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The Passive
This 76-slide presentation on passive forms, passive verbs, and passive tenses is meant to give students a lot of practice in this important area of literacy. There are dozens of examples for students to consider, and an interactive...
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Verb Issues I
See the variety of verbs spelled out in these slides. From infinitives to intransitives, each verb is defined and shown with examples. Relationships of verbs to other parts of a sentence are clearly explained. This complex subject is...
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Verbs
Help your learners make their writing more meaningful and lively. They review the ways verbs are used in a sentence, describe passive and active types, and discuss techniques for improving their writing. This resource could be a...
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Passive Sentences
In this passive sentences worksheet, students determine passive verbs and identify passive sentences. Students write thirteen answers.
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Passive Verbs: Present and Past Tense
For this passive verbs: present and past tense worksheet, 4th graders interactively enter the correct verb form for 15 sentences immediate online feedback.
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Passive 4
In this passive instructional activity, students read the sentences and re-write them in the passive voice. Students complete 12 exercises.
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Passive
In this passive verbs instructional activity, students read the sentences and re-write them in the passive voice. Students complete 15 online exercises.
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Bill Gates's Car
In this passive verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive quiz. Students read the sentences about Bill Gates's car and fill the blanks with the correct passive form of the verb in parentheses.
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Mixed Verb Review Including Passive Verbs
In this mixed verb review worksheet, students complete 2 paragraphs about a trip to Vancouver using the proper form of verbs shown after each blank line. They fill in 14 blank lines to complete the paragraphs.
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Verb Review (Mixed Including Passive)
In this verb worksheet, students conjugate the verbs in the parenthesis to make the paragraph grammatically correct. There are 14 verbs to conjugate.
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Passive Voice Verbs Worksheet
In this passive voice verb worksheet, they rewrite 5 sentence using a passive verbs, rewrite 4 sentences to maintain meaning, change 10 sentences to the passive form, and change 10 passive sentences into the active form.
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Verb Review: Mixed Including Passive
For this verbs worksheet, students fill in the correct form of the verb in parentheses in a three paragraph text about visiting Vancouver.
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Passive Interview
For this passive worksheet, 3rd graders ask two students 5 questions and write their answers. For homework students choose one answer from each question and write a complete sentence.
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Literacy Education Online
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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Sharpening Your Writing Skills
This handbook provides step-by-step modules to help you develop an appropriate business writing style. It also gives you rules for punctuation and "plain English." Answers are provided for exercises. PDF document.
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Scholastic: Write It: Activate Your Verbs [Pdf]
Three page, PDF format handout that explains passive verbs, and when and how to avoid them. The third page contains some practice exercises. Colorful page with a good amount of information packed in to a fairly small space.