Tuesday

Active and Passive Voice 

What do you need to know?

• Active voice: The subject does the action.

  • The dog chased the ball.

• Passive voice: The subject has the action done to it.

  • The ball was chased by the dog.

In the passive voice:

• The focus is on what the action happens to

• The sentence often includes was / were / is / are

• The doer of the action may come after by or be left out

Activity 1: Spot the Voice

Read each sentence and decide whether it is active (A) or passive (P).

1. The teacher marked the books.

2. The cake was eaten before lunchtime.

3. A loud cheer was heard from the playground.

4. The goalkeeper caught the ball easily.

5. The window was broken during the storm.

Activity 2: Rewrite into the Passive Voice

Rewrite each sentence in the passive voice.

1. The chef cooked the meal.

2. The class completed the test.

3. Someone stole the bicycle.

4. The dog chased the cat.

Activity 3: Rewrite into the Active Voice

Rewrite each sentence in the active voice.

1. The treasure was buried on the island.

2. The homework was forgotten by Jake.

3. The song was sung beautifully.

4. The match was won by the home team.

13.01.26

2016 sample paper 2.pdf

 

Tuesday 13th January

LC: To note and develop ideas.

auggies first day text.pdf

 

RIC

The playground buzzed with noise as children poured out of the school doors, their laughter echoing across the tarmac. Sam walked more slowly than the others, keeping close to the brick wall that ran along the edge of the yard. His friends were already shouting his name from the football pitch, but he pretended not to hear them.

In his pocket, his fingers rubbed the edge of a folded piece of paper. He had read it three times already, yet the words still refused to settle in his mind. Sam stopped near the fence and stared at the grey clouds overhead, watching them slide across the sky like slow-moving ships. A tight knot twisted in his stomach.

The whistle blew for lunchtime, sharp and sudden. Sam flinched, then let out a long breath. He knew he couldn’t stand there forever. Squaring his shoulders, he took a step forward, wondering whether today would change everything.

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Questions

1. Retrieval
Where do Sam’s friends want him to go?

2. Inference
How can you tell that Sam is feeling worried or nervous? Use evidence from the text.

3. Author’s Choice
Why do you think the author compares the clouds to “slow-moving ships”?

 

Tuesday 13th January

Wild Ride

2016 reading booklet.pdf

Answer questions for text 2 - Wild Ride - aim for 20 minutes!

2016 reading answer booklet.pdf

13.01.26

LC: To investigate longitudinal lines and time zones

Time Zones