English Flashcards
List down the correct order of Adjectives.
- Determiner
- Quantity
- Opinion/Quality
- Size
- Shape
- Age
- Color
- Origin
- Material
- Purpose
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
This helps you identify something specific.
DETERMINER
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Refers to how many (or the amount) of something is.
QUANTITY
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
The appearance or the description of something.
OPINION/QUALITY
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Describes how big or small something is.
SIZE
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Describes the form/outline of a noun.
SHAPE
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Describes how old or young(new) something/someone is. It can use words other than old or new.
AGE
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
The appearance of a noun based from its color. It can help the sentence add more vibrancy and purpose.
COLOR
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Where something/someone comes from.
ORIGIN
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
What something is made out of.
MATERIAL
ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
Describes its function or what it is used for.
PURPOSE
The subject is doing the action
(Subject + Verb + Object)
ACTIVE VOICE
The subject is the receiver of the action
Object + verb + past participle + by + subject
Most of these kinds of sentences has “by”
PASSIVE VOICE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
She writes a letter.
ACTIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
He fixed the bike.
ACTIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
The shoe was left by Cinderella.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
Everyone has received a letter.
ACTIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
She completed her homework before dinner.
ACTIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
The children built a sandcastle on the beach.
ACTIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
The proposal was approved by the manager.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
The mouse was chased by the cat.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
The house is being painted by Gabe.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
A delicious meal was prepared by the chef.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE VOICE?
The package was mailed this morning.
PASSIVE
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
To know whether to use is/was in the passive voice, we need to look at the verb in the active voice. If it’s in the present tense we use “is” but if it’s in the past tense we use “was”.
TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
When will we know when to add “being”?
If the sentence is in present/past continuous tense, we use being.
Active: I am writing an essay
Passive: An essay is being written by me.
Active: I was writing an essay
Passive: An essay was being written by me.
ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE
If we use the sentence “I wrote an essay” which is in simple past tense, we will still need to add the word “being.”
TRUE OR FALSE?
FALSE.
If we use the sentence “I wrote an essay” which is in simple past tense, we don’t need to add the word “being.”
Active: I wrote an essay
Passive: An essay was written by me.
TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE VOICE.
The dog barked at the stranger.
The stranger was barked at by the dog.
TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE VOICE.
Lila planted flowers in the garden.
Flowers were planted in the garden by Lila.