Active to Passive
Change the active-voice sentence to passive.
Colombian schools should include history in their curriculum.
History should be included in Colombia's schools' curriculum.
Change the passive-voice sentence to active.
Notes were taken to write a detailed story.
I took notes to write a detailed story.
Write a present real conditional sentence for the following situation:
Writing a story is fun.
(If a student / follow/ its structure, this writing / be negative difficult at all).
Writing a story is fun.
If a student follows its structure, this writing is not difficult at all.
Name that word and spell it out:
A short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.
Fable.
Tell the class its definition:
What does flaws mean?
Errors, defects
Change the active-voice sentence to passive.
My grandfather shared a great story of his youth with me.
A great story of my grandparent's youth was shared with me.
Change the passive-voice sentence to active.
My story has to be uploaded into Moodle this weekend.
I have to upload my story into Moodle this weekend.
Write a present unreal conditional sentence for the following situation:
My brother's town has a long violence history. Its inhabitants have a very positive attitude to change it.
(they /do not have it / they do not face all their current problems with such strength).
My brother's town has a long violence history. Its inhabitants have a very positive attitude to change it.
If they did not have it, they would not face all their current problems with such strength.
What is a synonym of fortnight?
Two weeks. Fifteen days.
Change the active-voice sentence to a passive-voice one.
Grandparents can tell great tales.
Passive voice
Great tales can be told by grandparents.
Change the active-voice sentence to passive.
Our grandparents can tell many stories.
Many stories can be told by our grandparents.
Change the passive-voice sentence to active.
Events and people that shaped our past are studied by history.
History studies events and people that shaped our past.
Write a present unreal conditional sentence for the following situation:
Our history is part of our lives.
(We / do not know / our roots / we / do not understand / our present).
Our history is part of our lives.
If we did not know our roots, we would not understand our present.
Tell the class its definition:
What does inquiry mean?
Ask for information.
Write a present unreal conditional sentence for the following situation:
We learn from history.
(We / learn / from failures / we / do not make the same mistakes)
We learn from history.
If we learned /learnt from failures, we would not make the same mistakes.
Change the active-voice sentence to passive.
In Colombia, elementary kids studied history some years ago.
In Colombia, history was studied by elementary kids some years ago.
Change the passive-voice sentence to active.
The tortoise and the hare was written by Aesop.
Aesop wrote The tortoise and the hare.
Write a past unreal conditional sentence for the following situation:
My grandfather passed away last year.
(My grandfather / be / still alive/ he/ could tell / me about his past.
My grandfather passed away last year.
If my grandfather had been still alive, he could have told me about his past.
Tell the class its definition:
What does tales mean?
A fictional or a true story.
Tell the class its definition:
What does lineage mean?
Descent from an ancestor
Change the active-voice sentence to passive.
I am writing my family's story step-by-step.
My family's story is being written step-by-step.
Change the passive-voice sentence to active.
My grandmother's life had been told many many times before I really understood how amazing it was.
They had told my grandmother's life many many times before I really understood how amazing it was.
Write a present unreal conditional sentence for the following question using other verbs in your answer:
If you had spoken to a different member about your family history, would you have gotten a similar answer?
Possible answer:
If I had interviewed a different family member, I would have learned more details.
Name that word and spell it out:
Trying hard to succeed
Struggling
Change the passive-voice sentence to an active-voice one.
Our history has been written through time by all people.