English Exercises: Passive form

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The passive form
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-14
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ACTIVE & PASSIVE VOICE - Teach your students "When, Why & How" to form active & passive sentences with 8 different verb tenses - (( definitions & 60 sentences )) - elementary/intermedi ate - (( B&W VERSION INCLUDED ))
Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
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CAUSATIVE FORM have something done
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-100
Downloads: 458

Human Rights (lesson plan) (Lesson : 15 , 2nd Form. Tunisian students)
Level: intermediate
Age: 14-17
Downloads: 344

Causative Form (have something done) board game with board and tense spinner - 2 pages
Level: intermediate
Age: 12-17
Downloads: 259

Using the Passive Form
Level: intermediate
Age: 13-17
Downloads: 233

REVISING THE PASSIVE FORM

EX 1 TURN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES INTO THE PASSIVE

1 Somebody stole my car last night My car last night.

2 They deliver the daily paper early in the morning. The daily paper early in the morning.

3 They're renovating their house. Their house .

4 He will know the results in two week's time. The results in two week's time.

5 They cleaned the room yesterday. The room yesterday.

6 They don't serve breakfast in this hotel. Breakfast in this hotel.

7 This shop doesn't sell stamps. Stamps in this shop.

8 They were watering the flowers. Flowers .

9 I have cleaned all the carpets. All the carpets .

10 They make very good chocolate in Switzerland. Very good chocolate in Switzerland.

EX 2 ASK QUESTIONS USING THE PASSIVE AND THE ELEMENTS GIVEN.

1 When /the school /build . ? 50 years ago.

2 Why/ the girl/ kidnap. ? Because she was very rich.

3 Where/ the lost cat/ find. ? In a cellar.

4 What time/ breakfast/served. ? From seven to nine.

5 How often/this booklet/published. ? Three times a year.

Ex. 3 FILL IN THE SENTENCES WITH A PASSIVE VERB.

1 Milk (deliver) every morning.

2 A valuable painting (steal) yesterday.

3 English (speak) here.

4 I'm sorry for the mess: the house (paint).

5 Yesterday I ( not invite) to the party but I went anyway.

EX 4 ORDER THE WORDS IN MEANINGFUL SENTENCES

1 for/ are/used/computers/these/ What?

2 poem/ was/ Who/ by/this/written?

3 time/ milk/ delivered/ usually/ What/ is/?

4 written/When/Hamlet/was?

5 in/cake/ingredients/are/this/What/used?