Passive — all tenses + get — Five Headlines from 2075
Grammar: Passive Voice
Free ESL grammar exercise on passive — all tenses + get themed around five headlines from 2075. Printable worksheet from EnglishPlans.com.
What's on this worksheet
A Level 4 (upper intermediate) ESL grammar exercise on environment, practising passive voice. The worksheet has a short reading excerpt, a grammar reference and graded practice items.
From the reading
The ecosystem, which had been devastated by a century of trawling, was protected under the Global Ocean Accord of 2038. Carbon sequestration targets will have been exceeded by member states for the third consecutive decade.
Grammar: Passive Voice
- be passive — all
- The targets have been exceeded for three decades. — choose tense to match the time frame
- get passive — informal
- The satellite system got introduced in the 2040s. — process, accident, or sudden change
Sample items
- The wetlands ______ (protect) by international law since the 2038 Accord was signed.
- Hundreds of new wind farms ______ currently... (construct) along the northern coastline.
- The final coal plant ______ (close) last year after decades of campaigning.
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