LESSON PLAN 2024
GRADE 7 ENGLISH
MS MOTADI
SUBJECT and GRADE English Grade 7
TERM 2
Week 3
TOPIC
Active and Passive voice
AIMS OF LESSON
Manipulating grammar to convert active voice to passive voice.
INTRODUCTION
CONCEPTS AND
SKILLS
ACTIVITIES AND
ASSESSMENT
CONSOLIDATION
/CORRECTIONS
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Basic understanding of what active and passive voice are.
Understanding when to use active and passive voice.
identifying and using active and passive voice
Understanding the grammatical rules of using passive and active voice.
Read and analyze the sentences thoroughly.
The ability to change sentences from active to passive voice and vice versa.
Just to test your knowledge based on our topic for the day, let us go through this activity and try to
answer some of the questions together.
Instructions: Convert the following sentences from active voice to passive voice. Write your answers
in the space provided.
1. The dog chased the cat.
Passive: _______________________________
2. She baked a delicious cake.
Passive: _______________________________
3. The teacher praised the students.
Passive: _______________________________
4. They are building a new house.
Passive: _______________________________
5. The storm destroyed the old bridge.
Passive: _______________________________
Answers:
1. The cat was chased by the dog.
2. A delicious cake was baked by her.
3. The students were praised by the teacher.
4. A new house is being built by them.
5. The old bridge was destroyed by the storm.
I DO
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Explain thoroughly what active and passive voice involves.
In active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the verb.
Example: "Sarah (subject) ate (verb) the apple (object)." Here, Sarah is performing the action of eating.
In passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon by the verb.
Example: "The apple (subject) was eaten (verb) by Sarah (agent)." Here, the apple is being acted upon
by the verb "was eaten."
YOU DO
PRACTICE CHANGING ACTIVE INTO PASSIVE AND VICE VERSA
1. Active: "The dog chased the cat."
2. Passive: "A letter was written by her."
Key differences:
KEY DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ACTIVE
1. Subject Focus: In active voice, the focus is on the subject doing the action.
AND PASSIVE VOICE
In passive voice, the focus is on the action or the recipient of the action.
2. Sentence Structure: Active voice follows the standard subject-verb-object (SVO) order,
While passive voice often reverses the order or eliminates the agent (the doer of the action).
3. Verb Forms: Active voice uses active verb forms (e.g., eat, write), while passive voice uses a
form of the verb "to be" plus the past participle of the main verb (e.g., is eaten, was written).