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UNIVERSITY OF TARTU
Institute of Education

Passive voice
Integrated skills project

Annagreta Raudseping

TARTU
2019
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INTRODUCTION
The lesson is planned for the 7th grade. As classes are usually divided into two groups, this
lesson is meant to teach students that need extra help in English. There are 11 students in the
classroom, which is arranged in a „horseshoe“ layout to have an access to every student and
allow one on one help. There is also an irregular verbs table on the wall. Depending on the
day, there may be some discipline problems. I Love English 5 workbook is used in this
lesson. The lesson will be a introduction to passive voice.

OUTCOMES OF THE LESSON

- Students will be able to make differences between active and passive voice
- Students will know the rules of present and past passive
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Resources:
- Student’s book (I Love English, 5)
- Handouts (Song lyrics)
- ClassroomScreen
- Computer with Internet connection and headspeakers
- Interactive whiteboard

Time Teacher activity Student Activity Resource

2 min Introduction
Greet the students
Introduce the plan of the lesson
7 min Listening. Listening to the song Song: Adele –
Listen to the song by Adele. and filling in the Someone Like You
Mention that it’s acceptable to sing caps (Appendice 1) (available on
along if they’d like to. After Youtube and
listening check the lyrics and gap- Spotify)
filling exercise. (Appendice 1)
10 Presenting the rules of present and Open the exercise Appendice 2
min past passive voice. Show the book and make
examples of forming the sentences notes.
in passive (Appendice 2). Read and
translate the sentences together.
Write down the rules of present and
past passive voice:
1. Present passive voice:
am/is/are + V3
2. Past passive voice:
Was/were + V3

Ask what kind of questions do they Ask questions

have related to passive
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10-12 Practice. Do the exercise. I Love English 5

min Let them do exercises in their Check the irregular Workbook Kommenteerinud [AR1]: Exercises will be added in the
final project.
workbooks. Walk around the class verb tenses if needed
and help if needed. and use the rules of
present and past
passive.
10 Check the exercise. Read and translate I Love English 5
min Read the sentences together. Try the sentences. Workbook
not to fix the mistakes yourself, but
ask other students to do that. If the
sentence is difficult, try to connect
the meaning and grammar to
Estonian language.
Point out the errors and fix them!
3 min Conclusion. Revise the rules of
Ask students to close their passive voice.
materials. Discuss the rules of
present and past passive.
1 min Feedback (Can be used with Students press the ClassroomScreen
interactive whiteboard) button before Exit Poll
Ask students to give feedback to leaving the class.
the lesson. The focus is on
understanding the rules, so ask
them to present their feelings
towards passive voice – for
example: red emoij: I need more
time to study this, yellow emoij: I
think I get it, but I still need to
revise, green emoij: This topic is
easy for me.
Of course you can change the
sentences, add emoijs, etc., but this
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way you can see how much you

need to revise the topic.

Plans for the next lesson:

Usually the topic is difficult for the students. In that case, it would be the best to revise the
topic once more – for example by playing the games.
If the topic seems easy for the students, you can move on to the questions in passive.
It would be great to plan more interesting activities to the next lesson as this one is kind of
grammar-based and (for some students) difficult and/or boring.

CONCLUSION
The topic was chosen by the accuracy of that in my everyday work. When I took this topic
with my students, I started with rules. I feel like there should have been something they can
connect with. There isn’t a listening task related to passive voice in the student’s books and
even if there were, it would be boring for the students. That’s why I chose the (popular) song
to present the passive voice. My students have said that it’s convenient and easy to write
down the rules of grammar (in this case am/is/are + V3 & was/were + V3). In that way, it’s
easier to do the exercises when the topic seems difficult or doesn’t make sense yet. Writing
down the rules is followed by the practice which in my opinion is very important to go over
the topic and use the rule in a practical way. The teacher should point out the errors and fix
them (including pronunciation errors). The conclusion is important to close the topic, and
mentally and physically end the lesson. I also added the feedback activity, which gives the
teacher the information, where students are with their progress. It’s also useful information
when it comes to planning the next lesson.

LIST OF REFERENCES
Soolesepp, E. & Kurm, Ü. (2016). I Love English 5. Student’s book
ExitPoll by ClassroomScreen. Available at https://www.classroomscreen.com/exitpoll.html
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APPENDICE 1
Adele – Someone Like You
I heard that you're (1)________ down
That you found a girl and you're (2)_________ now
I heard that your dreams came true
Guess she gave you things, I didn't give to you
Old friend, why are you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
"Don't forget me, " I beg
"I'll remember, " you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
You know how the time flies
Only yesterday was the time of our lives
We (3) ________ and (4)_________ in a summer haze
Bound by the surprise of our glory days
I hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it
I had hoped you'd see my face
And that you'd be reminded that for me, it isn't over
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
"Don't forget me, " I begged
"I'll remember, " you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Nothing compares, no worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes, they (5)______ memories (6)_______
Who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?
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Never mind, I'll find someone like you

I wish nothing but the best for you
"Don't forget me, " I beg
"I'll remember, " you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Never mind, I'll find someone like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
"Don't forget me, " I begged
"I'll remember, " you said
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
Sometimes it lasts in love, but sometimes it hurts instead
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APPENDICE 2
Tense Active Passive
Present Simple I do my homework. My homework is done.
Past Simple I did my homework. My homework was
done.