Learning the difference between the active voice and passive voice can be difficult. Help your pupils along with a practice exercise. Learners must translate nine active sentences covering a variety of topics into the passive voice. The...

What happens when a painting is stolen? A presentation themed after Edvard Munch's The Scream is a great way to introduce the passive voice to your class. 

Do they inspect the trains, or are the trains inspected? Change twelve sentences from the active voice into the passive voice with a grammar worksheet.

Sam really likes coffee, but it's unclear whether Sam drinks the coffee or if the coffee is drunk by Sam. Move from active to passive voice in 12 sentences about Sam's coffee habits. Learners will have to change an irregular verb to the...

A clear example of a sentence in both active and passive voice is shown at the top of this resource and gives writers a clear example to follow. For the next 12 sentences, they change the voice from active to passive. 

Passive voice and participial adjectives are the focus of an 11-page resource packet designed for ESL/ELD classes. Language learners engage in activities and complete exercises that give them lots of practice with these constructs.

Encourage verb tense awareness by focusing on the passive voice. It could be used with a variety of learners, however, a few of the questions should be modified for younger children. By completing this twenty-six question activity,...

In this online interactive ESL worksheet, learners respond to 10 multiple choice questions regarding active and passive voice. Students may check their answers with the click of the mouse.

In this English instructional activity, students change passive sentences into active sentences. If there is not a noun assigned to the action the students choose one.

In this passive voice worksheet, 6th graders read the explanation and examples, then rewrite 10 sentences and identify which of the 4 cases it represents, with immediate online feedback.

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.

Bring this modals practice worksheet to your grammar unit. Middle schoolers respond to twenty-six short answer and fill in the blanks questions that require them to use the appropriate passive voice verbs. This activity is a good way to...

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...

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.

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.

In this ESL passive voice learning exercise, students read examples of passive voice in various tenses, then rewrite verbs in sentences in their correct passive form.

For this ESL passive voice worksheet, students fill in blanks in sentences, choose correct words/phrases to complete sentences, and rewrite sentences using 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.

In this passive verbs:  present and past tense worksheet, 4th graders interactively enter the correct verb form for 15 sentences immediate online feedback.

In this making passive sentences worksheet, learners are given a list of subjects and verbs. Students write sentences in the passive tense using the words provided.

For this online interactive English skills worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions that requires them to change sentences in active voice to sentences in passive voice. Answers are scored immediately.

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

Students read short essays on the characteristics of several cities. They discuss these characteristics focusing on the use of the passive and active voice in past tenses.

In this passive voice worksheet, students use either present, past, present perfect or future tense and fill in blanks in sentences. Links to additional resources and audio version are given.