Passive (all tenses)
Grammar · B2 · 13 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 35 minPassive reporting verbs: rumors in the tech worldIt is said that… / He is believed to have… in tech-industry gossip, with key-word transformations and a gossip column to write.Free
- Sheet 2 · 35 minPassive: how a smartphone is made and recycledDescribe the life cycle of a phone with present, past, perfect and modal passives, then explain a process of your choice.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 35 minPassive with modals: restoring an old museumModal and perfect passives (must be checked, should have been repaired) in a museum restoration project.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 30 minGrammar explained: passive (all tenses)Be + past participle in every tense: is being built, had been sold, will be announced.Premium
- Sheet 5 · 30 minGrammar explained: passive (all tenses) – it is said thatReport beliefs and news with it is said that, is thought to be and is believed to have done.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minPassive (all tenses): spotting the formsFind passive forms in a news story about a Chilean lighthouse, name the tenses and build new sentences.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 20 minPassive: present simple and past simpleDescribe how coffee is produced, choose active or passive in history facts and build passive questions and negatives.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 20 minPassive: present and past continuousUse is being done and was being done to describe work in progress, then describe a place that is changing.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 20 minPassive: perfect forms (has / had / will have been)Read how Medellín was transformed, choose perfect passive forms and rewrite sentences in the passive.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 20 minPassive: future and modal passivesMatch public notices to their meanings, then practice will be done, must be done and should have been done.Premium
- Sheet 11 · 20 minPassive: by + agent, or leave it out?Decide when the agent matters, rewrite sentences with or without by, and write about a famous building or invention.Premium
- Sheet 12 · 20 minPassive: it is said that / he is believed toPractice reporting passives used in the news: it is said that..., she is thought to have...Premium
- Sheet 13 · 20 minPassive (all tenses): review challengeMixed-tense passive practice about the mysterious Voynich manuscript, then write a short news report of your own.Premium