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    The document describes a card game where students match active and passive sentences that have the same meaning. Pairs of students generate sentences and then groups of four play a game where they take turns reading sentences trying to find a matching one. The goal is to collect the most pairs of matching sentences.

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    Passive Snap

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    The document describes a card game where students match active and passive sentences that have the same meaning. Pairs of students generate sentences and then groups of four play a game where they take turns reading sentences trying to find a matching one. The goal is to collect the most pairs of matching sentences.

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    The document describes a card game where students match active and passive sentences that have the same meaning. Pairs of students generate sentences and then groups of four play a game where they take turns reading sentences trying to find a matching one. The goal is to collect the most pairs of matching sentences.

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    The document describes a card game where students match active and passive sentences that have the same meaning. Pairs of students generate sentences and then groups of four play a game where they take turns reading sentences trying to find a matching one. The goal is to collect the most pairs of matching sentences.

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    TEACH-THIS.

    COM
    Passive Snap
    The teacher answers the student's
    question.

    The student's question is answered


    by the teacher.

    The student answers the teacher's


    question.

    The teacher question is answered by


    the student.

    The dog chased the cat.

    The cat was chased by the dog.

    The cat chased the dog.

    The dog was chased by the cat.

    Daniel spotted the tiger.

    The tiger was spotted by Daniel.

    The tiger spotted Daniel.

    Daniel was spotted by the tiger.

    Anna called David on the phone.

    David was called by Anna on the


    phone.

    David called Anna on the phone.

    Anna was called by David on the


    phone.

    Anna loves David.

    David is loved by Anna.

    TEACH-THIS.COM
    Passive Snap

    David loves Anna.

    Anna is loved by David.

    Her mother gave it to her.

    It was given to her by her mother.

    She gave it to her mother.

    It was given to her by her daughter.

    David ate Annas last cookie.

    Annas last cookie was eaten by


    David.

    Anna ate Davids last cookie.

    Davids last cookie was eaten by


    Anna.

    The teacher watched the students


    doing the activity.

    The students doing the activity were


    watched by the teacher.

    The students doing the activity


    watched the teacher.

    The teacher was watched by the


    students doing the activity.

    The blue car passes the red car.

    The red car is passed by the blue car.

    The red car passes the blue car.

    The blue car is passed by the red car.

    TEACH-THIS.COM
    Passive Snap
    In this amusing card game, students play a game of snap by matching active and passive
    sentences which have the same meaning.
    Before class, make one copy of the cards for every group of four students.
    Procedure
    Divide the class into pairs. Tell the pairs to write down five active sentences using different
    tenses and their passive equivalents.
    When they have finished, ask each pair to join with another pair to make a group of four.
    Pairs then take it in turns to read out a sentence (active or passive) for the other pair to
    provide the active or passive equivalent.
    After they have practiced that, explain to the students that they are going to play a game of
    snap by matching active and passive sentences which have the same meaning.
    Give each group of four a jumbled set of cards and ask them to place the cards face down in
    a pile on the table. Ask them to turn over the top card and read it together.
    The students then take it in turns to pick up a card and read it out slowly and clearly to the
    group. The student reading the card is not allowed to play this round.
    The other students listen and try to find a card that has the same meaning already on the
    table.
    If there is such a card, the first person to shout Snap! and place a hand on the card wins the
    pair. If there is no match, the student places the card face up on the table.
    If a student shouts Snap! when the cards do not match, he/she must give back a pair he/she
    has already won by putting them back in the pile, and reshuffling the pile.
    Students play until there are no more cards. The student with the most pairs wins.
    As an extension, students can play a pelmanism game where the students spread the cards
    out and take turns to turn over two cards. If the cards match, the student keeps the pair. If
    not, the cards are turned over and the next student plays. The student with the most pairs
    wins.

    Written by Eva Varley for Teach-This.com 20I4

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