Passive voice rearranges the order, so the object is now the subject. Notice there isn’t an object anymore (because it is now the subject). SV The outside walls were destroyed by the blazing fire.

6. Sentence Construction It is all about rearranging the order. Active Voice: Subject, Verb, Object Passive Voice: *Object, Verb, Subject *In passive voice, the object is now the subject. I put “object” so you can see that passive takes the object from an active sentence, and makes it the subject.

7. Active vs. Passive The entrance exam was failed by over one-third of the applicants. (Passive) One-third of the applicants failed the entrance exam. (Active) By then, the tracks will have been mixed by the DJ. (Passive) By then, the DJ will have mixed the tracks. (Active)

8. Tips… When you see a verb connected with “by” (ie failed by, kissed by, etc.) chances are it is in passive voice. Think about who or what is actually “doing” the verb. To be active, you want that to come first, so it is your subject.

9. Assignment Language Book P. 604-605, Exercise 15 and Exercise 16 P. 605, Review C

10. Revising for Passive Voice P. 605, Review C