August 4th, 2023

THE ARTS

Objective: To practice passive voice structure in order

to prepare a group presentation about a piece of art.
Before we start:

KAHOOT!
 NEW VOCABULARY
(PAST ACTIONS)

WAS WAS
WAS
COMPOSE RANKED
PLAYED
D
WAS WAS WAS
SEPARAT UNDERSTOODAWARDED
ED
WAS WAS MADE WAS SUNG
CHOSEN
Types of Pronouns
 NEW CONTENT:
PASSIVE VOICE

She sings a song A song is sang by her

He writes a poem A poem is written by him

She painted a painting A painting was painted

by her

The band performed a A song was performed

song by them
 EXAMPLES
1) Carlos made a sandwich
A sandwich was made by Carlos PRESENT | PAST | PAST PARTICIPLE

DO DID DONE
2) Selena and Tiara stole a police car
MAKE MADEMADE
A police car was stolen by Selena and Tiara
FIND FOUND FOUND

CATCH CAUGHT CAUGHT

3) The judge sentenced the criminal.
The criminal was sentenced by the judge BE (AM/IS/ARE) WAS/WERE BEEN

BUY BOUGHT BOUGHT

4) Jill did her homework BUILD BUILT BUILT

The homework was done by Jill. SEND SENT SENT

TAKE TOOK TAKEN

5) We caught the last train STEAL STOLESTOLEN

The last train was caught by us.

 LET’S PRACTICE
TRANSFORM TO PASSIVE VOICE THE FOLLOWING PAST SENTENCES

Coldplay sang “Viva la Vida”: Viva la Vida was sung by Coldplay

Isabel Allende wrote “La Casa de Los Espíritus”: La Casa de los Espíritus was
written by Isabel Allende.

Frida Kahlo painted “The two Fridas”: The two Fridas was painted by Frida Kahlo.

Héctor Noguera directed “El Padeciente”: El Padeciente was written by Héctor

Noguera.
 Activity time!
Gather in groups and choose an
artwork. Then, prepare a presentation
about that artwork using passive
voice.
• Bohemian Rhapsody is a song by Queen
• Bohemian Rhapsody was released in 1975
• Bohemian Rhapsody was ranked Number 1 in Billboard
You can use these • At first, the song was not understood by people
examples as guide • Bohemian Rhapsody was chosen as main theme for the
Queen’s movie
• Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody was considered one of the best
songs ever made.