The subject of the active verb becomes the agent of the passive verb. Passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. 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. That said, the passive voice is useful to switch the focus from who is doing something to what is being done, which makes it especially useful in business settings when the focus is placed on a product. Students must use the present simple passive and the past simple passive in order to fill in the gaps. Evans, roundup english grammar practice, longman, 1995. We can use passive structures with infinitives in formal writing to report opinions and beliefs. Complex test passive voice in english englischhilfen. It will help them construct passive sentences with reporting verbs, which are appropriate for many of the formal writing tasks in the cae exam. Describe what everyone does, changing each active voice sentence into a passive voice sentence. Students identify passive voice examples and say why they are used first three examples. Passive voice pdf esl interactive and printable activities, games and worksheets for teachers to use in class or online with a2, b1 and b2 level students.
Passive voice, past passive, esl grammar sentence activity. It gives you offline access to all of our materials, perfect for quick reference in the classroom. Present simple, past simple, present perfect, future simple add to my workbooks 395 embed in my website or. English grammar practice exercise, intermediate level. For each sentence, choose either the active or the passive form of the verb. English grammar online exercises and downloadable worksheets. As you watch the video, look at the examples of passive forms. Esl passive voice interactive worksheet online reading and writing exercises intermediate b1 25 minutes here is an interactive pdf version of the above worksheet for people who teach english online. English esl passive voice worksheets most downloaded. This is quite challenging and includes examples of reduced relative clauses using passive and active participles. Passive voice elementary intermediate level upper intermediate advanced level exercises home. I was given the book by him the book was given to me by him. Passive voice pdf worksheets english vocabulary and. Apr 30, 2016 it will help them construct passive sentences with reporting verbs, which are appropriate for many of the formal writing tasks in the cae exam.
Sophie is in china for work and phones home to tell ollie about her trip. By using the passive, the product becomes the focus of the sentence. The meeting by sales representatives from all the regions. Present simple exercise intermediate past simple exercise intermediate present perfect exercise intermediate future simple exercise intermediate mixed tense exercise difficult verbs with two objects difficult subordinate clauses difficult. English grammar exercises online with answers pdf on this page you will find various free grammar worksheets of increasing difficulty that can be completed directly online, or at home. Active passive examples stative passive verbs list it is said that he is said to passives tense chart. Make passive sentences from the following information. Heres a list of exercises for practice with the passive. Home page grammar exercises intermediate passive active exercise. For a detailed explanation of why we use the passive voice, please read this lesson. Finally, do the grammar exercises to check you understand, and can use, passive forms correctly.
This grammar exercise tests your understanding of passive structures. Passive verb forms are used to say what happens to people and things. These are vocabulary activities and students can practice spelling the past participle of 12 different verbs, some regular past participles and irregular past participles as well. Everyone in the house has a task that he or she normally does. Active passive examples stative passive verbs list it is said that. The following esl efl resources are available for passive report structures grammar. It is not important or not known, however, who or what is performing the action.
Efl esl activities and games for teaching the passive voice. The passive voice follows the same usage rules as all the tenses in english. Home page grammar exercises intermediate passive present exercise. Passive voice esl activities games worksheets teach this. This sentence monkey activity is great for this type of grammar practice. All downloads are in pdf format and consist of a worksheet and answer sheet to check your results. Some transitive verbs are also not used in the passive. Esl library may not function properly in older browsers. In the example above, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. Only sentences that have the object of a verb can be changed to the passive. Practice the passive voice past passive famous people, using this esl grammar interactive monkey fun game for preintermediate was murdered in, was invented by, was written by etc. Passive voice pdf worksheets english vocabulary and grammar.
English esl passive voice or active voice worksheets. Use this program and exercises to practice the passive tense. In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence is acted upon. In this lesson, students read an article about the impact trumps border wall will have on the environment.
The students have to create passive sentences in the past by using the prompts of the flashcards. However, some tenses tend not to be used in the passive voice. You will often have to change the word order to make the most natural sentence. Passive voice tenses worksheet 67 passives advanced worksheet 2 89. Aug 20, 2017 passive verb forms are used to say what happens to people and things. We recommend updating yours to the latest version for the best experience. Students learn the passive voice with the help of this chart. Rick gave me indirect object this book direct object. As you can see from these examples, this makes a stronger statement than using the active voice. Passive forms are made up of the verb be with a past participle. Passive structures are impossible with intransitive verbs because they do not have objects. Esl present simple passive interactive worksheet online reading and writing exercises intermediate b1 25 minutes this is an interactive pdf version of the.
Multiple choice, fill in the word, select from drop down. The passive in subordinate clauses you can make the passive in a subordinate clause that has a subject and a normal conjugated verb. Pdf passive voice simple present tense esl exercises. Active and passive voice learnenglish british council.
Six exercises for practicing the use of the passive voice. English esl passive voice or active voice worksheets most. We use the verb have and the past participle to form the passive. Present simple passive games esl activities worksheets. English grammar the passive voice 1 the passive voice introduction the passive of an active tense is formed by putting the verb to be into the same tense as the active verb and adding the past participle of the active verb. Generally speaking, perfect continuous tenses are not used in the passive voice.
By making the direct inanimate object the subject of the passive voice. Theyll help you to put into practice all the key notions of the english grammar previously shown in the grammar lessons part of the website, and if you are a beginner. English esl passive voice worksheets most downloaded 373. A collection of english esl passive voice or active voice worksheets for home learning, online practice, distance learning and english classes to teach about. For those teachers who have recently had to make the switch to online teaching due to the covid. Form the object of the active verb becomes the subject of the passive verb the subject receives the action by is used to show the agent of the action but is not always necessary.
If youre an ios or android user, try this lesson out on the tefl handbook app. If playback doesnt begin shortly, try restarting your device. An esl lesson plan containing activities, games and resources for teaching the passive voice to intermediate level esl students. We use the passive when we dont want or need to specify who did the action.
Fill in the blank with the passive voice of the verb in. The passive voice with the different tenses in a passive sentence, the object of an active sentence becomes the subject. Then we have to use the verb be in the tense we need and add the past participle of the main verb after it. Teaching the passive voice efl esl activities, games. Grammar worksheet passive rewrite the sentences below use the passive form without the subject. Esl resources t each of the sentences below is in the passive voice. The passive present simple perfect english grammar. Summary in the active voice, the subject of the sentence does the action.
Pv008 make passive sentences with the tenses given elementary. If we want to show the person or thing doing the action, we use by. Present simple exercise intermediate past simple exercise intermediate present perfect exercise intermediate future simple exercise intermediate mixed tense exercise difficult. An activity to practice transforming active and passive voice sentences.
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