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Passive Voice Problems and Solutions- Speaking

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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.

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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

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…

 

am/ are/ is

was/ were

has been/ have been

will be

will probably be

might be

could be

could possibly be

 

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

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…

 

am/ are/ is

was/ were

has been/ have been

will be

will probably be

might be

could be

could possibly be

 

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)

(by…)

 

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