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1 Business Writing Firefly Electric and Lighting Corp. Training and Organizational Development Human Resources Department Module 2 WORKING WITH WORDS

2 Module 2 Lesson 8 Voices of Verbs

3 Grammar A. Tenses of Verbs Simple tenses Continuous/ Progressive tenses Perfect tenses B. Subject Verb Agreement C. Voices of Verb (Transitive Verb) Active Voice Passive Voice

4 Two Voices of Transitive Verb

5 Voice is a property of transitive verb that describes the correlation between the action that the verb conveys and the agent or recipient of that action. The subject is either the doer/ agent of the action or it is the receiver of the action. Two voices of Transitive verbs: 1. Active Voice 2. Passive Voice

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7 Active Voice indicates that in a sentence, the subject is the doer/agent/ actor of the action. The element that is acted upon is called the receiver or the object of the action (verb). This is the normal way of constructing sentences. Example: o Chito sees his mother coming. o He opens the door

8 o Mrs. Cruz is buying her daughter clothes. o The manager sent the employees a memo on attendance. o Yvonne has told her friends a humorous story. * Please see notes on Table of Conversion of Voices of Verbs. The format of the voices vary with the different tenses of the verb.

9 o Mrs. Cruz is buying her daughter clothes. o The manager sent the employees a memo on attendance. o Yvonne has told her friends a humorous story. * Please see notes on Table of Conversion of Voices of Verbs. The format of the voices vary with the different tenses of the verb.

10 In some cases, the doer of the action in the Passive Voice is omitted because: the doer is unknown o Fire was discovered during the early Paleolithic period. o This period was marked by widespread use of stone tools. othese stool tools were also used to produce fire. The doer can be provided in a generalized context.

11 The recipient is more important and therefore emphasized. o Fireworks were used in China to scare evil spirits. o The craft of making fireworks is called pyrotechnics. o Fireworks were later modified to become weapons of war.

12 There are several doers of the action. o Passive serum therapies for vaccination were developed in o Cholera and typhoid vaccines were first introduced for public protection against the deadly diseases. o Cell culture was shown to be able to grow virus paving the way for the production of viral vaccines.

13 The Passive Voice is generally used in scientific writings such as reports, researches, procedure because the procedures and results are more important than the ones doing the The use of Passive voice should be avoided because: o It can create awkward sentences. o It causes sentences to appear flat and uninteresting.

14 Other examples of Active Voice converted to Passive Voice: oclothes are being bought by Mrs. Cruz for her daughter. or oher daughter is being bought clothes by Mrs. Cruz. oa memo on attendance was sent to the employees by the manager. or

15 o The employees were sent a memo on attendance by the manager. o A humorous story has been told to her friends by Yvonne. o Her friends have been told a humorous story by Yvonne.

16 . Voices of Verbs

17 Identify the following sentences as Active or Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook. 1. Melinda was invited to a party by her crush. 2. My friends were attending a journalism seminar. 3. Roger s parents have toured Great Britain several times. 4. The artists have done the church decoration for the Feast of Immaculate Conception.

18 5. The Crown jewels were taken to the bank for safekeeping. 6. Meme is taking several courses this summer. 7. The borrowers were lent the money at usurious interest rate. 8. The news has been broadcast nationwide by several television stations.

19 9. These doilies are being made by my aunt in Biñan. 10. A famous couturier has sewn the wedding dresses of many movie personalities.

20 If you got a score of 5 or less in the practice exercise, please review the notes on Voices of Verbs before taking the quiz. Please look over the uploaded Power point notes in Quia and check whether there are other facts you need to include in your Cheat Sheet.

21 Identify the following verbs as Active or Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook. 1. is built 6. were losing 2. have hurt 7. brought 3. will be paid 8. has drunk 4. is being spun 9. gives 5. has been bitten 10. will have been chosen

22 If you got a score of 5 or less in the practice exercise, please review the notes on Voices of Verbs before taking the quiz. Please look over the uploaded Power point notes in Quia and check whether there are other facts you need to include in your Cheat Sheet.

23 Identify the following sentences as Active or Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook. 1. Melinda was invited to a party by her crush. Passive 2. My friends were attending a journalism seminar. Active 3. Roger s parents have toured Great Britain several times. Active 4. The artists have done the church decoration for the Feast of Immaculate Conception. Active

24 5. The Crown jewels were taken to the bank for safekeeping. Passive 6. Meme is taking several courses this summer. Active 7. The borrowers were lent the money at usurious interest rate. Passive 8. The news have been broadcast nationwide by several television stations. Passive

25 9. These doilies are being made by my aunt in Biñan. Passive 10. A famous couturier has sewn the wedding dresses of many movie personalities. Active

26 Identify the following verbs as Active or Passive. Write A or P in your notebook. 1. is built P 6. were losing A 2. have hurt A 7. brought A 3. will be paid P 8. has drunk A 4. is being spun P 9. gives A 5. has been bittenp 10. will have been chosen P

27 Module 2, Lesson 8: Voices of Verbs Quiz 1. Please proceed to www. Quia.com/web 2. On the space provided, enter your log in name and your password. 3. Under Quiz, please select Lesson 8, Quiz 1 4. Follow the instructions in the quiz. 5. Follow these same steps when you go to succeeding quizzes after every lesson.

28 End of Module 2, Lesson 8