All Passives articles

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    Compass: Lesson 3: Eating habits

    The third lesson of this new series from award-winning author Lizzie Pinard.

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    Quiz: Present passives

    A card game at upper intermediate level to practise using present passives that can be played as a group game or a team game.

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    Guiding

    The third lesson plan in this series by Keith Harding gives students practice in describing buildings and places, using prepositions and the passive. The lesson is available at two levels - elementary and intermediate - and contains comprehensive teacher's notes and student worksheets.

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    Grammar: passives in conversation

    Lindsay Clandfield offers some advice and suggestions for practising the passive in conversation classes.

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    Air travel English

    To introduce and extend language for travelling by plane and to introduce the passive voice (present simple).

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    Grammar: passives

    Some advice and suggestions for practising the passive in a conversation class.

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    The passive in English – tips and activities

    Tips and ideas from Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on teaching the passive in English.

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    The passive in English – article

    An article by Kerry Maxwell and Lindsay Clandfield on approaches to teaching the passive in English.

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    Passives 1

    A British English worksheet to match each common sign with the place where you would see it. Complete the signs using a verb from the box in the correct form.

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    Passives 2

    A British English worksheet to put the past participles of verbs into the correct categories and use them to complete the hotel information sheet.

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    Passives 2

    A British English worksheet to complete activities to practise using passive verbs.

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    Passives 3

    A British English worksheet to complete activities to practise using the passive in a mixture of tenses.

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    Passives 3

    A British English worksheet to decide which phrase best completes each excerpt.

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    Passives 4

    A British English worksheet to complete activities to practise using passive verbs with should.

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    Passives 4

    A British English worksheet to complete activities to practise using passive verbs.

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    What do you know about the world?

    An American English worksheet to play a game of tic-tac-toe by choosing the correct answers to questions about world facts.

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    Lesson Share: Grammar: What's been changed?

    This is an integrated skills activity with an emphasis on speaking practice using the present perfect simple passive (vs. active) in a very active, functional and fun way.

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    Exams: Describing how something works

    Preparing students for the writing part 1 of the Academic IELTS exam.

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    Facts and myths

    A British English worksheet to guess common myths and compare them with the facts that disprove them.

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    Writing skills: formal and informal writing

    To enable students to break down the different features of formal and informal English by working through a step-by-step text transformation at their own pace.