Present & Past Simple Passive — A Planet Reshaped
Grammar: Passive Voice
Free ESL grammar exercise on present & past simple passive themed around a planet reshaped. 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
Since 1800, more than half of the world's original forests have been cleared. Roughly 40 percent of the Earth's ice-free surface is now used for agriculture. The flow of more than half the world's major rivers has been altered by dams and industrial runoff.
Grammar: Passive Voice
- Present simple passive
- The river is used for irrigation. — subject receives the action now
- Past simple passive
- The dam was built in 1960. — subject received the action in the past
Sample items
- The Amazon rainforest ______ at an alarming rate throughout the twentieth century.
- Today, almost a third of all global fish stocks ______ as overexploited.
- The Clean Air Act ______ in the United States in 1963 to reduce industrial pollution.
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