The Banks are Made of Marble by Pete Seeger: Present Passive

(TESOL Worksheets--Present Passive)
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[Use with the song "The Banks are Made of Marble by Pete Seeger]

Discuss with a partner how you would put these words into the passive voice:

heard, heat, make, own, saw, saying, share, stuff, working

Now, listen to the song, and write in the missing verbs.  Some of these verbs will be in the active voice, and some of them will be in the passive voice, so listen carefully.

I've traveled 'round this country

from shore to shining shore

it really made me wonder

the things I _______ and ______

I saw the weary farmer

plowing sod and loam

l heard the auction hammer

just a-knocking down his home

But the banks _____________ of marble

with a guard at every door

and the vaults ____________ with silver

that the farmer sweated for

I saw the seaman standing

Idly by the shore.

And I heard their bosses _____________,

Got no work for you no more.

But the banks __________ of marble,

With a guard at every door,

And the vaults __________ with silver,

That the seaman sweated for.

I've seen the weary miner

scrubbing coal dust from his back

and I've heard his children crying

got no coal to _______ the shack.

But the banks __________ of marble

with a guard at every door

and the vaults ________ with silver

that the miner sweated for

I've seen my brothers ________

throughout this mighty land

l prayed we'd get together

and together ______ a stand

Then we might _____ those banks of marble

with a guard at every door

and we would ______those vaults of silver

that we have sweated for.

Answers

I've traveled 'round this country

from shore to shining shore

it really made me wonder

the things I heard and saw

I saw the weary farmer

plowing sod and loam

l heard the auction hammer

just a-knocking down his home

But the banks are made of marble

with a guard at every door

and the vaults are stuffed with silver

that the farmer sweated for

I saw the seaman standing

Idly by the shore.

And I heard their bosses saying,

Got no work for you no more.

But the banks are made of marble,

With a guard at every door,

And the vaults are stuffed with silver,

That the seaman sweated for.

I've seen the weary miner

scrubbing coal dust from his back

and I've heard his children crying

got no coal to heat the shack.

But the banks are made of marble

with a guard at every door

and the vaults are stuffed with silver

that the miner sweated for

I've seen my brothers working

throughout this mighty land

l prayed we'd get together

and together make a stand

Then we might own those banks of marble

with a guard at every door

and we would share those vaults of silver

that we have sweated for.