Grade 10 ESL Unit Assessment: The Passive Voice (21 Marks)

Skills Assessed

• 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.

How to Administer

• Give at the end of the unit (or as a pre-test before teaching).
• Allow about 40 minutes. Students work alone.
• Mark with the answer key; use the score guide to decide who needs re-teaching or a challenge.

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).

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.

What's Included

• 21-mark unit assessment (PDF + editable DOCX)
• Part A: Past Participles (6 marks)
• Part B: Complete the Passive (5 marks)
• Part C: Active to Passive (6 marks)
• Part D: Explain (4 marks)
• Answer key with marking notes and a score guide (PDF)

Additional Files

• Grade 10 ESL Unit Assessment: The Passive Voice (21 Marks) (DOCX)
• Answer Key (PDF)

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