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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Active and Passive Voice

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
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...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Revising Passive Constructions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Test your knowledge of active and passive voice by changing the passive voice sentences into active voice.
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English Club

English Club: Learn English: Verbs: Voice: Active or Passive Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine if each of these ten sentences is written in active voice or in passive voice. Answers are provided.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Irregular Verbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An extensive look at verbs in all their various forms and uses. A very valuable and easy to understand resource with many examples.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Writing Concise Sentences

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Self Teaching Units

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides a list of links to self-teaching units on grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, active and passive voice, and more. Each provides an explanation with examples, followed by a practice exercise.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Sequence of Tenses

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Purdue University tutorial covers active and passive voices through simple examples.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
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Other

Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Grammar Guidelines

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get a collection of self-help handouts on different parts of speech and common usage topics.
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: How Does a Sentence Make Sense?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains importance of the agreement of elements in sentences and covers agreement of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Exercises included. L.11-12.3a Syntax