Image Grammar

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Image Grammar

• Active voice

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Active Voice

• Grammatical Definition
• A verb is active when its subject performs the
  action.
• A verb is passive when its subject does not
  perform the action.

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Examples
The runaway horse was ridden into town by an old,
white-whiskered rancher.
was ridden
The old, white-whiskered rancher rode the runaway
horse into town.
rode
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Examples
The grocery store was robbed by two armed men.
was robbed
Two armed men robbed the grocery store.
robbed
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Examples
Being
The gravel road was on the left side of the barn.
was
Action
The gravel road curled around the left side of
the barn.
curled around
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Guided Practice

• ___________
• We ate all the hamburgers in less than five
  minutes.
•   ________
• Hank Aaron hit a home run in his first time at
  bat.
• ___
  __
• Don forcefully hurled the javelin into the air. 
• ___ __
• The President suddenly reached a decision.
• __ __
• Randy and Caroline hardly ever watch television.

• All the hamburgers were eaten by us in less than
  five minutes.
•  
• A home run was hit by Hank Aaron in his first
  time at bat.
•  
• The javelin was forcefully hurled into the air by
  Don
•  
• A decision was suddenly reached by the President.
• Television is hardly ever watched by Randy and
  Caroline.

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Guided Practice

• All the hamburgers were eaten by us in less than
  five minutes.
•  
• A home run was hit by Hank Aaron in his first
  time at bat.
•  
• The javelin was forcefully hurled into the air by
  Don
•  
• A decision was suddenly reached by the President.
• Television is hardly ever watched by Randy and
  Caroline.

• We ate all the hamburgers in less than five
  minutes.
•  
• Hank Aaron hit a home run in his first time at
  bat.
• Don forcefully hurled the javelin into the air.
•  
• The President suddenly reached a decision.
• Randy and Caroline hardly ever watch television.

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Guided Practice

• We ate all the hamburgers in less than five
  minutes.
•  
• Hank Aaron hit a home run in his first time at
  bat.
• Don forcefully hurled the javelin into the air.
•  
• The President suddenly reached a decision.
• Randy and Caroline hardly ever watch television.

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Assignment

• Re-write the following paragraph, replacing any
  passive verbs with active verbs
• Rockwell was a beautiful lake. Canada geese
  could be heard across the water bugling like
  tuneless trumpets. Near the shore, two children
  were hidden behind a massive maple tree. Watching
  quietly, they hoped to see the first gosling
  begin to hatch. Tiny giggles escaped their
  whispers of excitement.

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AssignmentOne possible response

• Rockwell Lake shimmered in the sunset. Like
  tuneless trumpets, Canadian geese bugled across
  the water. Near the shore, two children hid
  behind a massive maple tree. Watching quietly,
  they hoped to see the first gosling begin to
  hatch. Tiny giggles escaped their whispers of
  excitement.