ActiveandPassiveVoice-UniversityofWestFlorida：主动和被动语态-西佛罗里达大学

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1、ActiveandPassiveVoiceUWFWritingLabGrammarMini-Lesson’sSeries#2Defining“Voice”“Voice”isacharacteristicofverbswhichindicatestherelationoftheverb’sactiontoitssubject.Thevoiceofaverbmaybeeither“active”or“passive.”ActiveVoiceActivevoiceverbsareusedwhenthesubjectisactinginasentence.Example:Cindystee

2、redtheboat.“Steered”isanactiveverbbecauseitallowsthesubjecttoundertakeanaction.PassiveVoice“Passivevoice”verbsareusedwhenthesubjectisbeingacteduponinasentence.Example:Themountain’speakwasreachedbyEdDanvers.“Wasreached”areconsideredpassivebecausetheyindicatethatthesubject(peak)isreceivinganacti

3、on.SoWhat?Althoughbothconstructionsaregrammaticallycorrect,theactivevoiceisusuallymoreeffectiveinacademicandbusinesswritingbecauseitissimplerandmoredirect.Thepassiveconstructioniseffectiveonlywhenthedoeroftheactionisunknownorirrelevant.ExamplesThecruiselinerwashijacked.Theballwashit.Thetownwas

4、quarantined.ReviewActivevoiceverbs:Verbsthatindicatethesentence’ssubjectasactivelyacting:Marvinhittheball.Passivevoiceverbs:Verbsthatindicatedthesentence’ssubjectasbeingactedupon:TheballwashitbyMarvinAnyQuestions???QuizDecidewhichofthefollowingsentencesusethepassivevoiceandwhichsentencesusethe

5、activevoice.Correctthesentencesthatcontaineitherinappropriateusesofpassivevoiceoranabruptshiftfromactivetopassivevoice.Example:-BeforeIbeganmyresearch,onlyGermanfascismwasstudiedbyme.Passiveconstruction-BeforeIbeganmyresearch,IonlystudiedGermanfascism.ProfessorWarrenassignedeachgrouparesearchp

6、roject;however,thedocumentarysourceswerenotlocated.IncorrectActive-PassiveShiftProfessorWarrenassignedeachgrouparesearchproject;however,hecouldnotlocatethedocumentarysources.Fortheopeningflagceremony,adancewaschoreographedbyKemaJonestoBillWithers’song“LeanonMe.”PassiveConstructionFortheopening

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