PASSIVE VOICE
GRAMMAR
ACTIVITIES
WRITING
READING
VERB
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MEANING
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To locate by search or effort
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turn
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To leave a place
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Look
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To view with attention or interest
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To receive or come to have possession
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check
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ask
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below
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excepting
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off
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toward
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above
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beneath
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for
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on
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under
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across
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beside(s)
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from
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onto
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underneath
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after
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between
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in
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out
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until
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against
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beyond
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in front of
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outside
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up
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along
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but
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inside
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over
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upon
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among
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by
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in spite of
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past
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up to
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around
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concerning
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instead of
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regarding
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with
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at
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despite
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into
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since
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within
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because of
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down
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like
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through
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without
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before
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during
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near
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throughout
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with regard to
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behind
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except
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of
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to
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with respect to
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ASK OUT
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Ask someone for a date
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BREAK DOWN
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Separate into parts
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CALL BACK
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Return a call
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CALL OFF
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Cancel
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CALL UP
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Call on the phone
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CHECK OUT
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Investigate; take a book out of the library
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CLEAN UP
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Clean
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DO OVER
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Repeat
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FIGURE OUT
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Solve a problem, find an answer
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FILL IN / OUT
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Complete
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FIND OUT
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Discover
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GET UP
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Make someone leave his or her bed
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GIVE BACK
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return
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HAVE ON
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Wear
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KEEP OUT (OF)
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Not allow someone to enter
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LOOK UP
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Look for information in a book
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MAKE UP
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Invent or create
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PAY BACK
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Return money
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PICK OUT
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Choose
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PICK UP
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Clean, go and get someone or something
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PUT BACK
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Return something to its place
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PUT OFF
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Postpone
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PUT ON
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Put clothes on the body
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PUT OUT
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Extinguish a fire
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TAKE DOWN
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Destroy, lower
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TAKE OUT
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Take someone on a date; remove
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THROW AWAY / OUT
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Throw into the garbage
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THROW UP
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Vomit
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TURN DOWN
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Decrease the volume
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TURN IN
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Give an assignment to a teacher, or a boss
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TURN OFF
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Stop a machine or light
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TURN ON
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Start a machine or light
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TURN UP
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Increase the volume
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WAKE UP
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Make someone stop sleeping
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BREAK DOWN
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Stop working
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BREAK UP
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To end, to separate
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CALL ON
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Visit
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CHECK IN / INTO
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Register at a hotel
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CHECK INTO
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Investigate
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CHECK OUT / OF
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Leave a hotel
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COME BACK
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Return
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GET ALONG WITH
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Have a good relationship
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GET BACK
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Return
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GET IN / INTO
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Enter a car, taxi, etc; arrive
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GET OFF
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Leave a bus, etc
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GET ON
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Enter a plane, bus, etc
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GET OUT
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Leave a place or a car
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GET OVER
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To recover from
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GIVE UP
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Stop trying
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GO BACK
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Return
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GO ON
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Progress, continue
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GO OVER
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Review
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GROW UP
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Become an adult
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KEEP ON
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Continue
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KEEP TO
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Conceal, hide
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KEEP UP
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Stay at the same position
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LOOK AFTER
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Take care of
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LOOK FOR
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Search
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LOOK INTO
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Investigate
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LOOK OUT
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Be careful
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OWN ON
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admit
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PASS AWAY
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Die
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PASS OUT
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Lose consciousness
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SIT DOWN
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Stop standing and sit
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SHOW UP
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Appear; come
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STAND UP
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Stop sitting or lying and stand
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STAY OUT
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No participate; not enter
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TAKE OFF
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Remove clothes from the body / leave
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TALK ABOUT
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Discuss
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TELL ON
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To tattle
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TURN OUT
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Come, go
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WAIT ON
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Serve
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WAKE UP
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Stop sleeping
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WARM UP
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Get ready / exercise for a short time
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WATCH OUT (FOR)
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Be careful
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