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Passive Voice

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The definition of passive voice is given along with tips to identify whether a sentence is written in this form. With one slide for the title and one for the end, the remaining four slides include the definition and a different tip on each subsequent slide. Before peer editing or filling out a grammar worksheet, take a look at this brief presentation to remind your class about the characteristics of the passive voice.

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active voice, passive voice

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active voice, subject, passive voice, past participle verb, english language arts
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Grade
7th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
6

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