Active and Passive Voice | No Nonsense Grammar

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Title:

 Active and Passive Voice | No Nonsense Grammar

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 https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/verb-voice/beware-of-verb-voice-and-mood-no-nonsense-grammar/

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Overview:

Know when to use verbs in the active voice or the passive voice. The active voice shows the subject acting. The passive voice shows something else acting on the subject. Most writers consider the active voice more colorful and avoid the passive voice unless necessary.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
16. Examine the use of conventions of standard English grammar and usage in writing.

a. Identify gerunds, participles, infinitives, and clauses.

b. Analyze the effects of active and passive voice and shifts in verb tense.

c. Explain how using simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex statements and questions signals differing relationships among ideas in a text.
Tags: active voice, passive voice, verb shifts
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Author: Jessica Byrd