Passive Voice Problems and Solutions- Speaking
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Students explain difficult situations with the passive voice and give advice on their partner's problems, then try to remember irregular past participles and match time expressions to different passive tenses.
Lesson Plan Content:
Passive voice problems and solutions speaking
Explain a negative situation/ problem to your partner using a passive form like “My son might be bullied (in his new school)”. Be sure to use the right tense, the right form of the past participle, and suitable time expressions like:
- occasionally
- sometimes
- often
- usually
- always
- just
- recently
- yesterday
- on …day
- last…
- since…
- for…
- next…
- tomorrow
Ask for your partner’s advice/ help with phrases like “What do you think I should do?”, “Do you have any advice/ ideas?” or “Can you help me (…/ with…)?”, then respond positively or negatively to what they say.
Passive grammar presentation
Change all of the verbs on the no past participles version of the worksheet into the right PP form, then check with the other worksheet.
Match the time expressions above with the correct passive tenses in the middle column below.
With past participles version
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I My job My duties My office My wife My partner My boss My line manager My desk My bedroom My favourite… My new… My old… My only… My…
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am/ are/ is was/ were has been/ have been will be will probably be might be could be could possibly be
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annoyed bored broken burnt bought bullied changed confused crushed cut damaged discouraged dismissed/ downsized distracted disturbed fired/ sacked forbidden to… forced to/ made to… given gossiped about infected injured laughed at/ teased left… lost messed up moved overcooked poisoned poured/ spilled punished (for/ by…) rejected replaced ripped/ torn robbed scared sold out shouted (at) stained stolen taken (away) transferred trapped undercooked woken (up |
No past participles version
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I My job My duties My office My wife My partner My boss My line manager My desk My bedroom My favourite… My new… My old… My only… My…
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am/ are/ is was/ were has been/ have been will be will probably be might be could be could possibly be
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annoy bore break burn buy bully change confuse crush cut damage discourage dismiss/ downsize distract disturb fire/ sack forbid to… force to/ make to… give gossip about infect injure laugh at/ tease leave… lose mess up move overcook poison pour/ spill punish (for/ by…) reject replace rip/ tear rob scare sell out shout (at) stain steal take (away) transfer trap undercook wake (up) |
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