The Passive ESL Lesson Plans
The passive, taught level by level from A1 to C1. Each plan is a complete 60-minute lesson with its own handouts and answer key.
One topic, every level
These plans take the passive from the first encounter at A1 through to C1, where the same forms are used for effect rather than for basic meaning. Each is written on the framework that suits the stage learners are at, so the method changes as the level does.
Every plan stands on its own: take the one that matches your class and teach it tomorrow. Read down the list to see how the topic develops if you teach the same learners over a year.
The Passive plans
Present Simple Passive (A1)
Grammar: Present Simple Passive (is made, are grown).
Past Simple Passive (A2)
Grammar: Past Simple Passive (was built, were invented).
Passive in Different Tenses and with Modals (B1)
Grammar: Passive in Different Tenses and with Modals.
Causative Have and Get (B2)
Grammar: Causative Have and Get (have something done) and the Get Passive.
Advanced Passive Forms in Academic Writing (C1)
Grammar: Advanced Passive Forms in Academic Writing (impersonal passives, passive infinitives and gerunds).
Passive Voice (B1)
The passive in the present and past simple: form with be + past participle, when to use it, and by + agent.
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Present Tenses lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
Past Tenses lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
Perfect Tenses lesson plans
5 plans, A1 to C1.
All ESL lesson plans
Every plan, by level.
ESL worksheets
Printable, with answer keys.