Pre int passive voice- present and past simple

Cutting Edge, Pre int, page 109-160

- Do you like ads? Why? why not?
- Is there something interesting you know about ads? 3 min
- Do the quiz 5 min
- Guided discovery 3 min
- Explain the x and why they are called active and passive 3 min
- Elicit that we use the passive voice in newspaper and when we want to use formal
English. 1 min (where can we find this kind of quiz? Is the tone of this quiz formal or
informal? do we know who the doer of the action is?)
- Go through form/ past part 5 min
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1. The first ad was shown in 1941.

2. A TV channel showed the first as in 1941.
3. TV channels show ads every day.
4. Ads are shown by TV channels every day.

a. Do we know who did the action in 1 and 4? Who?

b. Do we know who did the action in sentence 2 and 3? Who?
c. When we dont know who did the action what do we call the sentence?
d. When we know who did the action what do we call the sentence?
e. What is the tense of sentence 1 and 2?
f. What is the tense of sentence 3 and 4?
3+2m
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Past simple (passive vs active

voice)
Active voice, the doer of the action is in the The first ad was shown by a TV channel.
beginning of the sentence. Subject was past participle by object
A TV channel showed the first ad.
Subject verb object

Passive voice, the doer of the action is after

the word by

Present simple (passive vs active

voice)
Active voice, the doer of the action is in the

beginning of the sentence. Ads are shown by advertisers.

Subject are past participle by object
Advertisers show ads.
Subject verb object

Passive voice, the doer of the action is after

the word by
3m

When we use the passive voice

- In formal texts (articles, academic/scientific texts, etc.)
- When we dont know who did the action
- When are not sure who did the action
- When we know it is people in general who did the action
Eliciting 1 m
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Task 1
Write the following in the rule box in the right order: subject, past participle, was/were, wasnt
(was not)/ werent (were not), is/ are, isnt (is not)/ arent (are not) 3m

Past simple

Sentences Rule
+ The first ad was shown.
Many ads were shown.
- The first ad wasnt/ was not shown.
Many ads werent/ were not shown.
? Was the first ad shown?
Were the ads shown?

Present simple

Sentences Rule
+ The first ad is shown.
Many ads are shown.
- The first ad isnt/ is not shown.
Many ads arent/ are not shown.
? Is the first ad shown?
Are the ads shown?
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Answers 1 2m
Past simple

Sentences
+ The first ad was shown.
Many ads were shown.
- The first ad wasnt/ was not shown.
Many ads werent/ were not shown.
? Was the first ad shown?
Were the ads shown?
Rule
Subject+ was/were+ past participle
Subject+ wasnt (was not)/ werent (were not) +
past participle
Was/were+ subject + past participle

Present simple

Sentences
+ The first ad is shown.
Many ads are shown.
- The first ad isnt/ is not shown.
Many ads arent/ are not shown.
? Is the first ad shown?
Are the ads shown?
Rule
Subject+ is/are+ past participle
Subject+ isnt (is not)/ arent (are not) + past
participle
Is/are+ subject + past participle

Past Participle 2 2m
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regular/irregular Verb Past simple Past participle

Publish

Walk

See

Write

Answers 2 1m
regular/irregular Verb Past simple Past participle

Publish Published Published

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Walk Walked Walked

regular

See Saw Seen

irregular
Write Wrote Written

Task 3 4m
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Answers 3 2m
1. Thousands of mobile phones are lost every year.
2. All the tickets are sold over the internet.
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3. A lot of the worlds gold is produced in South Africa.
4. The rooms are cleaned ever morning.
5. Millions of barrels of oil are imported to Europe.
6. Five hundred people are employed in the factory.
7. The cows are fed at 6 oclock every morning.
8. Cheese is made from milk.
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Task 4 4m
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Answers 4 2m
1. The disposable razor was invented by King Camp Gillette about 100 years ago.
2. The most expensive earrings ever were created by the House of Winston jewelry
designer in 2006.They are worth $8.5 million.
3. The first kind of lipstick was worn by the Ancient Egyptians. In 1884, a perfume company
in Paris sold the first modern lipstick.
4. Nail varnish was invented in the 1920s. Other colors like blue, gold and black were
introduced in the 1990s.
5. Hungarian Lazlo Biro invented the first ballpoint pen in the 1930s.
6. It was bought by the Russian billionaire Abramovich in 2006 for $168 million.
7. The first DVD players were manufactured in 1997 in Japan. In In 2007, 7.3 million DVD
players were sold.
8. Ingvar Kamrad started the Swedish furniture company IKEA more than 50 years ago. He
named the company after his own initials

Final task 15m

Think of any interesting facts you know like the ones in the previous task.
For example:

Where was the second biggest Roman colosseum in the world built? in Tunisia.
Which country is known for its cheese and wine? France
Who the first phone was invented by? Alexander Graham Bell.

You can think of inventions, discoveries, productions, sales, local products, knowledge