How potato chips are made

1. Look at the following process. What is it? What do we call these things in English?

2. Match the words with their meanings.

3. Watch the video and find out how potato chips are made.

How It's Made Potato Chips

Source: How It’s Made Official: How It's Made Potato Chips

4. Put the sentences in the correct order. The first one has been done for you.
1. Fresh potatoes are sent to the brushing machine to remove the dirt and then are peeled.

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5. Look at the sentence from the previous exercise and choose the correct answer.
Fresh potatoes are sent to the brushing machine to remove the dirt and then are peeled.

1. Do we know who sends potatoes to the brushing machine?

2. Do we know who peels those potatoes?

3. Choose the correct option:

● We use the passive voice to focus on the action and NOT on who or what does something/
person who does the action but not on the action.
● To form passive voice affirmative sentences, we need the verb to have / be and past
participle.
● To form passive voice negative sentences, we need the verb to have / be + not and past
participle.
● To form passive voice affirmative sentences in the present simple, we need the verb to
have, has / am, is, are and past participle.

6. Complete the gaps with the correct form of the verb in brackets.

Homemade oven chips

1. Potatoes ____________ (to peel) and ____________ (to cut) into long chip shapes.
2. Potato chips ____________ (to rinse) under cold tap water and ____________ (to dry) with
a paper towel.
3. After that, the chips ____________ (to spread) on a large baking tray.
4. They ____________ (to spray) with olive oil and salt.
5. Then, potato chips ____________ (to roast) for 45 min and cooked until the color
____________ (to change) to golden brown.
6. Some sea salt ____________ (to add) on top before serving.

7. Transform sentences from active to passive.

Zucchini chips
1. First, cut the zucchini into thin slices.

2. Next, use a paper towel to dry the zucchini slices and remove extra water from them.

3. Put the zucchini slices into a big bowl and add some olive oil, sea salt, and black pepper.

4. Place the slices in a single layer in the air fryer.

5. Cook the zucchini slices for about 8 min in the air fryer.

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8. Look at the pictures and retell how chips are cooked.

9. Review

1. Mark the sentences TRUE or FALSE:

A. Passive voice focuses on the person who does the action but not on the action.
B. To form passive voice affirmative sentences, we need the verb to be and the 3rd
form of the irregular verb or -ed of the regular one.
2. Choose the correct sentences.
A. The oven is preheated to 200 degrees.
B. Potatoes are sliced into thin pieces.
C. Olive oil are added to fry potato chips.
D. Potato slices are putted on the baking sheet.
E. Zucchini is rinsen with cold tap water.

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