STRATEGY : S.V.O vs O.V.S (Simple Present Tense) Group members: Zulaikha Zulkflee Rashidah Radzi Nur Atikah Noor Rashid Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Mohamed Amin Bin Embi GGGE 6533 LANGUAGE LEARNING STRATEGIES INSTRUCTION
PURPOSE Learning a formula on how to transform an active sentence to a passive sentence (Simple Present Tense) in an effective way.
MAIN IDEA AND USAGE You may often be confused between an active and passive sentence. By using this strategy, you will be able to acquire the basic rule of transforming an active sentence to a passive sentence.
FORMULA ACTIVE : S V O PASSIVE : O V S SUBJECT VERB OBJECT SUBJECT VERB Verb to be + Past participle OBJECT
subject o bject o bject subject
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BE NUMBER PERSON PRESENT TENSE PAST TENSE Singular 1 st (I) am was 2 nd (You) are were 3 rd ( He, She, It) is was Plural 1 st (We) are were 2 nd (You) are were 3 rd (They) are were
PERSONAL PRONOUNS IN PASSIVE VOICE SENTENCE SUBJECT OBJECT I me You you He Him She her It it We us They them
STEPS AND EXAMPLES How To Change A Sentence From Active To Passive ACTIVE: S V O PASSIVE: O V S Saiful changes the flat tire The flat tire is changed by Saiful
STEP 1: Identify the subject, verb and object in the active sentence. STEP 2: Find the object of the verb ( the flat tire ). STEP 3:Make the object the subject of the sentence. Saiful changes the flat tire subject verb object The flat tire changes Saiful object verb subject S V O O V S
STEP 4: Decide which tense the verb is in. STEP 5: Put the verb to be of this tense. (look to see if the subject is singular or plural) The flat tire changes Saiful Verb (simple present tense) The flat tire is changes Saiful singular v erb to be
STEP 6: Write the past participle of the verb after the verb to be (see the irregular verb chart if necessary). STEP 7: Add ‘by’ before the subject. The flat tire is changed Saiful Past Participle The flat tire is changed by Saiful by + subject verb to be + Past participle object
LET’S TRY IT OUT 1. My grandfather plants this tree. 2. She delivers the letters. 3. Kumar takes this photograph. 4. Choong opens the windows. 5. We receive a lot of phone calls every day. 6. Ramlah cleans the room daily. 7. Teenagers read fashion magazines.
LET’S TRY IT OUT 8. Zamani wears loose clothes. 9. The reporter interviews lots of people on every programme . 10. They serve delicious food during lunch. 11. Khairul repairs the TV set. 12. I wash my car everyday. 13. The monkey eats the banana.
SELF REFLECTION STRATEGY HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS STRATEGY? S.V.O vs O.V.S VERY GOOD QUITE GOOD NOT VERY GOOD TERRIBLE AND HORRIBLE