Passive Voice Practice

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📘 WALT & Success Criteria

WALT (We Are Learning To): recognise and use the passive voice to focus on actions or the receiver of an action.

Success Criteria: I can identify passive sentences, convert active sentences into passive, and write a short paragraph that includes at least three passive sentences.

Differentiation: Sentence starters are provided in Part 2 for students needing support. Advanced students can explain why an author might choose passive voice.

Extension: Find a short news or science sentence and rewrite it in passive voice; explain the effect on emphasis.

📚 Part 1: Identify the Passive Voice (Choose the best answer)

1. Which sentence is passive?

The team won the trophy.

The trophy was won by the team.

The team celebrated loudly.

2. Which sentence is passive?

The gardener planted the tree.

The tree was planted by the gardener.

The gardener watered the tree.

3. Choose the passive sentence:

The students will present the report.

The report will be presented by the students.

The students prepared the slides.

4. Which is an example of passive when the subject is unknown or unimportant?

Someone cleaned the classroom.

The classroom was cleaned.

The students cleaned the classroom.

✏️ Part 2: Convert & Create

5. Convert to passive voice:

Active: The teacher marked the tests.

6. Convert to passive voice:

Active: The school organised the concert.

7. Convert to passive voice (use a by-phrase or omit it):

Active: The students completed the project on time.

8. Convert to passive voice:

Active: The principal announced the winners.

9. Creative writing: Write a short paragraph (4–6 sentences) about a school event. Use at least three passive-voice sentences. Underline or circle the passive sentences.