Passive Voice
Active to Passive:
People speak Portuguese in Brazil.
Portuguese is spoken in Brazil.
Unscramble:
He to jazz listens concentrate to help him
He listens to jazz to help him concentrate
Complete:
The blue car is _____ the red car. (fast)
The blue cas is as fast as the red car.
I ___ (get) a new job if I ___ (be) you.
I would get a new job if I were you.
Possessive Adjective or Pronoun:
A: Where should we watch the game after work?
B: Let's go to you house. (Your/Yours) TV is much bigger than (my/mine).
Your / mine
Active to Passive:
John will tell you later.
You will be told later by John.
Unscramble:
to meditate I early up get wake up before the kids
I get up early to meditate before the kids wake up
Complete:
The violin is _____ the cello. (not/low)
The violin is not as low as the cello.
If we ___ (not/be) friends, I ___ (be) angry with you.
If we weren't friends, I would be angry with you.
Possessive Adjective or Pronoun
A: Is this (our/ours) room?
B: No, we have a suite, and this is a single. So, this is definitely not (our/ours).
Our / Ours
Active to Passive:
My grandfather built this house in 1943.
This house was built in 1943 by my grandfather.
Unscramble:
write notes important remember things to I
I write notes to remember important things
Complete:
This copy is _____ the other one. (almost)(bad)
This copy is almost as bad as the other one.
____ you ____ (buy) a big house if you ___ (have) enough money?
Would you buy a big house if you had enough money?
Possessive Adjective or Pronoun
A: Is this car key (your/yours)?
B: No, it's not (my/mine). I don't even have a car!
Yours / mine
Active to Passive:
Somebody has drunk all the milk!
All the milk has been drunk!
Unscramble:
crosswords does Norma the time to pass
Norma does crosswords to pass the time
Complete:
Grapefruit juice is _____ lemonade. (not/quite/sweet)
Grapefruit juice isn't quite as sweet as lemonade.
If they ___ (like) hot weather, they ___ (go) to Spain.
If they liked hot weather, they would go to Spain.
Possessive Adjectives / Pronoun
A: (Who/Whose) books are these?(Him/His) or (her/hers)?
B: I don't know. Ask them if they're (their/theirs).
Whose / His / hers
theirs
Active to Passive:
Where are they building a new stadium?
Where is a new stadium being built?
Unscramble:
to house our came he my see to mother
He came to our house to see my mother
Complete:
This pizza was ____ these taquirous. (not/nearly/delicious)
This pizza was not nearly as delicious as these taquirous.
If she ___ (know) his number, ___ she ___ (call) him?
If she knew his number, would she call him?
Possessive Adjective or Pronoun:
A: (Who/Whose) has traveled more? Your parents or (mine/my)?
B: (Your/Yours) parents, I think. (My/Mine) parents don't travel much at all.
Who / mine
Your / My