BUENAVISTA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Buenavista, Quezon

Active and Passive Voice

February 21, 2019

I. OBJECTIVES
At the end of the lesson, the students are expected to:
A. Determine whether the sentences are in Active and Passive Voice.
B. Recognize the pattern in an Active voice sentence and Passive voice sentence.
C. Identify the Subject, Verb and Object of the verb in each sentence.

II. SUBJECT MATTER

A. TOPIC:Active and Passive Voice
B. REFERENCE: A Journey to Anglo-American Literature
C. MATERIALS:Tarpapel, Cartolina

III. PROCEDURE
 DAILY ROUTINE
i. Prayer
ii. Greetings
iii. Classroom management
iv. Checking of attendance
v. Review of the past lesson
vi. Motivation
WORD OF THE DAY:
 Suspicious – adj. having or showing a cautious distrust of someone or something.
Synonyms: doubtful, unsure, disbelieving
Sample Sentence:
The police were called when the staff became suspicious.

A. ACTIVITY
To start our lesson, let us read the short paragraph titled “The Suspicious Suitcase”

Questions:
1. What was found near the bus station? Who found it?
(A suspicious suitcase was found near the bus station by a kid.)
2. What is he doing there?
(He was waiting for the bus alone.)
3. Where did he take the suitcase?
(He took the suitcase to the police station.)
4. What happened to the police officers when they opened the suspicious suitcase?
(The police officers were killed by the bomb.)
 B. ANALYSIS
Using your answers in my questions, let us dig deeper on how it relates to our topic for
today.

Let us analyze the following sentences:

1. He took the suitcase to the police station.
2. The police officers were killed by the bomb.

What have you observed in the sentences? How does the subject, verb and the object
of the verb function in the sentence?

So, if we can classify these sentences if it’s in active or passive voice, the first sentence
falls under what voice?

How about the second sentence?

C. ABSTRACTION
The first sentence is in active voice sentence and the second one is a passive voice
sentence.
Now, let’s define what is an active voice and passive voice.

Definition of Terms
 Active Voice
 It tells what a person or thing does.
 The SUBJECT performs the action and typically comes before the verb.
 The OBJECT is who or what receives the action and typically comes after the
verb.
Example:
*Marcowill finishhis project by tomorrow.
Subj VerbObj

 Passive Voice
 It tells what is done to someone or something.
 The SUBJECT performs the action and typically comes after the verb.
 The OBJECT is who or what receives the action and typically comes before the
verb.
Example:
* The videowas posted on Facebook by Anthony.
Obj Verb Subj

Based from the examples given earlier, can you say that there’s a pattern or formula in
identifying each type of voices?

Can you make your pattern for an active voice sentence?

How about for passive voice?

D. APPLICATION
The class will be divided into four groups. Each group will be given sentences and they
will determine whether the sentence is in active voice or in passive voice. Write A if it’s in
active voice and P if it’s in Passive voice. Identify the Subject, Verb and the Object of the
verb in each sentence.

GROUP 1
1. The building has been left by Michael.
2. The cleaning crew vacuums the office every night.

GROUP 2
3. A superb dinner was prepared by the famous chef.
4. My brother taught me how to ride a bicycle.

GROUP 3
5. The letter was posted by Alice.
 6. The hunter killed the lion in the jungle of Africa.

GROUP 4
7. The homeowners remodeled the house to help it sell.
8. The Grand Canyon is viewed by thousands of tourists every year.

ANSWERS:
P 1. The buildinghas been left by Michael.
ObjVerbSubj
A 2. The cleaning crewvacuums the office every night.
Subj VerbObj
P3. A superb dinnerwas preparedby the famous chef.
ObjVerb Subj
A4. My brothertaughtme how to ride a bicycle.
SVO
A5. Aliceposted the letter.
SVO
A6. The hunterkilled the lion in the jungle of Africa.
Subj Verb Obj
A 7. The homeownersremodeled the house to help it sell.
SubjVerbObj
P 8. The Grand Canyon is viewed by thousands of tourists every year.
ObjVerbSubj

E. EVALUATION
Identify whether the sentence is in active voice or in passive voice. Write A if it’s in
active voice and P if it’s in Passive voice.

A 1. Some people raise sugar cane in Quezon.

P 2. The metal beams were eventually corroded by the saltwater.
P 3. That portrait was painted by my grandmother.
A 4. The fireman took the injured to the hospital.
P 5. This house was built by John Mathews in 1991
A 6. The police caught the thieves.
A 7. They found him guilty of murder.
A 8. The fire damaged the building.
P 9. The trees were blown down by the wind.
P 10. You will be given a ticket by the manager.

F. ASSIGNMENT
Rewrite these sentences from active voice sentence to passive voice sentence.
Answer this on your notebook.

1. Harry generously donated money to the homeless shelter.

2. The team will celebrate their victory tomorrow.
3. She faxed her application for a new job.
4. The kangaroo carried her baby in her pouch.
5. The teacher will give you instructions.

MPS:
REFLECTION:

REMARKS:

PREPARED BY:

FAJER ANNE M. HUTAMARES

Teacher I
CHECKED BY:
JERIC P. OLPINDO
Head Teacher I