Harvey's Elementary Grammar and Composition · Lesson 92–93 · Part 2: Part II: The parts of speech in full
70. Conjugating to love, active and passive
Goal: Your child can write a synopsis of "to love" in both voices.
You'll need
- The book, open to this lesson
- Paper and a pencil (or a slate)
What's in the book
Lesson 92 conjugates "to love" in the active voice. Lesson 93 gives a synopsis of the passive voice and explains how it is formed.
The lesson, step by step
Review
Ask your child to say the synopsis of "to be" from memory, or with a peek.
Active voice
Read through the conjugation of "to love" on pages 112 to 114. Principal parts: love, loved, loved.
Passive voice
Read:
The Passive Voice is formed by prefixing the various forms of the verb to be to the perfect participle.
The tense of the verb to be determines the tense in the Passive Voice.
SayI am loved, I have been loved, I was loved...
Write synopses
The book says to write a synopsis of "to love" in the first person singular. Do the active voice, then the passive.
Check together
Compare with the book's tables.
Use it today
Use one passive verb on purpose in a sentence about your day.
Tip
The book's note asks children to memorize the synopsis and write the full conjugation of a transitive verb in both voices. Spread that over a week.
Answers to the book's problems
Active: I love, I have loved, I loved, I had loved, I shall love, I shall have loved; If I love, If I loved, If I had loved; I may love, I may have loved, I might love, I might have loved. Passive: I am loved, I have been loved, I was loved, I had been loved, I shall be loved, I shall have been loved; If I be loved, If I were loved, If I had been loved; I may be loved, I may have been loved, I might be loved, I might have been loved.
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