Active and passive voice
Use the passive voice to shift focus from the agent to the action or recipient, understanding how passive constructions affect the presentation of information in formal and objective writing
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Change suitable active sentences into passive sentences without changing the event or tense. Explain which person or thing the sentence puts first and why.
Change suitable active sentences into passive sentences without changing the event or tense. Explain which person or thing the sentence puts first and why.
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KS2 English
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Check understanding
- Convert active sentences to passive voice and explain the change in emphasis
- Identify passive constructions in news reports and scientific writing
- Choose between active and passive voice based on purpose and audience
“When your child wants to write about something without saying who did it — like in a science report — can they switch the sentence round to say "The experiment was carried out" instead of "We carried out the experiment"?”
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- Type
- Procedural
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Grammar & Punctuation
- Age range
- Ages 10–12
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