The passive voice

Form the passive with be in the required tense and a past participle.

Lessons

10 available items
  1. 1

    The passive voice

    Form the passive with be in the required tense and a past participle.

  2. 2

    Tracking an order · Focusing on a process with the passive

    Focusing on a process with the passive in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  3. 3

    Tracking an order · Changing the tense of the passive

    Changing the tense of the passive in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  4. 4

    An internal process · Describing a repeated process

    Describing a repeated process in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  5. 5

    An internal process · Including the agent when useful

    Including the agent when useful in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  6. 6

    Changes to a building · Describing work in progress with the passive

    Describing work in progress with the passive in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  7. 7

    Changes to a building · Linking the form to time information

    Linking the form to time information in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  8. 8

    Reporting an issue · Avoiding unnecessary concealment of responsibility

    Avoiding unnecessary concealment of responsibility in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  9. 9

    Reporting an issue · Choosing active or passive voice

    Choosing active or passive voice in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

  10. 10

    Reusing materials · Describing a sequence of stages

    Describing a sequence of stages in context, with bilingual examples and practice.

Reading

5 available items
  1. 1

    Tracking an order

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  2. 2

    An internal process

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  3. 3

    Changes to a building

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  4. 4

    Reporting an issue

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

  5. 5

    Reusing materials

    A bilingual reading that brings this unit's language together in context.

Writing

2 available items
  1. 1

    Adapt the situation using new details · Tracking an order

    A 50–90 word writing task with a model and self-review.

  2. 2

    Summarise the situation and add a suitable response · Reusing materials

    A 44–84 word writing task with a model and self-review.