Teacher Jacob
Are you active or passive? (On Transitive Verbs)
Transitive Verbs
Learning Objective: At the end of the session, the students are expected to be able differentiate a transitive active sentence from a transitive passive sentence by effectively using transitive verbs in sentences.
Transitive verbs are verbs that have subjects or objects that receive the action. They are either active voice or passive voice.
Transitive active verbs are the verbs in sentences with a direct object.
Example: The boy kicked the ball.
Transitive passive verbs have the subject receiving the action with the doer in a prepositional phrase or omitted in the sentence.
Examples: The ball was kicked by the boy.
Transitive active sentences can be changed to transitive passive sentences by making the direct object the subject and putting the subject either in a prepositional phrase or omitting it.
Example: The daughter kissed her mother on the cheek.
The mother was kissed on the cheek by her daughter./or/ The mother was kissed on the cheek.
(Mother is the receiver of the action in all three sentences, but in the last two sentences mother is the subject of the sentences.)
Instructions: Transform the following transitive active sentences into transitive passive sentences by omitting the subject.
1. She put the ribbon on the package.
2. People chew the twigs for medicinal purposes.
3. The marks easily identified the trees to cut down.
4. The neighbors enjoyed the nightly chats over the fence.
5. The class play received a standing ovation on the first night.
Test 2
Instructions: Transform the following transitive passive sentences into transitive active sentences by making the old subject the direct object and adding a new subject.
1. The music was practiced every day.
2. The homecoming parade has been delayed.
3. The entries must be mailed by tomorrow.
4. A solution to the problem had been sought everywhere.
5. The quilt was finally finished.