7 - Passives
The Passive Voice
In this Unit, we explore Passives. This is the form of the verb we use when we do not know, or when we think it is not important to know, WHO or WHAT performed an action.
We focus instead on the action itself and on the Object of the action.
Follow the steps below to complete this unit:
1. Read an overview of ‘Scaffolding & ZPD’. Use one of the online dictionaries to look up any words you do not know.
2. Read the Language Focus on The Passive Voice.
You can download the Language Focus as a PDF here: The Passive Voice.pdf
Then return to this page.
3. Practise the language points using the exercises below:
4. Link to other websites where you can read more about the language point, or do further practice:
Identifying Passive Sentences:
Passive Gapfill Exercise:
