Blasting Off with Active and Passive Voice

Resource ID#: 191509 Type: Original Student Tutorial
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Subject(s): English Language Arts
Grade Level(s): 11, 12
Intended Audience: Students
Instructional Time: 1 Hour(s)
Keywords: English, Language Arts, English Language Arts, passive voice, active voice, passive, active, revising sentences, changing from passive to active, subject, complete subject, verb, verb phrase, main verb, helping verb, action verb, linking verb, participle, past participle, prepositional phrase, direct object, be verb, forms of the verb be, how to identify a subject, how to identify a verb, Space Race, Project Mercury, Project Gemini, Project Apollo, interactive, e learning, e-learning, revising writing, revise a sentence from passive to active voice, tutorials, astronauts, First Lady Astronaut Trainees, space program, NASA, verb's voice
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial

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