Passive voice: grey squirrel
Whiteboard Challenges
Challenge 1
Rewrite the first sentence using the passive voice so that the receiver of the action (the hazelnut) appears at the beginning of the sentence.
Challenge 2
Finish off the second sentence in the active voice, then rewrite it using the passive voice so that the receiver of the action appears at the beginning of the sentence.
Challenge 3
Using some of the words from the Word Wall, write your own scintillating sentence about the grey squirrels featured in the film clip which is in the active voice. Once you have done this, rewrite it so that it is in the passive voice.
Whiteboard Challenges
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1) The ingenious squirrel buried his hazelnut in a new location.
2) The presenter …
Word Wall
grey squirrel
trickster
thief
sleight of hand
acorn
stashed
underground larder
foolishness
deceived
squirelled away