Worksheet
Curated OER

Complete Sentences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this subject and predicate worksheet, students underline the predicate in 5 sentences, the subject and draw a box around the predicate and writes three complete sentences of their own underlining the subject and circling the predicate.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Active/passive Voice: More Complex Tenses (English Ii Writing)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students will expand their range of editing skills and improve your writing by replacing passive verbs with active verbs and learning to use verb tense consistently. It will improve their voice, tenses, and mood.
Activity
Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Writing Concise Sentences

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Why write five paragraphs when you can say what you want to say in two? Learn how to make the most of your words and sentences to get your point across without being too wordy.
Activity
Scholastic

Scholastic: Write It: Activate Your Verbs [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Three page, PDF format handout that explains passive verbs, and when and how to avoid them. The third page contains some practice exercises. Colorful page with a good amount of information packed in to a fairly small space.
Handout
The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
Handout
Other

Sharpening Your Writing Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This handbook provides step-by-step modules to help you develop an appropriate business writing style. It also gives you rules for punctuation and "plain English." Answers are provided for exercises. PDF document.
Activity
Towson University

Towson University: Active Passive Voice Exercise 1

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learn more about active and passive voice by identifying the doer subject and the action verb of these ten sentences.