English 7

English – Grade 7
Quarter 1 – Module 10: Use the Passive Voice Meaningfully in Varied Contexts
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 English 7
Quarter 1
Self-Learning Module 10
Use the Passive Voice Meaningfully in
Varied Contexts
Introductory Message

For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English 7 Self-Learning Module on Use the Passive Voice

Meaningfully in Varied Contexts.

This Self-Learning Module was collaboratively designed, developed, and

reviewed by educators from the Schools Division Office of Pasig City headed by its
Officer-in-Charge Schools Division Superintendent, Ma. Evalou Concepcion A.
Agustin, in partnership with the City Government of Pasig through its mayor,
Honorable Victor Ma. Regis N. Sotto. The writers utilized the standards set by the K
to 12 Curriculum using the Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELC) in
developing this instructional resource.

This learning material hopes to engage the learners in guided and

independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Further, this also aims
to help learners acquire the needed 21st-century skills especially the 5 Cs, namely:
Communication, Collaboration, Creativity, Critical Thinking, and Character while
taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the
body of the module:

Notes to the Teacher

This contains helpful tips or strategies
that will help you in guiding the learners.

As a facilitator, you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this
module. You also need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them
to manage their learning. Moreover, you are expected to encourage and assist the
learners as they do the tasks included in the module.
For the learner:

Welcome to the English 7 Self-Learning Module on Use the Passive Voice

Meaningfully in Varied Contexts.

The hand is one of the most symbolized parts of the human body. It is often
used to depict skill, action, and purpose. Through our hands, we may learn, create,
and accomplish. Hence, the hand in this learning resource signifies that you as a
learner is capable and empowered to successfully achieve the relevant
competencies and skills at your own pace and time. Your academic success lies in
your own hands!

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful
opportunities for guided and independent learning at your own pace and time. You
will be enabled to process the contents of the learning material while being an
active learner.

This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

Expectations - This points to the set of knowledge and skills

that you will learn after completing the module.

Pretest - This measures your prior knowledge about the

lesson at hand.

Recap - This part of the module provides a review of concepts

and skills that you already know about a previous lesson.

Lesson - This section discusses the topic in the module.

Activities - This is a set of activities that you need to perform.

Wrap-Up - This section summarizes the concepts and

application of the lesson.

Valuing - This part integrates a desirable moral value in the

lesson.

Posttest - This measures how much you have learned from

the entire module.
 EXPECTATIONS

This is your self-instructional learner module in English 7. With this

material, students will learn and enjoy English 7 easily. Developing their
good writing ability includes a good choice of diction in the language used in
speech or writing. All the activities provided in this lesson will help you learn
and understand and Use the Passive Voice Meaningfully in Varied
Contexts.

PRETEST

Directions: You are given four choices (a, b, c, d) for each sentence, choose
the word that correctly completes the following sentences. Encircle the best
answer only.

1. I want a TV that will work __________.

a) good b) well c) a lot d) more

2. After living in Florida, Nelia can now __________to cold weather.

a) Adapt b) adopt c) adopped d) adapped

3. My brother is the manager of __________hotel in California.

a) A b) the c) an d) its

4. I sing so __________that I don‟t even hum in public.

a) bad b) badly c) different d) very badly

5. Did the student Council __________any changes in the cafeteria rules?

a) Effect b) affected c) affect d) in effect
 RECAP

As a student, there are Active voice rules or mechanics that you must
consider and remember when writing creatively. These rules do not only
cover your knowledge in the way you organize your ideas as what has been
discussed earlier. You must apply what you have learned about Subject-
Verb agreement, capitalization, punctuation, spelling, writing numbers,
etc.
Below are the Passive voice basic rules in the different areas you as a
writer and student should focus on to write effectively and creatively.

LESSON

There are tons of uses for the passive voice. But rather than reading
30 pages on the matter or listen to a lecturer profess its values, students
need practice and application; how to identify, practice, and produce the
passive voice.

The passive voice is used when we want to emphasize the action (the
verb) and object of a sentence rather than the subject. This means that the
subject is either less important than the action itself or that we don‟t know
who or what the subjects are. And here are the tips on how to identify the
passive voice.
 But before we move on, let‟s review some basic rules and terms:

Examples:
The ball was thrown by the MVP player.
The subject ball, receives the action verb was thrown and
„was thrown‟ is in the passive voice.

My cellphone was stolen.

My „subject‟ cellphone, receives the action verb was stolen and
„was stolen‟ is in the PASSIVE VOICE.

Our troops are defeated by the enemy.

Our subject troops, receives the action verb defeated, and
„defeated‟ is in the passive voice.)

Other rules in creative writing: The Passive Tense „Formula‟

Remember:
 The action verb is in the past participle. This is standard for all use
of the passive voice.
 The be verb can be modified to change tense.
For example:
Dinner was eaten / has been eaten / had been eaten etc.
 However, the action verb must remain in the past participle form. It
cannot be expressed in the present participle.
 Thus the rule for the passive voice is:
Object + be + past participle ( + agent )

How do we write a passive sentence in a varied context?

To form a passive sentence from an active sentence:

1) Move the receiver of the action from the direct object position of the
sentence to the subject position of the sentence.
Example:
Andrew played the Mobile Legends.
To write in the passive voice,
The Mobile Legends played by Andrew.

2) The verb transforms into past participle form (verb be + past

participle.)
Example:
The pie is eaten by the boys.
If the person or thing responsible for doing the actions is either
omitted or occurs in the sentence AFTER the thing that happened.

Example:
Grace was embarrassed when she fell off her horse.
Fell off her horse was embarrassment by Grace.
The agent of the person acting may appear in “by” or “by the” at the
end part of the sentence.

Example:
The ball was kicked by Bill.
 Passive Voice Error-spotting in a varied context
✓ | ✗ Sentence Explanation
✓ The lesson is taught by the teacher. Adequate [object / agent] agreement
Passive constructions [be+past

✗ He is taught the lesson. participle] cannot follow subject

pronouns [he]
No subject-verb agreement; same error
✗ They is eaten dinner.
as above
[Object/agent] agreement is almost

✗ Dinner is eaten by they. correct, but the agent must be an object

pronoun [they]
✗ They ate dinner. This is an active sentence.
Adequate passive sentence, if a bit odd.
✓ Dinner is eaten by them.
Better clarify who is [them].

Guided Practice
Directions: Choose the answer. Change it in the passive voice. (5 problems)

1. This quiz __________ for learners of English as a Second language.

a. were designed c. was designing
b. are designing d. was designed
2. The accident __________ last Tuesday.
a. as happened c. will happen
b. was happening d. happened
3. This quiz __________ was very quickly.
a. was writing b. was written c.wrote d. is writing
4. My car __________ yesterday.
a. was stealing b. is stealing c. was stolen d. is stolen
5. The movie __________ by many people.
a. has been being seen c. has been seen
b. has seen d. has been seeing
 ACTIVITIES

I. Rewrite the following sentences in Passive voice and explain it.

1. The police catch the thieves. (Present Tense)

__________________________________________________________________.

2. In Japan makes my car. (Past Tense)

__________________________________________________________________.

3. Now they are going down. Housing prices are rise rapidly. ( Past
Tense)

__________________________________________________________________.

4. Millions of people every year the San Diego is visit. (Future Perfect
Tense)

__________________________________________________________________.

5. Yesterday the mail is deliver. (Passive Tense)

__________________________________________________________________.

II. Rewrite the paragraph below, making sure that the rules on writing
the numbers and Passive voices are followed. Use your one whole
sheet of paper.

1) Is this washing machine make in Germany?

2) Tea grow in China.
3) When we reached the airport, we found that all the flights
cancel due to the storm.
4) The memorandum papers not send tomorrow morning.
5) The soundtrack of a movie is always add after the filming is
finished.
 WRAP-UP

In creative writing, a student must engage the readers on every

page. When the writing is active, it appears more energetic and
powerful. When it passively drags on? Well...it'll make you shabby. Go
back and read your LM. What is the ratio? Do you have more passive
sentences than active ones? Do you have more telling than showing?
Either way, it‟s probably a good idea to go over your writing style with
a fresh set of eyes.

VALUING

I hope that you will consider using the PASSIVE VOICE meaningfully
in varied contexts with the theme of Creativeness and event organizer
whenever you‟re reading a story. Let them help you whenever you analyze
the ideas in a text and whenever you write your own story.

POSTTEST

Direction: Fill the correct passive form of the verb in parentheses.

1. Penicillin __________ by Alexander Fleming in 1928. (sent)

2. Statements __________ from all the witnesses at this moment. (take)

3. Whales __________ by an international ban on whaling. (must protect)

4. Both weddings __________ by Good Taste. (cater)

5. A Spolarium __________ from the National Museum of Art. (steal)

 KEY TO CORRECTION

yesterday.
stolen. 5. The mail was delivered
5. is added 5. was
every year.
sent catered visited by millions of people
4. won‟t be 4. were 4. The San Diego Zoo is
canceled protected rapidly.
been 3. must be 3. Housing prices were rising
3. had taken Japan. 5. C
grown 2. are being 2. My car was made in 4. C 5. C
2. is- discovered by the police. 3. B 4. B
1. Was 1. The thieves were caught 2. D 3. A
made
1. D 2. A
1. was- II. I. Practice 1. B
Posttest Activities Guided Pretest

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