Content introduction chapter teaching the English language About passive voice chapter teaching passive voice in English Active and passive voice conclusion summary references introduction
CONTENT INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………2
CHAPTER 1. Teaching the English language…………………………….4
About passive voice……………………………………………………...11
CHAPTER 2. Teaching passive voice in English………………………...16
2.1 Active and passive voice………………………………23
CONCLUSION…………………………………………………………………..25
SUMMARY………………………………………………………………………27
REFERENCES……………………………………………………………………28
Introduction The theme of our course paper is the Passive Voice. It deals with the general characteristic of the Passive Voice and its usage. The practical part of the paper is based on the material of the scientific literature. It is very important for English learners to know the general characteristic of the Passive Voice since they must realize that the Passive Voice is often applied in the English language.
As the Passive Voice is of the great use more in the scientific literature than in the fiction, and more in written than colloquial language, it is very important to learn more about peculiarities of its usage. That’s why the topic that had been chosen presents certain theoretical difficulties. Though the analysis of the Passive Voice in English as a grammatical category has found their reflections in many linguists’ works, none of them contain exhaustive information about the peculiarities of its functioning in particular cases. Our course paper is directed to enrich the knowledge about the specific character and peculiarities of the usage of the Passive Voice in modern English. We, English learners, need to know more about the Passive Voice; in particular we need more information about when and why it is used.
The study of theoretical grammar resources relating to the study of the Passive Voice is the theoretical importance of the research. That’s why the purpose of our course work is to clarify peculiarities of the usage of the Passive Voice. The tasks that have been put for achieving the aim are the following:
to study general characteristics of the Passive Voice;
The object of our course paper is functioning of the Passive Voice in the English language.
The subject of our work is the peculiarities of the usage of the Passive Voice and its functions in the sentence.
The material used for our course paper comprises a lot of examples of the usage of the Passive Voice taken from the scientific literature.
The structure of the course work contains the introduction, theoretical chapter I, practical chapter II, conclusions and the list of used literature.
The introduction of the work shows the actuality of the problem of the usage of the Passive Voice. The object and the subject of our course paper are clarified. The purpose and the main tasks for achieving the aim of the work are pointed out. The structure of the course paper is described.
The chapter I presents general information about the formation of the Passive Voice and its usage.
The chapter II gives the examples of the use of the Passive Voice selected from the scientific literature.
The conclusions sum up the information given in the course paper.
The list of used literature enumerates the sources used in the course paper.