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...

Beginning biologists explore passive transport through two demonstrations and a hands-on inquiry. Spray air freshener from one spot in the classroom and have class members raise their hands as the scent reaches them. Also, place a teabag...

Middle schoolers look closely at Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech and use a language analysis sheet to determine if King's sentences use active or passive voice. They then move their attention back to A Mighty Long Way to...

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.

Students study what passive solar design is for buildings and structures.  In this solar design lesson students identify passive solar design techniques.

Originally designed by an American language teacher teaching in a public Japanese junior high, this lesson could easily be used for any beginning or intermediate level ESL class. With this plan, your class will review two useful, but...

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...

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...

Need to know the level of your incoming Spanish class? Use this with your high school classes (or older) to determine how much Spanish they know. The quiz itself is almost six pages long and covers verb conjugation, different verb...

In this ESL passives worksheet, students complete 10 multiple choice questions, choosing the best way to change a sentence to passive form. A website reference is given for additional activities. 

Complete the short paragraph about a girl's trip to Vancouver. Conjugate the verbs in parentheses so that the paragraph makes sense. This would be a good practice opportunity, or you could even use it as a quiz. 

In this ESL grammar-passives activity, students complete  10 multiple choice questions, choosing phrases that best complete sentences. A website reference for additional resources is given.

It's time to soak up the sun! Youngsters read about active and passive solar heating systems, then they collaborate to create a miniature solar-heated building. Provide a variety of materials for them to incorporate and watch their...

Practice the passive voice with the Spanish verb se. There are nineteen questions, and the verbs vender, llevar, comprar, and hablar are covered. 

Learn about the two main components of good communication - being assertive and active listening - as well as passive, aggressive, and manipulative communication. There are skits to read out loud as well as scenarios to practice with a...

Give your sentences more clarity by learning to avoid misplaced modifiers, dangling modifiers, and the passive voice. Review parallel structure as well. Plenty of examples are shown, providing utmost clarity.

Collaboration and complicity. Class members examine a series of photographs and consider how active participation and passive complicity represented in the photos contributed to the Holocaust. 

In this passive texts worksheet, students read newspaper articles and put them into the passive form. Students put 4 articles into the passive form.

In this passive practice worksheet, students review the passive voice as they correct the mistakes in 8 sentences and make 8 questions using the passive voice. Students also answer 4 questions regarding the passive voice.

In this past simple passive verbs worksheet, students review their grammar skills as they complete 8 sentences by filling the blanks and correct the mistakes in 8 sentences.

In this interactive grammar worksheet, students identify the appropriate verb form from the drop-down menu in order make the sentence passive.

In this passive voice activity, students complete the sentences by choosing the correct phrase in the passive voice. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.

In this grammar interactive worksheet, students complete five sentence fill-in's by rewriting each sentence into the text box using the passive voice.

In this passive voice worksheet, students put the words in brackets in the correct passive form. Students are given 25 sentences to practice the skill.