Saturday, July 12, 2014

Passive Verb sentence tables and arrows



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[This sheet is supposed to have arrows connecting the two tables, but this didn't copy so well onto blogger.  See the Google Docs version at the link above instead.  I use this to introduce the passive to beginning students.]





Examples
I
lock
this door.






This door
is
locked
by
me.





                                                                                                                V3

The factory
makes
these bottles.






These bottles
are
made
by
the factory.





                                                                                    V3

People
play
football.






Football
is
played
by
people.





                                                                                     V3
Fill in the missing words in the boxes:
1.
People
grow
grapes.








are

by






                                                                                V3
2.
People
build
bridges.








are

by






                                                                                V3


3.
I
use
this key.








is

by






                                                                                V3
4.
People
grow
vegetables.








are

by






                                                                                V3
5.
Everyone
shares
the kitchen.








is

by






                                                                                V3
6
People
use
electricity.








is

by






                                                                                V3

V1
V3
Regular
lock
play
use
share
Regular
locked
played
used
shared
Irregular
make
grow
build
Irregular
made
grown
built



Answers:
Examples
I
lock
this door.






This door
is
locked
by
me.





                                                                                                                V3

The factory
makes
these bottles.






These bottles
are
made
by
the factory.





                                                                                    V3

People
play
football.






Football
is
played
by
people.





                                                                                     V3
Fill in the missing words in the boxes:
1.
People
grow
grapes.






Grapes

are
grown
by
people.





                                                                                V3
2.
People
build
bridges.






Bridges

are
built
by
people.





                                                                                V3

3.
I
use
this key.






This key

is
used
by
me.





                                                                                V3
4.
People
grow
vegetables.






Vegetables

are
grown
by
people.





                                                                                V3
5.
Everyone
shares
the kitchen.






The kitchen

is
shared
by
everyone.





                                                                                V3
6
People
use
electricity.






Electricity

is
used
by
people.





                                                                                V3

V1
V3
Regular
lock
play
use
share
Regular
locked
played
used
shared
Irregular
make
grow
build
Irregular
made
grown
built


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