Grammar Exercise 9 is a review of passive verb forms:

You should write some sentences in your IELTS writing test in the simple past active form and other sentences in the simple past passive form. This will create a good variety of sentence structures in your IELTS essay.

Examples:

Active: First, the teacher gave the students a card showing a role-play scenario.

Passive: First, the students were given a card showing a role-play scenario by the teacher.

Look at the grammar examples above. Then complete the passive sentences in the grammar exercises below.

1 (Active): Then the teacher explained the cultural problems related to this scenario.

1 (Passive): Then the cultural problems related to this scenario . . .

2 (Active): During the question and answer session, the teacher allowed the students to take notes.

2 (Passive): During the question and answer session, students . . .

3 (Active): When the students had finished reviewing their notes, the teacher placed them in pairs to perform the role-play.

3 (Passive): When the students had finished reviewing their notes, they . . .

4 (Active): At this time, the teacher observed their interactions.

4 (Passive): At this time, their interactions . . .

5 (Active): Finally, the teacher indirectly corrected the student's errors.

5 (Passive): Finally, the student's errors . . .

Grammar Exercise 9

ANSWERS:

1 (Passive): Then the cultural problems related to this scenario were explained by the teacher.

2 (Passive): During the question and answer session, students were allowed to take notes by the teacher.

3 (Passive): When the students had finished reviewing their notes, they were placed in pairs by the teacher to perform the role-play.

4 (Passive): At this time, their interactions were observed by the teacher.

5 (Passive): Finally, the student's errors were indirectly corrected by the teacher.

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