Class 28/11

★ About:​ ​Class 5/12:​ We’ll start the class as usual and half an hour before it ends, I’ll 
show you the exam and leave you to it. ​You’ll have to upload it before the day ends  
--Test (reading, writing and grammar) 
 
1. Narrative tenses: T
​ hink of a sequence of events for the comic strip 
pasted below.  
● If you were this woman, how would you retell the events? 
● What should the woman have done? (​you don’t need to write this down​
) 
 
ROB ​ ​ S
​ TEAL​(objects) POINT AT​ ​ GUN​ ​ S ​ NATCH AWAY 
KNOW EACH OTHER​​​ ​police station​ ​ P
​ OLICE OFFICER​ ​COURTROOM  judge 

 
 
--Am I saying the same? 
--Which one sounds better?  
 
★ Since ​Facebook ​was launched​ in 2004, a lot of research h ​ as been done ​to 
find out who uses it. passive 
★ Since t​hey​ launched ​Facebook i​ n 2004, t​hey​ ​have done ​a lot of research​ to 
find out who uses it. active  
 
1. To use Passive Voice the verb has to have an object (transitive verb [t]) 
2. You need to spot the tense of the sentence because the verb ‘to be’ will have 
to be in the same tense 
3. We can eliminate the original subject if it’s obvious or we don’t need it, or we 
don’t know it.  
 
STRUCTURE  
 
Active:​ ​subject​ + ​verb​ + ​object +​ rest of the sentence  
 
Passive voice:​ o ​ bject (new subject)​ + ​verb ‘to be’​ (in the same tense as the main 
verb) + v
​ erb in the participle​ + ​by the original subject  
 
--transitive ​(t​ ​
) an object is needed to complete the meaning: I r​ un​ ​a new business 
(What do you run?) 
--intransitive​ (​int​) no object needed: I r​ un i​ n the park  
 
Forms of the verb ‘to be’: 
 
★ Present Simple: is/am/are 
★ Present Continuous: is being/ am being/ are being 
★ Past Simple: was/were 
★ Past Continuous; was being/ were being 
★ Past Perfect: had been 
★ Present Perfect Simple: has been/ have been 
 
 
★ The other day,​ a thief r​ o ​ bbed​ Pepita 
★ The other day, Pepita was robbed (by a thief) 
 
 
 
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--​A creepy vibe​ ​was ​invading​ ​the festive weather​ (active)  
 
-- The festive weather ​was being​ ​invaded b ​ y a creepy vibe  
 
-​-T
​ he living dead​ had taken over​ t​ he streets​ ​when Michael and Janet w ​ ere surrounded​ by a 
group of them 
 
--​The streets​ ​had been​ t​ aken over​ ​by the living dead 
 
--Her efforts were not enough: ​the house was invaded by​ these putrid beings who were trying to 
get her.  
 
--Then Michael Jackson and his girlfriend w ​ ere surrounded by​ the zombies  
 
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2. Student’s books​ ​pages 54 and 55 
 
--Reading:​ ​You’re standing in the place where…. 
 
 
3. Grammar Bank p
​ age 142 

Fede-Pedro-Ale:
1. ...are subtitled ? 
2. ... was written by García Márquez 
3. ... is being repaired. 
4. ... hasn't been released yet. 
5. ... ​wouldn't be finished until the spring.​// will not be finished until the spring 
6. ... ​should be collected from the box office.​// have to be collected¿? 
7. ... hadn't been told about the changes in the script 
8. ... was directed by James Cameron 
9. ... has been recorded 
10. .. was being interviewed about the film 
Class 5/12 
 
1. Let’s check: 
 
➤PASSIVE VOICE EXTRA PRACTICE
HOMEWORK
 2. The art gallery​ 🎨 
1. Who painted The Mona Lisa in the 16th century? (Da Vinci) 
2. When did the famous Spanish painter Joan Miró paint this painting?​ ​(in 1978) 

3. ​Where did Argentine artist Marta Minujín present her latest sculpture? (​ at the 
Lollapalooza festival). 

4. What do people know the famous French artist Louise Bourgeois for? (for her 
sculptures of spiders) 
 
 
5. What did she use to make this sculpture? 
(bronze) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Who created Christ St. John of The Cross? ​ (​
Salvador 
Dalí) 
 
 
7. When did he make it? (in 1951) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Who designed Argentina 's National 
Library? (Clorindo Testa) 
 
9. Where did they built it? (in Recoleta)  
 
10. What can you find in the library? ( manuscripts, books, documents, maps and 
pictures) 
 
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3. MODALS: 
 
➤Student’s ​page 60 
 
★ To express prohibition: 
★ To express obligation: 
★ To express need: 
★ To express lack of need: 
★ To give advice: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
➤If I were you, I wouldn’t get near that woman. She is a murderer  
➤What would you do if you were the woman in the comic strip? 
 
 
4. What if... 
 
In which of the following am I likely to see you? 
 
➤If I see you this afternoon, I’ll give you the book 
 
➤If I saw you this afternoon, I’d give you the book 
 
 
From the homework​: If you take a credit card with you on holiday, I’m sure it will be 
accepted 
 
 
 
 
--​Power Point 
 
--​Grammar Bank​ pages 144 and 145 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Rewriting​: 
 
Based on Reading II​ T
​ he World of Extras 
 
a. It will be necessary for us to find something to do as we wait on the set. (have) 
b. I’m sure that being an extra is not fun. (be) 
c. No one has employed the woman who took the picture on the set as an extra again. 
(have) 
d. Extras are very expensive and we won’t hire them for this movie. (won’t) 
e. In the past, film makers usually hired actors to create crowds. (used) 
 
 
6. ​Use the right tense.​ Focus on passive voice.  

Hi Angela, 

How are you? It 1​ .​………………..​(be)​ such a long time since we last 2

​ ​………….​(meet) ​in New York. I’m now 

back in London.  

Yesterday I 3
​ ​……... (​ look) a
​ t some pictures on my phone when I ​4​…………​(come across​) one with you in 

it. So I thought I would write to you. Guess who is here in London with me --Adriana, our old 

friend. Let me tell you something funny that 5

​ ​ …………..(​recently/happen)​ to us in one of our walks.  

A week ago, we ​6​ …………​(go)​ for a walk in Hampstead Heath, which is a big park in North London. It 
7​………​ (be) ​a nice day, and the park was full of people and children, who ​8.……….(walk)​ and 

9……...(play)​ with their dogs. Anyway, we 1​ 0……….(sit) ​down on a bench to have a rest. I remember 

that we nearly ​11………..(sit)​ on a bench that ​12…………………(recently/paint),​ but we ​13………….(realise) 

just in time. 
While we ​14………(sit)​ there, we 1​ 5………….(see)​ an old man that 1​ 6…………(walk) ​towards us. He 
17………….(move) ​very slowly and he​ 18…………(look)​ a real mess –he ​19………..(have)​ long white hair, 

which ​20………..(cut) ​for some time, and he 2

​ 1………..(wear​) a jacket that ​22..…..(have) ​a hole in it. And 

my friend said ‘Oh, look at that poor man. He 2

​ 3………..(‘be’ speculate/very sure)​ a trump. He 

24...…….(look)​ like he​ 25………..(not have)​ a good meal for some time. Shall I give him some money? 

She 2
​ 6…………(start)​ to look in her bag. She 2
​ 7………….(just/take)​ out some when I 2
​ 8………….(look)​ at 
him again and 2
​ 9 …..(say)​ ‘Don’t’. 

She 3
​ 0...………(can’t understand) w
​ hy I ​31..…..(not want)​ her to give him money. When the old man 

32…..…..(go) ​past, I 3
​ 3…...…(say) ‘​ Adriana, that man ​34………..……(not be)​ a tramp. He’s Michael Foot, 

an ex-politician. He 3
​ 5…………(be)​ the leader of the Labour Party. He’s a brilliant and intelligent man. 

And he definitely isn’t homeless –he ​36….…….(live) i​ n one of the most expensive parts of London 

and he certainly ​37…..…….(not need​) any money! He just ​38…..…..(not believe) i​ n dressing very 
smartly. Even when he was a politician he 3
​ 9...………..(look)​ a bit of a mess.’ 

Adriana was really surprised. She 4

​ 0….….(say)​ that in Italy no politician would ever look like that. 

But I ​41...……(tell) ​her that in Britain you can’t always judge people by their appearance because a 

lot of people, even rich people 4

​ 2…..…..(not worry​) too much about the way they dress.  

That’s all for now! Please write to me soon and tell me how you are doing.  
 
Love, 
 
Pepita 
 
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HOMEWORK: 
 
--Reading II​ ​The World of Extras 
 
--Student’s Book p
​ age 57  
 
--Listening ​3.36  
--Listening ​3.37 
 
 
--​Workbook p
​ ages 37 and 38  
 
 
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Diego Maradona, football icon and 'hand of God', dies

Diego Maradona's finest hour at the 1986 World Cup. CREDIT: AP

He was a player who defined an era and ​is considered​ by many as the greatest of all
time. Diego Maradona, the World Cup winner and most talented footballer of the
1980s, ​has died at the age of 60​. He underwent successful brain surgery on a blood
clot earlier this month and died after suffering a cardiac arrest. In a career never
lacking in drama, he also proved himself a liar, a cheat and an egomaniac. He will
forever ​be remembered​ by England fans for the "hand of God" where he handballed
into the net in the 1986 World Cup quarter final, four minutes before scoring one of
the greatest goals of all time. ​Read his ​Telegraph ​obituary​.