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Module 1B

Foundations of Good Business Correspondence

Business Writing

Firefly Electric and Lighting Corp. Learning and Development

Human Resources Department

Module 1B

Lesson 3D

Voices of Verbs

Two Voices of Transitive Verb

Voices of Verbs o Mrs. Cruz is buying her daughter clothes.

o The manager sent the employees a memo on attendance.

o Yvonne has told her friends a humorous story.

* Please see notes on Table of Conversion of Voices of Verbs. The format of the voices vary with the different tenses of the verb.

Voices of Verbs In some cases, the doer of the action in the Passive Voice is omitted because:

• the doer is unknown • the recipient is more important and

therefore emphasized • there are several doers of the action

The use of Passive voice should be avoided because:

• It can create awkward sentences • It causes sentences to appear flat and

uninteresting.

Voices of Verbs Other examples of Active Voice converted to

Passive Voice:

oClothes are being bought by Mrs. Cruz for her daughter. or

oHer daughter is being bought clothes by Mrs. Cruz.

oA memo on attendance was sent to the employees by the manager.

oThe employees were sent a memo on attendance by the manager.

Voices of Verbs o A humorous story has been told to her

friends by Yvonne.

o Her friends have been told a humorous story by Yvonne.

The Passive Voice is generally used in scientific writings such as reports, researches, procedure because the procedures and results are more important than the ones doing them.

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Voices of Verbs

Voices of Verbs Identify the following sentences as Active or Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook.

1. Melinda was invited to a party by her crush.

2. My friends were attending a journalism seminar.

3. Roger’s parents have toured Great Britain several times.

4. The artists have done the church decoration for the Feast of Immaculate Conception.

Voices of Verbs 5. The Crown jewels were taken to the

bank for safekeeping. 6. Meme is taking several courses this

summer. 7. The borrowers were lent the money

at usurious interest rate. 8. The news has been broadcast

nationwide by several television stations.

Voices of Verbs 9. These doilies are being made by my

aunt in Biñan. 10. A famous couturier has sewn the

wedding dresses of many movie personalities.

Voices of Verbs

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Module 1B

LESSON 3D

Answers to

Voices of Verbs Quiz

Voices of Verbs Identify the following sentences as Active or Passive. Write Active or Passive in your notebook.

1. Melinda was invited to a party by her crush. Passive

2. My friends were attending a journalism seminar. Active

3. Roger’s parents have toured Great Britain several times. Active

4. The artists have done the church decoration for the Feast of Immaculate Conception. Active

Voices of Verbs 5. The Crown jewels were taken to the

bank for safekeeping. Passive 6. Meme is taking several courses this

summer. Active 7. The borrowers were lent the money at

usurious interest rate. Passive 8. The news has been broadcast

nationwide by several television stations.

Passive

Voices of Verbs 9. These doilies are being made by my

aunt in Biñan. Passive 10. A famous couturier has sewn the

wedding dresses of many movie personalities. Active

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