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Active and Passive Voice | No Nonsense Grammar

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Title:

 Active and Passive Voice | No Nonsense Grammar

URL:

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

Content Source:

 PBS
Type: Audio/Video

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.
Unpacked Content
Teacher Vocabulary:
16.
  • Conventions
  • Standard English grammar
  • Standard English usage
16a.
  • Gerund
  • Participles
  • Infinitives
  • Clauses
16b.
  • Active voice
  • Passive voice
  • Verb tense
16c.
  • Simple statements and questions
  • Compound statements and questions
  • Complex statements and questions
  • Compound-complex statements and questions
Knowledge:
16. Students know:
  • The conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
16a.
  • Gerunds, participles, and infinitives are types of verbals.
  • A verbal is a word derived from a verb that functions in a sentence as a noun or modifier rather than as a verb.
  • A clause is a group of words that includes a subject and a verb and clauses are used to form sentences or parts of sentences.
16b.
  • In the active voice, the sentence's subject performs the action.
  • In the passive voice, the subject is acted upon by the verb.
  • Different verb forms are used in active and passive voice.
  • Using active and passive voice in writing achieves different purposes.
16c.
  • Methods to identify the usage of simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex statements and questions in text.
Skills:
16. Students are able to:
  • Examine the conventions of standard English grammar and usage in written text.
16a.
  • Identify the correct and incorrect usage of gerunds, participles, infinitives, and clauses.
16b.
  • Analyze the effect of active and passive voice in written text.
  • Recognize shifts in verb tense related to active and passive voice.
16c.
  • Identify various types of statements and questions to determine the relationship of ideas in a text.
  • Explain how using various types of statements of questions can indicate differing relationships among ideas in text.
Understanding:
16. Students understand that:
  • Written text should demonstrate the appropriate use of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage.
16a.
  • The correct use of gerunds, participles, infinitives, and clauses is important to clearly communicate in writing.
16b.
  • Active voice and passive voice are used for different purposes in writing.
  • Different verb forms are used when writing in the active voice or the passive voice.
16c.
  • Different types of statements and questions are used in writing to describe relationships among ideas.
Tags: active voice, passive voice, verb shifts
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Author: Jessica Byrd
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