Active Passive Find Your Partner Game (Present Simple and Present Continuous)

(TESOL Worksheet--Passive Verbs)
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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.]

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 is teaching the student.	The student is being taught by the teacher.
The student is teaching the teacher.	The teacher is being 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 are catching little fish.	Little fish are being caught by big fish.
Little fish are catching big fish.	Big fish are being caught by little fish.
Cats eat mice.	Mice are eaten by cats.
Mice eat cats.	Cats are eaten by mice.
Cats are eating mice.	Mice are being eaten by cats.
Mice are eating cats.	Cats are being eaten by mice.
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 is biting the man.	The man is being bitten by the dog.
The man is biting the dog.	The dog is being 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 is waking up John.	John is being woken up by Mary.
John is waking up Mary.	Mary is being 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 is holding the baby.	The baby is being held by the mother.
The baby is holding the mother.	The mother is being held by the baby.

Which two sentences have the same meaning?

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1.     The teacher teaches the student

2.     The student is teaching the teacher.

3.     The student is taught by the teacher.

4.     The teacher is teaching the student.

5.     The student is being taught by the teacher.

6.     The teacher is being 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 are catching little fish.

2.           Little fish are caught by big fish.

3.           Little fish are being caught by big fish.

4.           Big fish are being caught by little fish.

5.           Big fish catch little fish.

6.           Big fish are caught by little fish.

7.           Little fish are catching big fish.

8.           Little fish catch big fish.

Which two sentences have the same meaning?

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

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

1.           The dog bites the man.

2.           Mice eat cats.

3.           The man is biting the dog.

4.           Mice are being eaten by cats.

5.           The man is bitten by the dog.

6.           Cats eat mice.

7.           Mice are eaten by cats.

8.           Cats are eating mice.

9.           The man is being bitten by the dog.

10.  The dog is bitten by the man.

11.  Cats are being eaten by mice.

12.  The dog is biting the man.

13.  Cats are eaten by mice.

14.  The dog is being bitten by the man.

15.  The man bites the dog.

16.  Mice are eating cats.

Which two sentences have the same meaning?

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

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

1.           John is waking up Mary.

2.           The mother is holding the baby.

3.           The baby is held by the mother.

4.           The baby holds the mother.

5.           Mary wakes up John.

6.           The mother holds the baby.

7.           John is being woken up by Mary.

8.           The mother is held by the baby.

9.           The mother is being held by the baby.

10.  Mary is waking up John.

11.  Mary is being woken up by John.

12.  The baby is being held by the mother.

13.  John is woken up by Mary.

14.  The baby is holding the mother.

15.  John wakes up Mary.

16.  Mary is woken up by John.