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Y6 Autumn Term Part 1. CW Lesson 3

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VERBS 2

Truth to Teach (Source)

Acts 17:28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’

 Review teaching on active and passive verbs.

 Active sentences state that someone (subject) is doing (verb) something
(object).

 Passive sentences state that something (object) is being done (verb) to
someone (subject).

Way to Work (Means)

1. Review the previous lesson.

2. Talk about passive sentences describing something (object) is being done
(verb) to someone (subject). Give lots of examples by drawing a box on the

board:-

Subject Verb Object

Mum cooked lunch. Mum cooked lunch
Samuel kicked the football. Samuel kicked football
Today we have art lessons. We have art lessons

3. Repeat with passive sentences.

Subject Verb Object

The whistle was blown by the referee. referee was blown whistle
A bicycle was ridden by Chris. Chris was ridden bicycle
The garden was dug by the gardener. gardener was dug garden

4. Let the children work in pairs to read the story of the paralytic who was let
down through a roof by his friends (Luke5:17-26). Let one of the children be
the paralytic and describe what was done to him (passive) whilst the other
child is one of the friends who actually performs the actions (active).

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