Reporting Passives - Grammar Question Writing
Practise reporting passives at B2 level by completing questions, writing personal answers and putting words in order. Includes a model, partner practice and a separate key with sample answers and guidance on alternatives.
What’s in the worksheet?
- Model and grammar reminder
- Question completion and personal answers
- Word-order practice
- Answer key with sample responses and teacher guidance
Report recommendations, expectations and earlier claims through passive structures.
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Page 1 of 2 · A4 printable PDF
Page 2 of 2 · Answer key · A4 printable PDF
A simple way to teach it
Before the lesson
Give learners page 1 and retain the page 2 key for checking. The personal responses are examples, not answers learners must copy.
- Identify the local guide as the source of the observatory recommendation in the example.
- Complete A's place, local change, earlier visitor and building-claim questions, distinguishing to be from to have visited.
- Reorder B's writer-owned building, expected change and old tunnel questions, then ask who reports each claim.
Support and extension
Use harmless invented claims when local history is unknown. Passive reporting does not prove a statement; name a source or explain what needs checking. The perfect infinitive places the reported event earlier.
Suggested approach. Adjust the pace and number of questions to suit your class.
