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Practice Passive Voice in Present Tenses - FREE Printable Worksheet

Practice Passive Voice in Present Tenses – FREE Printable Worksheet

Practice Passive Voice in Present Tenses

Passive voice = BE + PAST PARTICIPLE (3rd form).

Passive voice actions are done by people who are unknown or unimportant.

In present tenses and forms, passive voice is made as follows:

  • Present Simple Passive: The laptop is stolen.
  • Present Continuous Passive: The laptop is being stolen.
  • Present Perfect Passive: The laptop has been stolen.
  • Present Perfect Continuous Passive: The laptop has been being stolen. (rare)
  • Zero Conditional Passive: If the laptop is stolen, I buy a new one.
  • Modal Present Passive: The laptop can / must / has to / may / should be stolen.
  • Imperative Form Passive: Let the laptop be stolen. / You are advised / requested to steal the laptop.

We normally use passive voice in formal spoken and written contexts. We don’t normally use it to talk about everyday informal actions, e.g. I ate toast for breakfast. = Toast was eaten for breakfast.

Passive voice is most often seen / heard in the following contexts:

A. business English
B. creative arts
C. production
D. crime and punishment
E. natural disasters
F. invention / discovery
G. historical events
H. life story / obituary

Write sentences using the prompts. Embellish where possible. Say which context they belong to A-H:


Practice Passive Voice in Present Tenses

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FREE Present Simple Flashcards Kit

FREE Present Simple Flashcards Kit

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This is a helpful Present Simple flashcard kit I made for my students to help them practise word order in Present Simple. I tried these cards out with a group of four lovely ladies as well as in one-to-one lessons. I asked my students to give me feedback and their suggestions improved the quality of this kit. My intention was to come up with a flashcard kit that is easily editable and versatile enough.

Feel free to download and customize the kit. You can add or delete flashcards (rows) in the same way you would edit any other table in Microsoft Word. You just need to “right-click” and select “Insert”, then “Insert Rows Below” or “Insert Rows Above”. The flashcards come in two versions, one is black and white and the other one is in colour. The different colours might help to distinguish different parts of speech and they make sorting the cards a lot easier. You might want to print out the kit and laminate it to make it more durable. If you like this kit, please leave a comment and share this blog post with your colleagues, students, and friends!

The flashcards might be used to practise the basics:

  • making positive sentences,
  • making negative sentences,
  • making yes/no type questions,
  • making wh- questions etc.

For example:

Positive: A hard-working student learns every day.

Negative: A lazy student does not learn every day.

Yes/no question: Does a hard-working student learn every day?

Wh- question: Why does a hard-working student learn every day?

Moreover, you can focus on adverbs of frequency:

  • word order in positive/negative sentences and questions,
  • word order with the verb to BE or main verbs etc.

For example:

Positive: I am always happy. VS. I usually play computer games.

Negative: I am not always happy. VS. I do not usually play computer games.

Yes/no question: Are you always happy? VS. Do you usually play computer games?

The flashcards are divided into 17 (from 0 to 16) sections as follows:

  1. Task Cards: Present Simple (the tense); Positive (to make a positive sentence); Negative (to make a negative sentence); Yes/No Question (to make a yes/no type question); Wh- Question (to make a question with a question word); Adverb of Frequency (to denote the position of adverbs of frequency in the sentence); Personal Pronoun (to denote the position of personal pronouns in the sentence); Verb to BE (to denote the position of the verb to be in the sentence, or to show the type of the verb); Adverb NOT (to make negatives with the verb to be, auxiliary verbs, and modal verbs); Auxiliary Verb (to denote the position of auxiliary verbs in the sentence, or to show the type of the verb); Verb (to denote the position of main verbs in the sentence, or to show the type of the verb); Preposition (to denote the position of prepositions in the sentence); Parts of the Day (to denote the position of parts of the day in the sentence, or to be used as a group label); Seasons (to denote the position of seasons in the sentence, or to be used as a group label); Question Word (to denote the position of question words in the sentence, or to be used as a group label); Modal Verb (to denote the position of modal verbs in the sentence, or to show the type of the verb); Days (to denote the position of days in the sentence, or to be used as a group label); Nouns (to denote the position of nouns in the sentence, or to be used as a group label); Articles (to denote the position of articles in the sentence, or to be used as a group label); and Adjectives (to denote the position of adjectives in the sentence, or to be used as a group label).
  2. Adverbs of Frequency: Always, usually, sometimes, frequently, often, regularly, occasionally, normally, rarely, seldom, hardly ever, and never.
  3. Adverbial Phrases of Frequency: Every (other) day/week/month/year; once/twice/three times a day/week/month/year.
  4. Personal Pronouns: I, you, he, she, it, we, and they.
  5. Verb to BE: am, are, and is.
  6. Adverb NOT: not.
  7. Auxiliary Verb: do and does.
  8. Prepositions: in, on, at, about, with, from, to, and by.
  9. Days of the Week: Monday(s), Tuesday(s), Wednesday(s), Thursday(s), Friday(s), Saturday(s), Sunday(s), and weekend(s).
  10. Parts of the Day: morning, noon, afternoon, evening, night, and midnight.
  11. Seasons: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
  12. Question Words: where, why, which, how (much/many), what (type of), who and when.
  13. Modal Verbs: can, must, have to, may, and should.
  14. Nouns: teacher, student, teachers, and students.
  15. Articles: a/an (indefinite article), the (definite article), and 0 (Zero Article).
  16. Verbs: main verbs such as teach, learn, have, and work.
  17. Adjectives: old, young, happy, sad, friendly, curious, lazy, hard-working, kind, nice, generous, and mean.

There are also some blank flashcards at the end of the document so students can write down their own vocabulary words. The special symbols (+, *, @, and #) indicate which words belong together.


Present Simple Flashcards Kit – Colour

Direct download (Word): Present Simple Flashcards Kit – Colour (Word)

Direct download (PDF): https://purlandtraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/flashcards_colourful.pdf


Present Simple Flashcards Kit – Greyscale

Direct download (Word): Present Simple Flashcards Kit – Greyscale (Word)

Direct download (PDF): https://purlandtraining.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/flashcards_black_and_white.pdf


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