Grammar point Present perfect and past perfect passives ~ we use perfect passives when the doer of the action is unknown or not important and we want to focus ‘on what happened or didn’t happen, or where or how something happened we form present perfect passives by using havelhas been and the past participle: Thave been asked to go 10 Spain for six months. ~ we form past perfect passives by using had been + past participle: I wish Thad been allowed to have a puppy when Twas a child. Other structures None Topic areas Everyday actions Challenging vocabulary inspired, praised, encouraged, admired, employed, appreciated, criticised, teased Materials and preparation ‘+ Make enough copies of the SENTENCES FRAME for every student in the class. How to use the game Part 1 + Check that your students are familiar with the grammar in the Grammar point + Give one SENTENCES FRAME to each student. ‘+ Ask chem to fil in the frame with sentences that are true for them. They must use perfect passives, e.g. ‘I have been criticised for talking too much.” + The students should fill in the frame, using as many different verbs as they can. They can use the verbs provided or others of their own choice. + They should not show theie sentences to anyone else. + Then group the students into threes and fours. + The object of this part of the game is for the students to guess each other's sentences. + To do this, they could use, for instance, “In number X, L think ¥ said..." ‘In number 20, I think Sonia said “L wish I hadn't been teased about my hair”: Part 2 + When all players have guessed each other's sentences, divide the students into pairs within their groups (or an individual and a pair in the case of threesomes) Then regroup the students so that each pair of students is with a new pair from a different group. + The object of this part of the game is for the students to remember as many sentences as possible from their previous groups. + ‘The students should tell each other the sentences, e.g, ‘Maria wishes she hadn't been told off so much when she was a chil,” “Potr is glad he has been told the is handsome by so many girls!” + ‘They should then write the sentences down, + The group who can write the most sentences in 20 minutes is the winner. Monitoring and feedback Part 1 [At the end of the game you can go round the class asking. individual students to read out some of the sentences they have written down, correcting mistakes and giving feedback. Part 2 At the end you can go round the class asking individual students to read out their sentences, correcting mistakes and giving feedback. Past passives Type of activity Whole class; information gap; communication, Grammar point Past passives ~ past passives are used when we want to focus on the ‘object of a past action or on the action itself rather than on the doer of the action we form past passives by using was/tere + past participle He was last seen at the airport. we form past continuous passives by using washeere being + past participle: He was being blackmailed. we form past perfect passives by using had been + past participle: His passport had been taken. Other structures Active forms of the present perfect, past simple, past perfect Topic areas Everyday actions Challenging vocabulary blackmail (v), underwear, spy (2) Materials and preparation + Make enough copies of the DISAPPEARED! CARDS and \WHERE'S WALLACE? SHEET for every student to have one card and one shect, Ifyou have fewer than 11 students in your class you will have to give some of them two cards to ensure all the information gets distributed, 25Past passives DISAPPEARED! CARDS Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows! Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. There was a note : where he has gone. He was last seen at in his room that said he was being the airport by a taxi driver. blackmailed. Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. His underwear was missing from his room. Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. A note was found on his bed by Irene, his cleaner. Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows! Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. His underwear had! where he has gone. He was seen at been taken but everything else had been | 3 pm at the railway station. left behind. } Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. A note was found on his bed but it didn't say where he had gone. Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. He was last seen on the evening of the 7”. Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. Rumours were being spread that he was a spy. Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows where he has gone. There was a note found on his bed, written on the 7®, the day he disappeared. ! Wallace has disappeared! No-one knows. { where he has gone. One thousand } pounds had been taken out of his { bank account. 92Past passives WHERE'S WALLACE? SHEET What was found on his bed? ...A..... When was the note written? ...On the. Who was the note found by? .. By. What was being done to him? ....Heswas being... What had been taken from his room? .. His... What had been left behind? How much money had been taken from his bank account? Where was he seen at 3 pm? ...At:the..... Where was he last seen? ...At-the........... What time of day was he last seen? .... Jn the.. What rumours were being spread about him? .. That. he.was.a..