SEMANA 3: PAST PASSIVE / PAST CONTINUOS

Mag. Magali G. Prado Coronado

 ORIENTACIONES

• Estimados alumnos, esta semana nos toca ver todo

lo referente a países y nacionalidades, y conocerá
vocabulario nuevo respecto al tema de la semana.
 CONTENIDOS TEMÁTICOS

• PASSIVE VOICE IN PAST

• PAST CONTINUOS
Henry Ford i n v e n t e d the Model T car.

Model T car w a s i n v e n t e d by Henry Ford.

 What is the rule?

Active Passive

• Someone does something. • Something is done by

someone.
• Henry Ford built the car.
The car was built by Ford.
Be
 Alfred Nobel
dynamite

Dynamite w a s d i s c o v e r e d by Alfred Nobel.

 The light bulb Thomas Edison

The light bulb w a s i n v e n t e d by Thomas Edison.

The telephone w a s i n v e n t e d by Graham Bell.
 Alan Turing

The computer w a s i n v e n t e d by Alan Turing.

America w a s d i s c o v e r e d by Christopher
Colombus.
Radioactivity w a s d i s c o v e r e d by Marie Curie.
The bicycle w a s f i r s t d e s i g n e d by John Kempt
Starley from England.
The Sewing machine w a s i n v e n t e d by Elias Hower
Jr.
The Ferrari 250 GTO is often considered to be one of the top sports cars of
all time. It was built for racing in the early 1960s and at that time, would
have cost $18,000 – well over $100,000 by today’s standards if inflation is
taken into account. Potential buyers had to be personally approved by
Enzo Ferrari himself. Only 39 models were made.
ACTIVE/PASSIVE VOICE
You are going to read some facts about Cáceres,
my hometown.
Transform the sentences in orange into the passive voice.
Check by clicking on the slides.

This is the main entrance to the old town.

CÁCERES is in
Extremadura, a region in the
west of Spain. UNESCO
declared the old town World
Heritage Site in 1986.

The old town was declared World Heritage Site by

UNESCO in 1986.
 The first neighbours in my hometown lived here
20.000 years ago.
They painted the hand in the picture.

The hand in the picture was painted by them.

 The Romans founded the city
more than 2.000 years ago.
They built a wall around the
city. This is the only
preserved gate.

The city was founded by the Romans.

The Arabs conquered the city in
the 12th century. They built a new
wall to defend the city against the
Christian troops attacks. This is
the well preserved Arab cistern.

The city was conquered by the Arabs in the 12th century.

An edict of the Christian king expelled the Jews from this
neighbourhood in 1492.

The Jews were expelled from this neighbourhood

by an edict of the Christian king.
After the discovery of America, some members of the noble families
went to there. They became rich and they built mansions, palaces and
churches in the city during the renaissance period.

Mansions, palaces and churches were built by them.

 Noble families put their coats of arms on the facades
of their palaces.

The coats of arms were put on the facades by the noble families.
Many mansions have high towers. The owners of the mansions built these
towers to defend against enemies.

These towers were built by the owners of the mansions.

I have walked these streets a lot of times. It’s really relaxing to
hear just the birdsong and your own steps on the old stones.

These streets have been walked by me a lot of times.

The Jesuits built this church in the 18th century.

This church was built by the Jesuits.

Many tourists visit the Co-Cathedral.

The Co-Cathedral is visited by many tourists.

The storks make their nests on the top of this convent.

The nests were made by the storks.

The provincial government organizes conferences and
concerts in this auditorium.

Conferences and concerts were organized

by the provincial government.
Famous moviemakers filmed historical movies in the old town.

Historical movies were filmed by famous moviemakers.

 The city hosts a medieval market in autumn.

A medieval market was hosted by the city in autumn.

 The nuns in this convent make delicious cakes.

Delicious cakes are made by the nuns in this convent.

This procession goes around the old town at Easter.
The penitents carry this old sculpture of Christ.

The sculpture was carried by the penitents.

On the eve of April 23rd, Saint George, the Saint Patron
of the city, burns a dragon at the Main Square.

A dragon was burnt by Saint George.

Many spotlights illuminate the old city in the evening.

The old city was illuminated by many spotlights.

 Musicians from around the world play music
at the WOMAD festival in May.

Music was played by musicians from around the world.

 The local authorities inaugurated the city hall in the
19th century.

The city hall was inaugurated by the local authorities.

Snow covers the city in some winters.

The city was covered by snow.

 People enjoy the parks of the city

The parks were enjoyed by the people.

 I love walking in this park.
Several artists made
these beautiful sculptures.

These beautiful sculptures were made by several artists.

Old town

There are many more things to see.

Come and discover them!
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