THE PASSIVE

Passive voice is formed by…

Subject + finite form of to be + Past Participle

When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note the following:

Peter builds a house (active)

A house is built by Peter (passive)

Remember passive voice is used when the focus is on the action. Who or what is performing the action is not important ot not known. In the example My bike was stolen, the focus is on the fact that my bike was stolen. I do not know who did it.

Sometimes a statement in passive is more polite than active voice, as the following example shows, A mistake was made. In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but I do not blame anyone (e.g. You made a mistake.).

As always, you can go to 'Grammar' to see, download and/or print a document on the passive voice plus an overview on the active/passive 

And now, time to practise!!!!

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4(A page with lots of practice!!!)

Exercise 5

Exercise 6(A game)

THE PASSIVE

A BIT OF HUMOUR!

I just thought a bit of humour at the situation we are living these days would be a bit healing. I hope you have fun with this song. Let's start the week with a smile. Let's not lose our sense of humour!

DESCRIBING PEOPLE

Watch these two videos to learn how to describe people. Not only you'll practise listening and grammar but also you'll learn vocabulary.

Video 1



Video 2

HOW TO FORM VERB TENSES

During our last online session you said you have problems when you have to form the different verb tenses, you said you find it confusing. OK, let's see if this presentation helps! It's interactive, so click on +info to get a more detailed explanation. You can also go through the presentation from the index menu.

HABITS

This is the infographics we will use to learn about how to express habits in English.Have a look at it before our lesson, this way maybe you find it easier when the time comes, It's interactive, if you click on the icons a pop-up window will show up.

SPEAKING AND ORAL MEDIATION

Don't forget you have speaking for homework! Since we can't practice speaking as we usually do in class, it's very important you do the exercises for general speaking and oral mediation you can find in our online lesson planning.

Come on! Don't be shy! I know it can be a bit weird at first but you know you can record yourself as many times as you consider till you are satisfied with the result. Then, send the final file to your teacher.

Remember, the more you try, the more you will learn! 

We can do it, let's go for it!