Saturday, May 31, 2014

Present Passive Versus Past Passive: Find Your Partner

(TESOL Worksheets--Present Passive, Past Passive)
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[A standard find your partner game.  Cut up the boxes and distribute it to students.  The students then have to walk around the room to find a partner who has a sentence with the same meaning. The format of this sheet got a little bit lost posting to blogger, but ideally all of the cards should be of the same size. Some of these sentences are taken from the Headway activity book, others are my own.  Because I've found low level students can get very confused by this activity, I've added a worksheet at the bottom to review with the the students afterwards.  This activity is essentially the same as this one, but instead of present passive versus present continuous passive, this is designed to practice the difference between past passive and present passive.]

 

The teacher teaches the student
The student is taught by the teacher.
The student teaches the teacher.
The teacher is taught by the student.
The teacher taught the student.
The student was taught by the teacher.
The student taught the teacher.
The teacher was taught by the student.
Big fish catch little fish.
Little fish are caught by big fish.
Little fish catch big fish.
Big fish are caught by little fish.
Big fish caught little fish.
Little fish were caught by big fish.
Little fish caught big fish.
Big fish were caught by little fish.
The dog bites the man.
The man is bitten by the dog.
The man bites the dog.
The dog is bitten by the man.
The dog bit the man.
The man was bitten by the dog.
The man bit the dog.
The dog was bitten by the man.
Mary wakes up John.
John is woken up by Mary.
John wakes up Mary.
Mary is woken up by John.
Mary woke up John.
John was woken up by Mary.
John woke up Mary.
Mary was woken up by John.
The mother holds the baby.
The baby is held by the mother.
The baby holds the mother.
The mother is held by the baby.
The mother held the baby.
The baby was held by the mother.
The baby held the mother.
The mother was held by the baby.





Which two sentences have the same meaning?

______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______
1.     The teacher teaches the student
2.     The student taught the teacher.
3.     The student is taught by the teacher.
4.     The teacher taught the student.
5.     The student was taught by the teacher.
6.     The teacher was taught by the student.
7.     The teacher is taught by the student.
8.    The student teaches the teacher.



Which two sentences have the same meaning?

______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______

1.          Big fish caught little fish.
2.          Little fish are caught by big fish.
3.          Little fish were caught by big fish.
4.          Big fish were caught by little fish.
5.          Big fish catch little fish.
6.          Big fish are caught by little fish.
7.          Little fish caught big fish.
8.          Little fish catch big fish.



Which two sentences have the same meaning?

______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______
1.          The dog bites the man.
2.          The man bites the dog.
3.          The man is bitten by the dog.
4.          The man was bitten by the dog.
5.          The dog is bitten by the man.
6.          The dog bit the man.
7.          The dog was bitten by the man.
8.          The man bit the dog.









Which two sentences have the same meaning?

______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______
1.          John woke up Mary.
2.          Mary wakes up John.
3.          John was woken up by Mary.
4.          Mary woke up John.
5.          Mary was woken up by John.
6.          John is woken up by Mary.
7.          John wakes up Mary.
8.          Mary is woken up by John.



Which two sentences have the same meaning?

______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______           ______=_______
1.          The mother held the baby.
2.          The baby is held by the mother.
3.          The baby holds the mother.
4.          The mother holds the baby.
5.          The mother is held by the baby.
6.          The mother was held by the baby.
7.          The baby was held by the mother.
8.          The baby held the mother.


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