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Self-study Worksheet U5LA Name: Date: At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: + talk about the legal age for activities using the passive of modal verbs Before you watch A. Do you have laws about these things in your country? Yes Wo Idon'tknow 1. Do you have any laws about getting rid of trash? o oa a 2. Do you have any laws about recycling things? o oa a 3. Do you have a law about what age you can ride a motorcycle? o oa a 4s there a law about what you have to wear when youridea motorcycle? «=O a 5. Are there any laws about wearing seat belts in a car? o oo a 6.1 it illegal to use a cell phone while driving? ao oa a B. Vocabulary: Study these expressions for rules and regulations ‘age of majority / legal age — the age when you legally become an adult be banned — be said officially that something cannot be done be encouraged to = be made likely to do something be restricted =be limited be given your fr ~ be given the right to live in the way you want litter — pieces of paper and other trash that are left in public places ‘manage (your) own finances — control and organize your money passa law ~ officially approve of someone or something and make it into a law or rule quit schoo! = not finish high school traffic =the amount of cars, trucks, etc., moving along a road vote make an official choice for someone or somethingin an election or official meeting get involved in an accident ~ take part in an accident While you watch A. Figure it out: The passive of modal verbs Watch the TV interview. Complete the ideas below. Antonio: Ithink R-rated movies altogether. Simon: You — to get married until you're 21. Min Hee: | think everyone __to vote, Martin: Young people freedom at some point. Marie: The legal age for driving easily to 18 or 21. B. Grammar: The passive of modal verbs Watch the presentation on the passive of modal verbs. Choose the correct answers: They should ban R-rated movies. 1. This sentence has an active / a passive verb. 2. We know / don't know who “they” are, and “they’ are / are notimportant. They should ban R-rated movies. R-rated movies should be banned. 3. When the “doer” of an action is not important, you can use the active / passive. 4, SHOULD, MUST, HAVETO, and OUGHT TO are verbs, They can be used in passive statements to talk about things you think are necessary / possible. 5. Affirmative passive statements with modal verbs are: © Subject + +t ° (example) 6. Gircle the correct answer. Negative passive statements with modal verbs are: © Subject + not + Modal verb + be + Past Participle © Subject + Modal verb + be + not + Past Participle © Subject + Modal verb + not + be + Past Participle 7. Write two examples of negative passive statements with modal verbs. 8. You can use the modal verb COULD in passive statements to talk about things that are necessary / possible, For example: ° 9. Must means” ” in 10% of its uses. In this meaning, itis often used in expressions like I must admit and | must say. 10.90% of the uses of must are for For example’ ° After you watch ‘A. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Students should be allowed to . must be banned in our country. ‘+ Something could be done about Self-study Worksheet USLB Name:_ Date: __ At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: © Talk about crime and punishment using the get passive Before you watch ‘A. Write the words for the definitions below 1. opposite of guilty 2. place where people decide whether someone is guilty of a crime 3. place where criminals are confined to punish them for their crimes While you watch A. Watch the vocabulary preview. Complete the chart. 7 Crime Definition Person 2. shoplifting to steal things froma store shoplifter 2 to cross the street anywhere 2 to paint walls in public places 4 to break a window on a bus on purpose 5. to drive a car too fast 6. to enter a house and take valuable things . to rob a bank or someone to take someone captive Es to cause a person to die on purpose 10, to cause a person to die, maybe not on purpose B. Complete these crime and punishment expressions. convicted jail break probation armed against minor _ sentenced 1. Ifyou commit robbery, you should be sent to prison. 2. Aperson of a crime is considered a criminal. 3. Ifyou Into a home is considered burglary. 4. Burglars should just be put on — 5. Don’t you think jaywalking is 3 offense? 6. Ifacriminal is punished for a crime, that person must go to 7. Iknowit’s the law to just cross the street anywhere, 8. Some people get to only 10 or 15 years for murder. Watch the presentation on get passive vs. be passive. Complete the text. Passive = Be + but sometimes youcanuse____+ Murderers sentenced to prison, Murderers sentenced to prison. Some jaywalkers fined. (Neg.) Some jaywalkers. fined. (Neg.) D. Circle the correct words 1, After should, the be / get passive is more common. Examples: + People who speed should arrested if they cause an accident, 1, People use the get passive much more frequently in a. speaking than in writing b. writing than in speaking E. Read the examples and complete the rules while you watch the presentation. 1. The police catch a lot of people shoplifting. (active sentence) 2. Alot of people get caught shoplifting. (passive sentence) 1. Inactive sentences, the goes between catch and 2. Inpassive sentences, catch goes after___ NOTE: In passive sentences the verb catch is always in After you watch ‘A. Complete the chart. Use a dictionary if necessary. Crime Person Action arson blackmail hijack joyriding Name: Self-study Worksheet U5LC Date: At the end of this lesson, you will be able to: © Organize your views © Show someone has a valid argument Before you watch A. Where do you often see security cameras? Make a list 8. Do you think they're a deterrent? If so, what against? Or are they intrusive and an invasion of privacy? . Put a check mark (v) next to the words and expressions you understand. Find out the meaning of the new terms. Nouns Adjectives Adverbs Verbs and expressions deterrent intrusive basically admit hold someone responsible invasion of privacy responsible be in favor of Put (police) on the streets security cameras preventaccidents _raise the legal age (for) metal detector reduce crime raise the age limit to do sth. solve a crime givea false sense of skip school While you watch ‘A. Watch and Adam: Selina ‘Adam: Selina: ‘Adam: Selina ‘Adam: listen to the conversation in So, you're in favor of them? Complete the dialog. Did you hear they have cameras on all the buses now? Yeah. They should be put in all public places. So, you're in favor of them? Oh yeah, -Imean, theyre @ good deterrent people know they'l get caught if they cause trouble or whatever. And , they make sure people pay. Yeah... And is, for the drivers especially late at night. | mean, it's safer for them. Well, . But don’t you think all the cameras are a little intrusive? , it's ike an invasion of privacy someone watching you all the time. I must admit, your views or opinions in a conversation, you can use: Ordinal numbers XZ XZ = < argument — even if you don’t completely agree, you can say: After you watch A. What do you think about the topics below? lagree I disagree a. Banning cell phones in class. O b. Installing cameras in cars driven by teenagers. Paying for parking in the University campus. B. Choose one of the topics above. Organize your ideas and opinions. * I'm in favor of / against. Po)

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