In this role play worksheet, learners participate in a role play about a consumer complaint in a restaurant. Students complete 5 steps in the role play.

In this grammar activity, students fill in the blank using the correct tense. Students are given 24 sentences to practice the skill.

Students explore the services available to them at their local post office. As a class, students discuss the function of each method of delivery. Students choose a postal option appropriate to a scenario the instructor provides. This...

Thse instructional practices use model or mentor sentences to help students learn how authors use conventions to clarify and convey meaning in their writing. These instructional practices are described in detail in Handout 14: Teaching...

A description of active and passive voice with examples and explanations.

A good resource that clearly outlines the differences, uses, and purposes of the active and passive voice, both in writing and in verb construction. Includes charts and examples. Click through all the sub-topics for the complete...

Know when to use verbs in the active voice or the passive voice. The active voice shows the subject acting. The passive voice shows something else acting on the subject. Most writers consider the active voice more colorful and avoid the...

This slideshow lesson focuses on the passive voice. It defines it, explains the effective uses of passive voice, discusses how to write effective sentences using passive voice, and provides examples.

This entry explains active and passive voice and how to change active to passive and passive to active in sentences. It provides detailed examples of each.

Lesson which allows students to explore active/passive voice verb choice through numerous online resources, and then apply these principles to their own writing style.

How can you avoid the passive voice in your writing? Explore this website to learn how and why not to use this voice in your writing.

This tutorial focuses on active and passive voice. Definitions, examples, and the reasons that the active voice is the preferred voice in most cases. It offers a slide show with definitions, examples, when to use, forms of passive voice...

Check out this in-depth look at the function of active and passive voice in writing effective sentences. A quiz is included at the end of the module.

This website provides two presentations on active and passive voice. The first presentation explains the difference between active and passive voice as well as how to build sentences in each voice. The second presentation explains when...

This lesson plan focuses on active and passive voice including how to identify each, how to change passive to active voice, and when passive voice is appropriate.

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Edit an essay for active voice and complex tenses.

A screencast [5:40] demonstrating how to write a sentence in active voice or in passive voice, followed by a downloadable nine-page PDF describing passive voice and its appropriate uses.

In this learning module, students will expand their range of editing skills and improve your writing by replacing passive verbs with active verbs and learning to use verb tense consistently. It will improve their voice, tenses, and mood.

This module defines the active and passive voice and explains how to change active to passive voice and passive to active voice. It offers examples of each, practice exercises, and a link to a printable quiz/exercise.

Use this tutorial to ensure understanding of the passive voice and about how to use it. Students can test their understanding after the explanation.

This lesson introduces the passive voice and how it is formed. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.

A video lesson introduces the passive voice and demonstrates how it is formed within a sentence. [7:09]

An eleven-question quiz asking students to identify active and passive voice in sentences. Percentage grades and correct answers are displayed once answers are submitted.

A five-slide presentation reviewing passive voice and explaining the effect of using it properly within a sentence. Examples are provided.