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Mrs Pearce is ordered to give her a thorough wash and dress her in refined clothes. Mrs Pearce
raises the question of Liza being married to which Liza answers that there is none who would like
to marry her.
Liza is thus by the means of casual conversation is renamed as ELIZA. Prof. Higgins tempts the silly
girl saying that not once but for ever she can take a taxi and move around ,sleep in proper
bedroom, have lots to eat and money to buy chocolates if she determined to stick to the ways of
the Professor. At the end of six months Professor Higgins also promises to give her a present of
seven-and-sixpence to start life with as a lady in a shop. The act ends with Liza sitting down
silently in a chair and pondering over the offer.
HOME ASSIGNMENTS

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

1. Describe the appearance of Liza at the beginning of the extract.
2. What does Liza want to be?
3. Why did Liza come to the Professor?
4. How much does Liza propose for the lesson and why?
5. How does PICKERING help Liza?

LESSON NOTES

MODULE 36

CHAPTER: Active and Passive Voice

What is voice change?

When a sentence is written, it can either be written in active voice or passive voice.
Active voice is used when the subject performs the action stated by the verb.
For example: Tom changed the flat tire.
Passive voice is used when the subject is acted upon by the verb.
For example: The tire was changed by Tom.

Defining Active Voice

Every sentence contains, at minimum, a subject and an action. The subject is the person or thing
the sentence is about, and the action is what the subject is doing.

When a sentence is in active voice, the subject is performing the action and the subject (typically)
comes before the action in the sentence. For example:
 I swim.
I is the subject. Swim is the action. The subject doing the action comes before the action, so it is
immediately clear to the reader who is doing what.

Defining Passive Voice

When a sentence is in passive voice, the subject is being acted on by the verb and the subject
typically comes after the action. For example:
 Swimming is something I do.
Here, the action is swimming. The subject is I. The sentence is in passive voice, since the person
doing the action (I) is not mentioned until after the action.
Some sentences also contain objects - the thing being acted upon. This can make it more difficult

to determine whether the sentence is in passive voice. For example, here is a sentence in active
voice:
 Anna hits the ball.
Anna is the subject. Hits is the action. The ball is the object.