Mastering Past Participle Forms: Academic Process writing Exercise 3

Mastering Past Participle Forms: Academic Process writing Exercise 3

Process Writing: Tea Production

Exercise 3: Mastering Past Participles & Voice

Instructions:

Complete the text using the correct form of the words below.
(Hint: Pay attention! Some verbs are Passive, but natural processes are Active.)

deliver grow load pack pick put (x2) shine sow grow

Tea is (1) in India and China. In the first stage, the tea seeds (2) by the farmer, and then the sun (3) , and the seeds (4) into large tea plants.

At this point, the tea leaves (5) and (6) in a basket, and then they (7) on a tray in the sun to dry.

The next step is that the dried tea leaves (8) into boxes and then the boxes (9) onto a lorry, and then (10) to supermarkets, where customers buy them.

👁️ Check Your Answers
  • 1. grown
    (Passive: is + V3)
  • 2. are sown
    (Passive: done by farmer)
  • 3. shines
    (⚠️ Active: The sun does this naturally)
  • 4. grow
    (⚠️ Active: The plants do this naturally)
  • 5. are picked
    (Passive)
  • 6. (are) put
    (Passive: Irregular verb Put-Put-Put)
  • 7. are put
    (Passive)
  • 8. are packed
    (Passive)
  • 9. are loaded
    (Passive)
  • 10. (are) delivered
    (Passive)

IELTS Academic Writing Task 1 Practice