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ESL: Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice worksheet, students put a set of 12 sentences into passive voice. Students may click on an answer link for immediate feedback.
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The Passive Voice
Use this resource to introduce the passive voice. The first box highlights important information on the passive voice. The second box contains a short assessment. Are your middle schoolers understanding how to use it?
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Active Or Passive?—"The Monkey's Paw": Grammar/Language Usage
Don't you wish you could use passive voice? Be careful what you wish for! "The Monkey's Paw" is the focus of a grammar and language usage lesson about active and passive voice. Readers identify examples of active and passive voice in...
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Passive Sentences
In this passive sentences activity, students determine passive verbs and identify passive sentences. Students write thirteen answers.
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Sentence Work on Passive Voice
Students explore passive voice. They bring in rough drafts, exchange with other students, and look for ways to improve the essays through the elimination of the passive voice.
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Changing Verb Voice (Active/Passive) Practice
In this active voice and passive voice practice worksheet, students read an informative instructional activity. Students then respond to 5 questions that require them to identify the voice the sentences are written in and rewrite them in...
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ESL: Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice worksheet, students make both an active and passive sentence with given sets of words, then change sentences into passive voice and fill in blanks in a text with passive forms of words given.
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ESL-Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice worksheet, students read a set of 10 sentences, checking those that are written in the passive voice, check sentences in which the agent is necessary, and fill in blanks with correct verb forms.
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Passive Voice
In this passive voice worksheet, students read 7 sentences and rewrite each of them in the passive voice.
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ESL: Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice activity, students fill in blanks in sentences, choose correct words/phrases to complete sentences, and rewrite sentences using passive voice.
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ESL: Passive Voice
In this ESL passive voice worksheet, students fill in blanks in a set of 20 sentences, choosing the correct form of a verb given, using the tense indicated in parentheses.
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Passive Verbs: Present and Past Tense
In this passive verbs: present and past tense worksheet, 4th graders interactively enter the correct verb form for 15 sentences immediate online feedback.
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ESL: Passive Voice
For this ESL passive voice worksheet, students read examples of passive voice in various tenses, then rewrite verbs in sentences in their correct passive form.
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Passive Voice Verbs Worksheet
In this passive voice verb worksheet, they rewrite 5 sentence using a passive verbs, rewrite 4 sentences to maintain meaning, change 10 sentences to the passive form, and change 10 passive sentences into the active form.
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English Exercises: Passive Voice
In this passive voice instructional activity, 6th graders read the explanation and examples, then rewrite 10 sentences and identify which of the 4 cases it represents, with immediate online feedback.
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Old Information Before New Information
Help your writers streamline their sentence structure with this handout. This resource provides information about sentence organization including definitions and models of the active voice and the passive voice. In addition to reading...
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Writing An Article Lesson Plan
Review active and passive voice with young writers. They will use the passive voice to write persuasive articles encouraging healthy diets. The activity includes brainstorming activities for the writing, as well as a homework extension...
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Verb Review 1 (Mixed Including Passive)
Cut this sheet in two, and provide each learner with two days worth of bell-ringer activities. English language learners (or those studying English grammar) complete a short activity that has them complete a paragraph using the passive...
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Verbs
Help your learners make their writing more meaningful and lively. They review the ways verbs are used in a sentence, describe passive and active types, and discuss techniques for improving their writing. This resource could be a...
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Verbs
Show your class the importance of verbs in a sentence. Verbs can be passive or active, contributing to voice. Examples of action words are given and sentences are written out in the active and passive voice. Helpful clues are included to...
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Eliminating Wordiness
Teach your class how to write concisely and edit writing. The slide show covers be verbs, active voice, passive voice, repetitive wording, and more. Complete with numerous examples and images, it is a comprehensive resource that could be...
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Passive
In this verb tense worksheet, students change the verb to the passive form of the verb tense printed in parenthesis to complete the sentences. Students complete an online grammar quiz for passive verbs.
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Active and Passive Voice Exercise
In this English worksheet, students change passive sentences into active sentences. If there is not a noun assigned to the action the students choose one.
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Using Active Voice vs. Passive Verse in Writing
Need an active voice exercise? Learners rewrite a series of sentences to ensure that the subject of the sentence is doing the action. Beware the typos, especially in the title.