Friday 24th April

PASSIVE VOICE
1. CHANGE INTO PASSIVE

1. The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine.
2. A thief stole my dog and brought him back only when I offered £20 pounds reward for him.
3. They showed her the easiest way to do it.
4. Somebody must finish the work.
5. Nobody can repair this broken vase.
6. People play football all over the world.
7. Somebody has left the door open, and so the horses have run away.
8. A guide pointed out the Pyramids to me.
9. She fell into the water because somebody pushed her.
10. Somebody has found the boy the people wanted.
11. A friend lent me his book.
12. No one can answer your question.

2.CHANGE INTO ACTIVE

1. The little dog would have been found by those little children.
2. Your new armchair was broken yesterday.
3. The birthday cake is being made by her mother.
4. You had been sent the photographs.
5. The old newspaper would be brought.
6. He was invited to a party in Candem Town by some friends.
7. Mary will get her big lorry repaired by Edward.
8. An article about the new building has been written.
9. You were ordered to sing the new song.

3. CAUSATIVE: REWRITE USING PASSIVE WITH GET OR HAVE (SOMEYHING DONE)

1. Someone washed my car for me yesterday.

2. Someone doesn't clean our room for us every day.
3. Somebody will have to cook it for you.
4. Tell someone to bring it to you on a tray.
5. We must find someone to chop all this wood up.
6. I'll ask someone to make a new dress for her.
LISTENING: The Cure For Boredom

LINK: https://youtu.be/F-175C95uGE?list=RDCMUCKi1CRseFPP1-pfjpkCZSmw

1. Preparation task Match the definitions (a–j) with the vocabulary (1–10).

1. …… a gadget a.feeling unhappy because something is uninteresting

or because you have nothing to do
2. …… boredom b. to experience something, especially something bad
3. …… a capacity c. a device or machine, for example a phone or tablet
4. …… to encounter d. to stop thinking about a problem by keeping busy
5. …… to meditate e. someone’s ability to do a particular thing
6. …… to distract yourself f. to become calm and relaxed by thinking about one thing
7. …… to pay attention g. to watch, listen to or think about something carefully or
with interest
8. …… contemplation h. extremely or completely happy
9. …… an inoculation i. serious and quiet thought for a period of time
10. …… blissful j. an injection that protects someone from a disease

2. Write a number (1–6) to put the ideas in the order they are mentioned.
___________ Once you know how to meditate, you might still find that some activities are a
waste of time.
___________ People avoid boredom by watching things, reading and communicating on their
devices.
___________ But if you always distract yourself, you will never learn how to do nothing.
___________ People experience boredom less nowadays than they did in the past.
___________ When you meditate, you pay attention to your breathing and feelings.
___________ Learning to meditate will cure you of boredom – you will never be bored again.

3. Write the activities in the correct group.

listening to a song / watching a film/ paying attention to breathing/ being interested

in the feeling of boredom/ paying attention to your experience/ reading a book
/finding a deep feeling of well being/ texting a friend

Distracting yourself from boredom Meditation