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Passive voice
The passive voice with different tenses
The passive voice is made with the auxiliary verb to be and the past participle. The auxiliary verb shows the tense. The rubbish is collected every day. (present simple)
My suit is being cleaned. (present continuous)
He was invited to the party. (past simp...Read more
Passive or active? Gapped questions exercise
B1-B2
20-30 mins
groups: 3-4
strips
gap fill
speaking cues
Passive voice transformation exercise
B1-B2
20-30 min
groups: 3-4
Passive or active? Grammar cards
B1-B2
30 mins +
groups: 3-4
News stories
B1-B2
Passives quiz-making
B1-B2
Bank robbery story - passive voice
B1-B2
45 minutes +
groups: 2-3
Passive voice practice - news story - The president has been shot
B1-B2
Passives worksheet
B1-B2
Robbery story - passive voice matching activity
B1-B2
Present passive- wine making (sm)
B1-B2
Passives - transformation exercises and analysis
B1-B2
Passive scrabble II
B1-B2
Find someone who - passives
B1-B2
20-30 mins
groups: around 10+
Passives multiple choice quiz 1
Mulitple-choice quiz illustrating the difference between passive and active forms.
Mulitple-choice quiz illustrating the difference between passive and active forms.
Passive or active? Wine making
Fifteen sentences describing the process of wine making. The user must choose either an active or passive form.
Fifteen sentences describing the process of wine making. The user must choose either an active or passive form.
Material from other sources
Multiple choice (analysis) quiz 
Fourteen 2-choice questions in which users have to choose the correct explanation of what the sentences mean
Fourteen 2-choice questions in which users have to choose the correct explanation of what the sentences mean
Passives - multiple choice quiz (advanced)
Fifteen-question, 2-option quiz including present perfect, modal auxiliaries etc.
Fifteen-question, 2-option quiz including present perfect, modal auxiliaries etc.
Unit 6 News Pages 50 - 55
(1) Ss read article Paparazzi and analyze sentences from the text to find the 3 main reasons for using the passive: agent unknown / agent obvious / focus attention. (2) Gapped news stories for practice. (3) Find someone who speaking practice.
(1) Ss read article Paparazzi and analyze sentences from the text to find the 3 main reasons for using the passive: agent unknown / agent obvious / focus attention. (2) Gapped news stories for practice. (3) Find someone who speaking practice.
Unit 8 Review 1 Page 70
Unit 13 Home Page 128
Unit 14 Review 2 Page 134
Module 12 Got to have it Pages 108 - 109
Grammar: present simple passive and past simple passive.
Grammar: present simple passive and past simple passive.
Consolidation modules 11 - 15 Page 139
Module 4 The mind Pages 44 - 45 Language Focus - the passive
Reading: extract from IQ test and short passage about MENSA. Analysis of sentences. Text with multiple-choice for practice
Reading: extract from IQ test and short passage about MENSA. Analysis of sentences. Text with multiple-choice for practice
Consolidation module 1 - 4 Pages 50 - 50 Active and passive verb forms
New Inside Out Student's Book Upper Intermediate
Unit 6 Eat Page 63 Passives review
43 - 46 Passives - mixed tenses Pages 43 - 46
(43) Gapped sentences with pictures. Mixed tenses. (44) Match sentences and pictures (45) Active or passive? (46) Active or passive?
(43) Gapped sentences with pictures. Mixed tenses. (44) Match sentences and pictures (45) Active or passive? (46) Active or passive?
By whom? page 10 Page 10
Past simple passives. Seven Pics (buildings, books etc) to be matched with a verb and their authors / builders etc. (Hemingway, Sir Christopher Wren etc. Names may not be familiar outside Europe)
Past simple passives. Seven Pics (buildings, books etc) to be matched with a verb and their authors / builders etc. (Hemingway, Sir Christopher Wren etc. Names may not be familiar outside Europe)
Spot the difference 5 page 48 Page 48
Present perfect passive. Two pictures of a house. Before and after renovation. Ss make sentences using present perfect passive, 'The front door has been mended'.
Present perfect passive. Two pictures of a house. Before and after renovation. Ss make sentences using present perfect passive, 'The front door has been mended'.
Developing Grammar in Context
26 The passive Pages 151 - 156
27 Verbs confused with the passive Pages 157 - 162
Verbs confused with passive
Verbs confused with passive
28a and 28b amazing facts Page 28
Noughts and crosses with general knowledge questions using passive voice (present and past)
Noughts and crosses with general knowledge questions using passive voice (present and past)
34 What do you know about the world? Page 34
Tewenty-question multiple-choice quiz on world general knowledge.
Tewenty-question multiple-choice quiz on world general knowledge.
13a & b What is it? Page 13
Ss in teams have to guess inventions from descriptions of them that use the passive voice.
Ss in teams have to guess inventions from descriptions of them that use the passive voice.
