Passive Voice Games Speaking
Passive Voice Games Speaking
Passive Voice Games Speaking
1. Research Race
What inventions do your students think are most necessary in their lives? As a
Then use that list of inventions in this combination grammar and reading activity.
Give students ten minutes to work with a partner on their smartphones or other
technology devices (this works best if you have Wi-Fi in class or can take your
students to a computer lab) and identify who masterminded each of their necessary
inventions. For every inventor they find, they should write a sentence in the passive
voice. “The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell.” Give your students
only ten minutes to research as many inventions as possible. When you call time,
award each pair one point for identifying the correct inventor and one point for
writing a grammatical passive sentence. The pair with the most points wins the
game.
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