FULL NAME: __________________________________________ CODE ___________ DATE ____

WORKSHOP UNIT 3

• Passive Voice: simple tenses

• Prepositions
• Reading strategies: skimming, scanning, prediction, etc.
Word Transformation: common prefixes and suffixes / Syntax: word order.

ACTIVE VOICE AND PASSIVE VOICES

Active voices Passive voices Struture

e Paul paints a A house is painted by him. Subject + to be( am, is,

nt
house. are)+ past participle of
e
verb+ Object pronouns +
Complement
e MARVEL built These bridge was built by Subject + to be (was
these brigde in (Marvel/It) in the city last year. /were) + past participle of
e
the city last verb+ object pronouns+
year. Complement
e Juanes will The concert will be canceled by Subject + will + to be+
:
cancel the him next month in New York. past participle of verb+
concert next by +object pronouns +
month in New complement
York.
MAKE THESE SENTENCES PASSIVE MAKE THESE SENTENCES ACTIVE
e brushes his shoes before school.
……………………………………………………………………. 1.All the dishes were washed by my mother last night.
re knits nice jumpers for the kids. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………….
s tidied his room last Wednesday. 2.Nice clothes are produced in Turkey by some factories.
……………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
ry bought a new house in London.
……………………………………………………………………. 3.The suspects were seen by a group of boys near the bus
y doesn’t speak English after school. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………. 4.The house is cleaned by the maid every Saturday.
g drives her car slowly and carefully. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………. 5.The house was demolished by the hurricane last night.
read an adventure book last week. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………. 6. History books are read by the students in this class.
eph answered the question correctly. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………. 7.A nice dinner was prepared by the cook yesterday.
id doesn’t know the way to harbour

ACTIVE PASSIVE

. Listening Change passive to active voice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcrbM1l_BoI 1.Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
Complete the song: Wake Me Up, Avicii :
wake me - pass me -me- my - myself 1_____________________________________________
Feeling 1. _____way through the darkness 2. Steven Spielberg was directed the film Schindler's List.
Guided by a beating heart
I can't tell where the journey will end
But I know where to start _______________________________________________
They tell 2. ___ I'm too young to understand
They say I'm caught up in a dream 3 Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare.
Well life will 3. _____ by if I don't open up my eyes
Well that's fine by me
So wake me up when it's all over ________________________________________________
When I'm wiser and I'm older 4Unfortunately, our dog killed in a road accident.
All this time I was finding myself
And I didn't know I was lost
So up when it's all over ________________________________________________
When I'm wiser and I'm older 5. All her clothes are made by Gianni Versace in Italy
All this time I was finding 4_______
And I didn't know I was lost…….
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EXERCISES:

1. Most people don’t use this bridge very often.

This bridge __________________________________________________________

2. People speak French and English in Montreal.

French and English___________________________________________

3. The airline cancels flights every weekend.

Flights _________________________________________________________

4. They buy new computers every two years.

New computers________________________________________

5. They’re buying new expensive cars for the senators.

New expensive cars _____________________________________

6. Millions of people are watching that silly reality show every Saturday night.

That silly reality show ___________________________________

7. She’s baking an apple pie for us.

An apple pie ___________________________________________

8. My friends organised a surprise party for my birthday.

A surprise party _____________________________________

9. The manager has showed us the new machine in the factory.

We ____________________________________________________

10. Nobody told me that George had married an Italian girl.

____________________________________________________

LISTENING:
Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2_HDl4cx-w

ACTIVE PASSIVE VOICE

PREPOSITION

EXERCISES preposition
Describe your location in sentences using the different prepositions
of place.
 TASK 1
Write 10 sentences into passive voices about the
different material.
Example:
1 This hat is produced in Córdoba and Sucre.
2. The bowls are sold in markets.
3. The bags are manufactured in Sierra Nevada de
Santa Marta by the Arhuacos people.
PREFIXES
responsible connected necessary integrated
happy
legal agreeable literate
possible
practical legible advantageous
logical
mature active regular reparable
respectful relevant perfect correct
reasonable efficient usable probable
educated capable complete
Look at the adjectives below and write them in the correct prefix column
il un dis ir im in