The Passive Voice The English language has two voices--the active and the passive. The active voice and the passive voice differ in that a passive verb phrase has an additional auxiliary BE followed by an EN participle. In a sense, the English passive is "inflexible" when compared to the passive formation of other languages. For example, some languages use word order, verb inflections, and impersonal constructions to form the passive voice. In their book, The Grammar Book: ESL/EFL Teacher's
Further more, a great amount of proverbs are said like, ’Rome was not built in one day’. Actually, passive voice penetrates into our daily life and more professional fields. Compare with the straightforward relationship between subject and verb in a context, the relationship of subject and verb in a passive voice context is that the subject receives the action of the verb. We utilize passive voice in communication or compositions to express specific meanings and convey particular information, rather
Structures The common structure of forming a passive voice is: BE + P.P ( the combine of “to be verb” with the “past participle” (P.P) of the main verb). We call this as “Be passive”. Be passive can be used in various tenses. Numbers Tenses Structure Example 1 Simple Present am/is/are + Past Participle (P.P) I am punished. 2 Simple Present Continuous am/ is/ are + being + P.P I am being punished. 3 Simple Past was/ were + P.P I was punished. 4 Past Continuous was/ were + being + P.P I was being punished
Santwana_Wk40_SSC_CGL_Active-Passive_10 Q1. In the question, a sentence has been given in active/passive voice. Out of the given four alternatives, suggest the one which best expresses the given sentence in passive/active voice Once every month, the cleaning lady spring cleans our house. 1. The cleaning lady spring cleans our house once every month, 2. Once every month, the cleaning lady will spring clean our house 3. Once every month, the cleaning lady comes to spring clean our house 4. Our
discusses the strategies in teaching passive voice by evaluating Miss Wong’s pedagogical approach. In the second part, the author will write a proposal to suggest an alternative teaching method regarding passive voice. Some teaching activities are introduced, such as a TV program. B. Significance of Passive Voice Teaching passive voice is necessary. Although there is no absolutely relationship between passive voice and written texts, students are likely to drop passive voice when they want to write a narrative
respond to literature with writing. My strengths in writing consisted only of organizing my ideas, and forming thesis paragraphs and topic sentences, but my concision skills have drastically improved, and I have learned how to use active voice rather than passive. I have also improved my abilities to
Having not studies for ten years, I knew there were several areas in my academic writing that needed to be improved. After receiving feedback from ‘Writer’s Diet’ on my submission on ‘why teachers should be effective communicators’ (See Appendix 1) was extremely helpful on the specific points I should be focussing on when writing an academic paper; therefore hopefully improve and achieve a clearer and concise piece of writing to readers. Other resources I used to gain feedback on areas to improve
students are not sure of the purposes of using passive voice at discourse level. That is to say, students do not fully understand in what occasion passive voice should be used, which is a common problem in contemporary grammar teaching. After a brief description about the importance and current situation of grammar teaching, this paper is aimed at analyzing Miss Wong’s teaching approach and trying to explore an effective way of teaching passive voice. This paper consists of six parts. The first part
I chose to compare paragraphs one and two. Paragraph two is much more effective in giving me pertinent information, in a way that I can understand it. Paragraph two, although it did lack variety in its sentences, was more efficient, and to the point. It was full of facts that can be useful, without too much wordy language. The author of paragraph one would benefit from reading over her work and editing it for content. She jumped around from topic to topic, even within the same sentence. Although
and communication skills. Heading into the course, I thought there would be two main challenges to my success - the requirement of formatting my writings in the American Psychological Association (APA) style and recognizing and converting passive to active voice for more concise sentences. Prior to this course, all of my previous scholarly writings required Modern Language Association (MLA) style formatting and I have had a long-standing dysfunctional relationshi...
“Impacts of Smartphone’s on Society,” and the article from the natural sciences, “The Effect of Carpal Tunnel Changes on Smartphone Users,” are both filled with passive voice. Alternatively, the article from the humanities, “Using Smartphones to Supplement Classroom Reading,” is written in active voice with little to no passive voice. The writing style shows fairly similar comparisons to the use of language within the articles. “Impacts of Smartphone’s on Society” and “The Effect of Carpal Tunnel
instead does things his own way. Woolf opens by describing Donne as one that "leaps into poetry in the shortest way" (20). This meaning he has a way to get the audiences attention immediately. He speaks to his audience in a direct manner and is not passive. In some of his poetry he is completely direct by telling his
As a college student and as an administrator I have had to write various documents, reports, essays and correspondence. I have taken a few writing courses that have marginally helped to improve my writing skills but I still do not feel completely comfortable with the final drafts I have produced. This journal entry will examine my previous experience with writing courses, strategies that have been successful, my strengths and weaknesses in writing and what I hope to gain from this course. My experience
sense of authority to nonliving objects, while further drawing attention away from the main character. Based on the implication of personification, the addition of simple sentence structure versus more complex sentences, and the integration of passive voice, Camus demonstrates the importance of this passage of the novel to the reader, while also comparing it to the rest of the book. Meursault gives simple nonliving objects authority as a way of excusing himself for his negative actions. At the point
Use of Opinions, Voices, and Actions in Maria Concepcion "María Concepción did not weep when Juan left her; and when the baby was born, and died within four days, she did not weep" (Porter 144). Katherine Anne Porter's used various writing techniques to develop María Concepción as a round and dynamic character. These methods included the discussion of María's actions, her speech, and by telling what other characters think about María. As a round character María Concepción expressed contradictory
Women Finding Their Voices in A Thousand Acres "Women, just like nature or the land, have been seen as something to be used,' says Smiley.'Feminists insist that women have intrinsic value, just as environmentalists believe that nature has its own worth, independent of its use to man'" (Duffy 92). Larry Cook, the senile, old power holder and father in Jane Smiley's A Thousand Acres, is a prime example of a man who believes that women and land are nothing more than objects that exist on this earth
role of angel was ideally passive and the role of monster was naturally evil, both limited a woman’s behavior into quiet content, with few words to object. Women in the nineteenth century, Gilbert and Gubar claim, lived quiet and passive lives, embodying the ideals of the “Eternal Feminine” vision in Goethe’s Faust. Passivity led to a belief that women were more spiritual than men, meant to contemplate rather than act. “It is just because women are defined as wholly passive, completely void of generative
perspective. The textually primary point of view in the novel is Ishmael's, since he is the narrator of the story. However, Ishmael relates his story in such a way that one can easily detect numerous other "voices," or other perspectives, in the story, which often oppose the narrator's voice. These other, non-primary perspectives function both to establish Moby-Dick as a novel with numerous points of view and to clarify Ishmael's own particular point of view on certain subjects. For instance, in
can fly ‘by’ a cloud. The grammatical function of the prepositional phrase is predicate. b) The semantic role of the underlined group of words is agent. The subject The senator is the recipient of the action of the press. Also the voice of this sentence is passive so I know the prototypical agent/patent semantic roles are reversed. C. The waiter forced the rowdy customers to leave the restaurant. a) The underlined group of words is a noun phrase I know it is a noun phrase because the rowdy customers
Mazzaferro in her essay entitled, 'Turned Off by Politics.'; We have been judged in every aspect of society, especially in the political arena. Is there any way for us to clear up these misconceptions given to us by other generations? It seems that the voice of Generation X is silent when it comes to political issues these days. When we talk about politics we often wonder what relevance it has on our lives. Many of us feel that politicians are no longer trustworthy. 'I am not saying that every politician