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Identify the verb tense
Parts of Speech
Passive Voice and Active Voice
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kicks
simple present
100
Oh! Eeek! Wow! Are examples of...
Interjections
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The bug was crushed by the boy. Passive or Active?
Passive.
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is kicking
Present Continuous
200
Name the 8 parts of speech we discussed.
Noun, pronoun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection.
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The baby was kicked across the room. Change this sentence to the active voice.
Someone kicked the baby across the room.
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has kicked
Present Perfect
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What are the co-ordinate conjunctions (7) Hint: F A N B O Y S
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
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Michael painted the school building. Change to the passive voice.
The school building was painted by Michael.
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had been kicking.
Past Perfect Continuous
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List all first person pronouns (5) List all second person pronouns (5) List all third person pronouns (7)
I, me, my, mine, myself You, your, yours, yourself She, he, her, him, hers, his, herself
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How do we know if a sentence is in the active or passive voice?
In an active sentence the subject is the agent. It does the action to something else, the object. In a passive sentence the subject receives the action. The agent may or may not be included in the sentence.
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will have kicked
Future Perfect
500
Can you know which part of speech a word is just by looking at it?
No, you have to see it in a sentence.
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Style wise, when is it good to use active voice, and when is it good to use passive voice?
Answers will vary.