Friday, April 4, 2014

*ACTIVE vs. PASSIVE*

Write two sentences using the word eat.

In the first sentence, use the verb in the active voice; in the second sentence, use it in the passive voice.

5 comments:

krisla Eng 155 said...

She will eat the apple.

The apple will be eaten by her.

restless said...

Wendy ate pork chop at lunch. (active)
At lunch, pork chop waw eaten by Wendy. (passive)

Michael said...

Good one, krisla.

You got the grammar right, restless. But you need an article ("a") before "pork chop". And watch out for typos!

restless said...

Do you mean in both sentences adding 'a' before 'pork chop'? Because in the second sentence feels like 'the' is a better choice, is it or am I wrong?


Michael said...

restless, whether you use "a" or "the" depends on your intention. If the pork chop is something the reader is meant to know about already, then you would use "the"; otherwise, "a" is preferable. There is a Wiki page that explains this well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_(grammar)#Definite_article