Reading Activities With Passive Voice
English as a Second Language ESL Gradelevel. You will read about inventions and discoveries that are used by children.
Both the active voice and the passive voice can be used with different tenses and with modals.
Reading activities with passive voice. There are two comprehension exercises TrueFalse statements and Find Synonyms in the text and an exercise on passive voice. When we prefer not to mention who or what does the action for example its not known its obvious or we dont want to say. Mail to - teacherdeingles09.
Find them and underline them. - a Word doc. Reading comprehension and passive voice Revise passive and active voice forms and do the activities ID.
In a passive sentence the object of the verb in the active sentence becomes the subject. John was invited by me. The worksheet activities focus on the skills of reading speaking and understanding and includes exercises on key vocabulary as well as using modal verbs with the passive voice.
45 min Forest fires in Southern Europe. This is the structure for the passive voice. In the English language the English passive voice is formed with an auxiliary verb usually be or get plus a participle usually the past participle of a transitive verb.
The subject denotes the person Caesar affected by the action of the verb. The passive voice is made with the auxiliary verb to be and the past participle. In this activity you will identify and analyze the importance of passive voice to emphasize the objectaction in sentences.
Passive voice Other contents. Change each passive voice sentence into an active voice sentence. Subject modal verb could auxiliary verb be main verb past participle We use the passive when.
See how long it is until they can spot the pattern ie that the verb needed has the same first two letters as the protagonists name. We use the passive voice to change the focus of the sentence. We want to make the active object more important.
My bike was stolen. In this lesson students read an article about the impact Trumps border wall will have on the environment. Passive focus on my bike Someone stole my bike.
We do not know the active subject. Passive voice worksheets and online activities. Give each group of three a set of cards.
For example Caesar was stabbed by Brutus uses the passive voice. The Oscar ceremony is televised and seen by millions of people. John was invited by me.
Tell whether each sentence was written in active voice or passive voice. Now read the short story and try to work out what the constructions in italics mean. Free interactive exercises to practice online or download as pdf to print.
Present simple My suit is being cleaned. This is a fun activity to practise past simple activities with some damage related vocabulary. The rubbish is collected every day.
The second text is the story that inspired the naming of the Cutty Sark. If two verbs in the passive voice are connected with and do not repeat be. Tell which sentences are written in active voice and which sentences are passive voice.
Subject BE Past Participle by actor The by actor part of the sentence is optional. Give each student a copy of the Passive Party worksheet and gradually work through the examples. Present continuous He was invited to the party.
PA008 - Passive Voice - Change from active to passive PA007 - Passive Voice - Fill in the correct verb form PA006 - Passive Voice - Make sentences using the tenses in brackets. Write the letter A or P on each line. The tense of the passive sentence is shown in the verb be.
It is followed by two vocabulary exercises students practise guessing meaning from context. Use the past participle with every tense. With the sentences you found in the text.
Active focus on someone We often use the passive. To start match the picture to the appropriate vocabulary. 2751 Passive verb forms and the tenses in English Exercise 1409 Questions in Passive word order Click Exercise 1 1411 Questions in Passive word order Click Exercise 2.
Passive voice explanatory theory chart. The auxiliary verb shows the tense. AIn the reading 1 above there are more than ten passive voice sentences.
ESL Passive Voice Game - Reading Matching and Speaking Activity - Intermediate A2-B1 - 25 minutes In this fun passive voice game students identify past and present passive sentences about facts and inventions.
