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Eliminating Wordiness

For Teachers 6th - 12th
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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Active Voice and Passive Voice

For Students 4th - 6th
In this identifying active voice and passive voice worksheet, students review definitions and examples, label sentences, and rewrite sentences changing the voice from passive to active. Students write seven answers.
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EngageNY

Informational Essay Planning: Essay Rubric and Planner

For Teachers 8th Standards
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...
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The Passive Voice with se

For Students 8th - 10th
Are your Spanish speakers learning about the passive voice? They need this helpful reference tool! These examples will surely help with their sentence construction. 
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The Passive Voice in Questions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this recognizing the active and passive voice worksheet, students read interrogative sentences in the active voice and rewrite them in the passive voice. Students write 12 answers.
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Passive or Active Exercises

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this active and passive voice worksheet, students choose which voice the sentences are in. Students complete 21 problems total.
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San José State University

Revising for Clarity: Characters and Their Actions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
This handout offers a three-step process for revising sentences for clarity: diagnose, analyze, revise. After reading an example sentence revision with a detailed explanation, learners complete three sample sentences using the three-step...
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Changing Verb Voice (Active/Passive) Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this active voice and passive voice practice worksheet, students read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 5 questions that require them to identify the voice the sentences are written in and rewrite them in the opposite...
Activity
Savvas Learning

Passive Voice

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
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.
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Voice and James Joyce

For Teachers 6th - 10th
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 instructional activity to emphasize the effect of passive voice in writing.
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Active or Passive

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this interactive grammar worksheet, students read the 22 sentences and identify the passive or active voice from the drop down menu.
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Changing from Active to Passive-Transforming Amsterdam

For Students 7th - 10th
In this active voice and passive voice instructional activity, students respond to 10 questions that require them to change the sentences from active voice to passive voice.
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Modals - Passive Voice

For Students 6th - 8th
In this passive voice worksheet, grammarians fill in the blank with the passive voice of the verb in the parentheses. They then change nine sentences from the active voice to the passive voice. Three exercises develop understanding for...
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Writing An Article Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 9th
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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The Passive Voice Exercise

For Students 6th - 8th
Can your writers change a sentence from the active voice to the passive? Test them with this 12-question worksheet. Twelve short sentences are provided, and your learner must edit each so that it uses the passive voice. 
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Teacher Kit Unit 1

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Nine lessons makeup a unit designed to reinforce grammar and vocabulary through practice pages based on readings of African folktales. Each lesson consists of a mini lesson, a vocabulary review, and a worksheet. Topics include...
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Diction, Choosing the Right Words

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Are your students having trouble choosing the right words to communicate their point? Learners view a presentation that explore active and passive voice, redundancy, and diction through examples and definitions.
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Prestwick House

Ten Days to A+ Grammar: Verbs

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
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.
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EngageNY

Analyzing Language in a Speech: The Montgomery Bus Boycott Speech

For Teachers 8th Standards
Scholars analyze the use of active and passive voice in The Montgomery Bus Boycott speech and refer to an Active and Passive Sentences handout while viewing the text. Pairs of learners then work together to identify passive and active...
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Part I: Principle of Effective Writing

For Teachers Higher Ed
Designed for higher education, this 151-slide presentation focuses on effective writing techniques, specifically in scientific manuscripts. While the slides contain readable amounts of text (none are text heavy), consider spreading this...
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Changing from Active to Passive Verbs

For Students 4th - 6th
In this changing from active to passive worksheet, students change sentences from active to passive keeping the same tenses. Students rewrite ten sentences.
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Passive Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this passive sentences worksheet, students determine passive verbs and identify passive sentences. Students write thirteen answers.
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Modals: Passive Voice

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
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,...
Interactive
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Active or Passive Voice

For Students 5th - 9th
In this online interactive ESL worksheet, students respond to 10 multiple choice questions regarding active and passive voice. Students may check their answers with the click of the mouse.

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