3M week 6 les 1

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3M week 6 les 1

Please sit down, put your books on the table. Start reading in your reading books till everyone is logged in.

(homework for next lesson: Finish 4,1)

Unit 4

You are going to start lesson 4.1.  We will do exc.1 together then you will do exc, 2,3,4,5, You get 15 minutes to finish.

Unit 4 exc: 1-5

Passive or Active?

What does "passive" mean?

The cat bites the man.

The man is bitten (by the cat)

What is the subject in this sentence?

The lion bit the man.

(Onderwerp)

The lion bit the man.

What is the object in this sentence?

The lion bit the man.

am/ is/ are + past participle

Active

Someone cleans the office everyday 

My boss doesn't ask me to work late.

Passive

The office is cleaned every day. 

I am not asked by my boss to work late.

Passive exercises

Decide whether the sentence is active or passive.

They often listen to music

1. passive
2. active

The Government is planning a new road near my house.

1. passive
2. active

'Boys like to play soccer.'

1. Passive
2. Active

'This room has been painted blue.'

1. Passive
2. Active

'The friends have been looking forward to meeting her.'

1. Passive
2. Active

She is reading the newspaper now.

1. passive
2. active

These cars are produced in Japan.

1. passive
2. active

'The search will be stopped because of the storm.'

1. Passive
2. Active

'Cricket is played in Australia.'

1. Passive
2. Active

What makes a sentence passive?

Passive exercises

Fill in the correct form of the verb.

Mr Alan ________ Geography at school.

1. teaches
2. teacher
3. were taught
4. was teached

German __________ in Austria.

1. speaks
2. is spoken
3. is speaked
4. speaketh

A lot of houses ___________ by the earthquake in 1906.

1. were destroying
2. destroy
3. have destroyed
4. were destroyed

Henry Ford ________ the assembly line.

1. invented
2. was invented
3. is invented
4. were invented

The bus driver ________ yesterday.

1. hurts
2. were hurt
3. was hurt
4. is hurting

You should ________ your workbooks to study more.

1. is open
2. was open
3. open
4. opened

Houses ________________ .

1. have being built
2. have been built
3. have being build
4. have been build

Passive exercises

Make you own passive sentence.

Make a passive.
Start with 'the girl...'

Make a passive. Start with 'a goal'...

Make a passive. Start with 'the oranges'...

lesson 4.1

You are going to do exc 8 and 9. Homework for next lesson is practise more!

More exercises

If you feel that you still need to practice more, go and do the online exercises after this slide.

www.englisch-hilfen.de

www.englisch-hilfen.de

learnenglish.britishcouncil.org

a4esl.org

Practice 

Easy

https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/passive3.htm

intermediate

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-5.html

Advanced

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/passive_quiz.htm