Arbeitsblatt: Active_Passive_Voice English

Active or Passive? Cooperative Learning Game: Use these notes, the cooperative card game and the review that follows to teach your students how to write in the passive and active voices: Teaching Notes: The passive voice is used: 1. To emphasize an agent– the doer or thing that does the action e.g. The cure was discovered by team of famous scientists. In an active sentence the object of this sentence would be the cure. E.g. team of famous scientists discovered the cure. In the passive form, the noun object the cure becomes the subject of the sentence and the agent is the team of scientists. 2. When the doer is unknown or unimportant. e.g. To celebrate the holidays, songs were sung and feast was enjoyed. At the end of each quarter, teachers were evaluated. Production quotas were met every month. Profits were made in every sector. Passive Form An auxiliary verb be or get the past participle of the main verb. E.g. The cure was discovered by team of famous scientists. That famous rock star got mugged late that night. Cooperative Card Game: Student Instructions: Work with your partner or group. Shuffle the cards. Take turns reading each card out loud. Place the cards in the passive voice in one pile and the cards in the active voice in another pile. When done, practice trying to change active sentences into passive form, and passive sentences into the active form, from memory, without peeking at the cards! Use the pictures to match the cards when you are done, to see if you were right! Negotiations were concluded successfully. They successfully concluded the negotiations. Graphs were read at the meeting by experts. Experts read graphs at the meeting. The priceless vase was discovered by the famous archeologist. The famous archeologist discovered the priceless vase. The new skyscrapers were well planned. The contractors planned the new skyscrapers well. Many new babies were delivered by skilled doctors. Skilled doctors delivered many new babies. Atlantic cod were netted almost to extinction by many fishermen on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Many fishermen netted Atlantic cod almost to extinction on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Meeting notes were kept by his young secretary. His young secretary kept meeting notes. International travel insurance was offered by the Planetary Insurance Company. The Planetary Insurance Company offered international travel insurance. The luggage got transported promptly to our rooms. bellboy transported the luggage promptly to our rooms. The jazz number was played by Luke on the saxophone. Luke played the jazz number on the saxophone. The Skype interview was scheduled by the CEO. The CEO scheduled the Skype Interview. The buildings were drafted by renowned architect. renowned architect drafted the buildings. The books get sorted by cheery librarian. cheery librarian sorts the books. Flight paths are coordinated by air traffic controllers with computers. Air traffic controllers coordinate flight paths with computers. Activity Content By Becky Mowat-Nov. 2013- Clipart courtesy of Graphics Factory.com Review Exercise A: Passive to Active: Discuss the following sentences with your partner and change them from the passive to the active voice: 1. Rock and roll was played by many bands including the Beatles. 2. Gold was panned by fortune-hunters in California during the Gold Rush. 3. The pyramids were built for pharaohs by Egyptian workers. 4. The Great Wall of China was built as early as the 7th Century B.C. by the Chinese. 5. The internet was first introduced to the public when an email was sent by Professor Leonard Kleinrock. Review Exercise B:Active to Passive: Discuss the following sentences with your partner and change them from the active to the passive voice: 1. Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. 2. Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut, took mankinds first steps on the moon on July 1, 1969. 3. Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter, co-founded the cubist art movement. 4. The Wright brothers invented the first successful airplane. 5. The Etruscans made the first dentures around 500 B.C. Answer Sheet: Exercise A: Passive to Active: 1. Many bands, including the Beatles, played rock and roll. 2. Fortune hunters panned gold in California during the Gold Rush. 3. Egyptian workers built the pyramids for pharaohs. 4. The Chinese built the Great Wall as early as the 7th Century B.C. 5. Professor Leonard Kleinrock first introduced the internet to the public when he sent an email. Exercise B: Active to Passive: 1. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. 2. Mankinds first steps on the moon were taken by Neil Armstrong, an American astronaut, on July 1, 1969. 3. The cubist art movement was co-founded by Pablo Picasso, Spanish painter. 4. The first successful airplane was invented by the Wright brothers. 5. The first dentures were made by the Etruscans around 500 B.C.