Why do we learn English? The Passive Voice

1.

Why do we learn English?
The Passive Voice

2.

The aims of the lesson
- practice our conversational skills;
- practice using the Passive
construction’
- revise the material we’ve learnt
lately;
- practice speaking about the necessity
of learning English;

3.

Match the words to make
official
to produce
international
modern
to exchange
a means of
mixing of
get
journalists
computing
language
communication
cultures
a good job
ideas
videos

4.

to be + Ved\V3
Present Simple Passive – am\is\are + Ved\V3
Past Simple passive – was \ were + Ved\V3
Future Simple Passive – will be + Ved\V3

5.

The most popular reasons for learning English
1. useful when you travel
2. to get a better job
3. to communicate with people from all over the world
4. to understand films and songs in English
5. to study it at the university
6. to study abroad
7. to do business
8. to live in an English-speaking country
9. to like the language
10. to enjoy watching films

6.

A model graph
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Pupils
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7.

Put the verb in brackets in the correct form of the verb
1. The letter ……………. yesterday. (to receive)
2. Nick ………….. to Moscow next week. (to send)
3. Mushrooms …………... in autumn. (to gather)
4. I …………asked at the lesson yesterday. (to ask)
5. These trees ……………….last autumn. (to plant)
6. This work …………….tomorrow. (to do)
7. This text ………….........at the last lesson. (to translate)
8. The shop …………..at 7 p.m. (to close)
9. Many houses …….…… during the Great Fire of London. (to
burn)
10. We ………………. to a concert next Saturday. (to invite)
was received are gathered were planted was translated were burn
will be invited
will be sent was asked
will be done is closed

8.

Choose the correct form of the verb
1. The porter will (bring, be brought) your luggage to your room.
2. Your luggage will (bring, be brought) up in the lift.
3. You may (leave, be left) your hat and coat in the cloakroom
downstairs.
4. They can (leave, be left) the key with the clerk downstairs.
5. From the station they will (take, be taken) straight to the hotel.
6. Tomorrow he will (take, be taken) them to the Russian
Museum.
7. At the station they will (meet, be met) by a man from the
travel bureau.
8. She will (meet, be met) them in the hall upstairs.