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• They can also change depending on who is doing the action I run You run He runs I am You are He is We are... Active and passive verbs• This is another way in which verbs can change.. S

• Verbs are the most important words in a sentence

• Every sentence must have at least one verb

• Verbs can change in several ways

• They can be in the past, present or future tense

• I run, I will run, I ran, I am running, I

• They can also change depending on who is doing the action

I run You run

He runs

I am You are

He is

We are

Active and passive verbs

• This is another way in which verbs can change

• They can be in the active or the passive voice

• Many verbs can be used in both forms

Sentences containing active verbs are clear and easy to understand.

In these sentences the verb is active.

• The dog bit the man

• The family watched Coronation Street

• David telephoned Emily

In these sentences the subject of the sentence performs an action

The dog bit the man.

In this sentence the dog is the subject The

sentence is about him

The verb is bit

The man is the person who has the action

done to him This is called the object of the sentence

The man was bitten by the dog.

• This sentence is in the passive voice.

• The person who has the action done to him becomes the subject

• He does not do the action (Man bites dog would be rather unusual)

• The action is done to him

Clues to help you spot a passive verb.

• Look for the words by or by the in the

sentence.

• Here are some more passive sentences

• Coronation Street was watched by the

family

• Emily was phoned by David

• The computer was repaired by the engineer

To change sentences from passive to active

The computer was

repaired by the engineer.

Look for the verb

Find the person or thing doing the action (the word by

gives you a clue)

Make that person or thing the subject of the sentence Describe what he or she does.

Finish the sentence by saying who or what they do it to.

The engineer repaired the computer.

Passive to Active.

• The disco was

organised by the

parents.

The parents organised the disco.

The goldfish was eaten

by the cat.

The cat ate the goldfish.

Active sentences are usually shorter and easier to understand.

To change sentences from active to passive

Goldilocks ate the

porridge.

Find the verb

Find the person or thing having the action

done to it

Make that person or thing the subject of your sentence

Change the verb so that the subject is having the action done to it

The porridge was eaten by

Goldilocks.