Grade 10 ESL Lesson Plan: The Passive Voice

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A 4-page, minute-by-minute plan for 4 lessons (4 lessons × 50 minutes) on passive voice: objectives, vocabulary, differentiation, misconceptions and teacher tips.

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Subject: ESL
Topic: The Passive Voice
Category: Grammar
File Type: PDF
File Size: 286.7 KB
Published: 16 Oct 2026
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Grade 10 45-50 Minutes Grammar The Passive Voice Lesson Plan

Learning Objectives

Explain when and why we use the passive voice.
Form the passive with be + past participle in the present simple, past simple, present perfect and future, and with modal verbs.
Use the past participles of common regular and irregular verbs correctly.
Change active sentences into the passive and decide when to include "by + agent".
Use the passive to describe a process and to write a short news report.

Lesson Procedure

Lesson 1 — What is the passive? (50 min): follow the stage table (warm-up, teach, practice, exit ticket).
Lesson 2 — Past and present perfect passive (50 min): follow the stage table (warm-up, teach, practice, exit ticket).
Lesson 3 — Future and modal passives (50 min): follow the stage table (warm-up, teach, practice, exit ticket).
Lesson 4 — Passive in writing (50 min): follow the stage table (warm-up, teach, practice, exit ticket).
Use the matching PowerPoint, worksheet and assessment from this pack — the plan refers to their slide and part numbers.

Differentiation

Support: Give a list of past participles on the desk. Challenge: Passive with continuous tenses: "The road is being repaired." English language learners: Color-code: be (blue) + past participle (orange).

Classroom Activity Ideas

Support: Give a list of past participles on the desk. Challenge: Passive with continuous tenses: "The road is being repaired." English language learners: Color-code: be (blue) + past participle (orange).

Teacher Tips

Real labels ("Made in Vietnam") are a great hook for the present simple passive. News headlines are full of passives — use the day's news in lesson 4.