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Downloadable worksheets: Introducing the "Passive Voice" (1) - Basic rules for Upper elementary and Intermediate students Level: intermediate Age: 10-14 Downloads: 5605   Active and Passive Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Downloads: 4466   Active Passive 101 sentences with answers Level: intermediate Age: 7-14 Downloads: 1829   Sherlock Holmes case IX: Active and passive Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Downloads: 1737   Active and Passive Voice Level: intermediate Age: 10-17 Downloads: 1387   PASSIVE - transform active to passive Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 1020

Read the following sentences and mark active or passive.   People are watching TV.  active passive Susan was given a beautiful dress for her birthday.   active passive Mary reads the newspaper everyday. activepassive The newspaper is being written at this moment.  activepassive A postman delivers letters. activepassive The trees have been cut down. activepassive The door is being painted. activepassive They are building a new road. activepassive The bridge was built last year. activepassive The teacher is explaining the passive voice. activepassive The students aren’t listening to the teacher. activepassive Mary and John were arrested last week. activepassive The police put criminals in prison. activepassive The flowers will be watered by grandma. activepassive Toyotas are made in Japan. activepassive Cows don’t eat meat. activepassive Peter had been promised a job. activepassive Good students are praised by their teachers. activepassive Mary’s sister has been writing a new novel. activepassive Shakespeare wrote many plays. activepassive India was discovered by Vasco da Gama. activepassive Grammar is rejected by the students. activepassive I was hurt by my best friend. activepassive The glasses were broken by Mary. activepassive Parents punish their children. activepassive