Worksheet
Curated OER

Making Passive Sentences

For Students 4th - 7th
In this making passive sentences instructional activity, students are given a list of subjects and verbs. Students write sentences in the passive tense using the words provided.
Worksheet
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Present Simple- Passive

For Students 5th - 6th
In this present simple and passive instructional activity, learners make passive sentences from the words and phrases provided. There are examples and instructions on the page.
Interactive
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Verb Tenses Exercises

For Students 4th - 5th
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students complete the 16 given sentences with the appropriate active or passive tense.
Lesson Plan
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Children's Playthings And Books

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars categorize studenT toys by intelligence types. They review toy safety and function and identify the appropriate play age of various toys. They read and evaluate studenT books and write one of their own.
Interactive
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English Exercise: Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this passive voice worksheet, students use either present, past, present perfect or future tense and fill in blanks in sentences. Links to additional resources and audio version are given.
PPT
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Part I: Principle of Effective Writing

For Teachers Higher Ed
Designed for higher education, this 151-slide presentation focuses on effective writing techniques, specifically in scientific manuscripts. While the slides contain readable amounts of text (none are text heavy), consider spreading this...
Worksheet
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Mixed Verb Review Including Passive Verbs

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
For this mixed verb review worksheet, students complete 2 paragraphs about a trip to Vancouver using the proper form of verbs shown after each blank line. They fill in 14 blank lines to complete the paragraphs.
Interactive
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ESL: Passive Voice Exercise

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ESL passive voice activity, learners select the correct verb phrase to complete a simple sentence in past or present simple tense and complete sentences.
Worksheet
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Passive/Active Test

For Students 7th - 9th
For this passive and active tenses worksheet, students choose the correct tense to fit a given sentence. Students also identify transitive and intransitive verbs.
Lesson Plan
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Tense Buster

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students, after using the "Intermediate" selection of the Tense Buster software, recognize and practice using passive voice in their writing. As a result of this task, they correctly use five new vocabulary terms with passive voice in...
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Editing and Proofreading

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This task is best utilized after a rough draft revision is completed. Writers pair-up and identify when the author uses the passive voice, clichés, and wordiness.  Basic examples for the revision points are provided for the...
Interactive
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ESL: Grammar Revision and Practice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL grammar revision and practice worksheet, students complete activities choosing correct prepositions of time, active and passive voice verbs, and comparatives, complete reported speech and "say/tell" activities and correct...
Interactive
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Bill Gates's Car

For Students 5th - 7th
In this passive verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive quiz. Students read the sentences about Bill Gates's car and fill the blanks with the correct passive form of the verb in parentheses.
Worksheet
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Rewriting Sentences in Active Voice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this active voice worksheet, students rewrite a set of 7 sentences in the active voice. A web site for additional resources is given.
Writing
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Following Instructions

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Get scholars thinking about the scientific process with this fun experiment they can do at home. Learners practice reading directions as they underline each instruction in a procedural paragraph. They create a flow chart and record...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

End of Unit 2 Assessment, Part 1: Best First Draft of an Informational Essay

For Teachers 8th Standards
Writers work to create drafts of their end-of-unit assessments relating to A Mighty Long Way and Little Rock Girl 1957. Using computers to create the first versions of their essays, writers emphasize ideas and evidence before focusing...
Worksheet
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Passive Voice Sentences

For Students 5th - 7th
In this passive voice worksheet, students change a set of 9 sentences from the passive to active tense, writing answers beneath sentences already given.
Interactive
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The Passive Voice in Questions Exercise

For Students 5th - 6th
In this passive voice worksheet, students read the questions and change the sentences from active to passive test. Students complete 12 exercises.
Interactive
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English Exercises: Passive Voice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this passive voice worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences with the correct present simple, present perfect, future simple and past simple passive, then join sentences correctly.
Lesson Plan
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Understanding and Identifying Verbs

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils practice identifying the subject and verbs in sentences. In this verb activity, students can explain the difference between active and passive verbs. Pupils complete a grade appropriate work sheet.
Interactive
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The Choking Dog: Exercise on Passive Voice

For Students 6th - 8th
In this passive voice worksheet, middle schoolers change the given active sentence to passive. Students can check their answers or ask for hints.
Worksheet
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Verb Review 1 and 2 (Mixed Including Passive)

For Students 5th - 7th
In this verb review worksheet, students conjugate the verbs in parenthesis to make the paragraphs grammatically correct. There are 17 blanks to fill in with the proper verb forms.
Worksheet
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Verb Review (Mixed Including Passive)

For Students 5th - 7th
In this verb worksheet, students conjugate the verbs in the parenthesis to make the paragraph grammatically correct. There are 14 verbs to conjugate.
Handout
San José State University

Avoiding Nominalization

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Improve syntax with this explanatory handout. It clarifies one way to make writing more precise: avoiding nominalization. This resource provides four ways to find and change nominalization problems and 10 sentences to correct. There are...