Passive Voice With Two Objects Worksheet PowerPoint – Passive Voice

Study!
A. Look at the example and try to explain why this passive voice construction is different from the one you
have already learnt.

School has given us useful skills.

Indirect Direct
Subject

We have been given

Object

useful skills
Object

by school
FPO
Subject Agent

B. Now complete the rules with words from the box on the right.
When an active sentence contains a direct object and an indirect subject
object, we should change the indirect object into the subject of the direct
passive sentence. indirect (x2)

Practise!
C. Rewrite these sentences into the passive voice. Start with the indirect object!
1. Investors should grant teen entrepreneurs the benefit of the doubt.
Teen entrpreneurs

2. The school has given us the support we needed.

We

3. We will give him a project on entrepreneurship.

He

4. Some companies are offering students an internship during summer holidays.

Students

5. A school counsellor taught me a lot about future careers.

I

6. A job centre can recommend you several work opportunities.

You

7. The bank manager has warned John about the financial risks of his business plan.
John

8. He might give you the opportunity to work on extraordinary projects.

You

9. The investor presented them with an interesting business proposal.

They

Go online and practise the passive voice @ http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive and http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.

org/en/english-grammar/verbs/active-and-passive-voice