What are you doing today? What have you done this week? What will you be doing next month? Focus on verb usage with a series of fill-in-the-black exercises on basic tenses, inappropriate shifts in tense, and active and passive voice.

After reading a text written by James Joyce, middle and high schoolers find examples of passive voice. They share their findings with the class. Use this lesson to emphasize the effect of passive voice in writing.

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...

In this verb voice instructional activity, students identify active voice verbs and passive voice verbs. Students answer fill in the blank questions and rewrite sentences using a specific voice.

In this transport worksheet, students compare and contrast the characteristics and examples of active transport and passive transport. This worksheet has 1 graphic organizer and 11 short answer questions.

Review advanced grammar concepts with this standard online interactive multiple choice quiz. Young grammarians must know simple grammar principles such as verbs, prepositions and adverbs as well as higher-level knowledge like passive vs....

AP biology buffs dismantle the mystery of the cell membrane by explaining its structure and function. They decipher membrane fluidity, define the roles of membrane proteins, and analyze a diagram of a selectively permeable membrane...

After defining passive, aggressive, and assertive, class members role-play different scenarios demonstrating these behaviors. Individuals then identify a weakness they wish to improve and, using what they have learned throughout the...

Pupils walk through the process of writing essays for their final assessment of Unbroken. They begin by reviewing the rubric using Rubric Criteria strips that assign a portion of the rubric to each pair of learners. They then participate...

In this passive voice worksheet, learners change a set of 9 sentences from the passive to active tense, writing answers beneath sentences already given.

In this active and passive voice activity, learners read a paragraph regarding Thanksgiving and then rewrite five of the sentences in passive voice.

In this passive verbs activity, 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.

In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 4 short answer and essay questions based on themes of passivity in "The Hollow Men." Students may also complete their choice of 3 reading activities suggested

Students explore organizing to resist oppressive authority without the use of violence.  In this philosophy activity, students research Gandhi's approach to organizing people around a positive cause without the need to be aggressive...

Students investigate how and why to use the passive voice in text.

In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 22 fill in the blank questions that require them to rewrite sentences in passive voice. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

In this language arts worksheet, students learn the differences between passive and active verbs. Students begin by first identifying the subject, then the predicate of 10 sentences. Then students fill out a chart, rewriting sentences...

In this passive sentence form instructional activity, students make a passive sentence from the three provided phrases. There are 10 sentences to write on this instructional activity intended for ESL students.

For 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.

In this passive questions worksheet, students make passive questions using questions words and verbs given, filling in blanks in sentences.

In this passive voice worksheet, students read the questions and change the sentences from active to passive test. Students complete 12 exercises.

In this ESL activity, students focus on the usage of passive voice. Students complete 10 fill in the blank sentences using the interactive website when finished.

In this ESL passive/active verb worksheet, students read 7 pairs of sentences with the verb missing. Students choose to use either the passive or active form of the verb to fill in the blanks.

Students explore the variety of ways to use solar energy. They investigate the thermal energy storage capacities of different test materials to determine which to use in passive solar building design. They explain how passive solar...