PASSIVE VOICE II. INTERMEDIATE/BACHILLER/SELECTIVIDAD

PASSIVE voice transformations are commonly used in English as a way to change fixed word order.
Can you master the basics of this? Can you form a two object passive? The following post is perfect to learn or revise it!!

Do the following quizz... which of the following facts are true? 

• Now, how do you form the passive voice with every verbal tense? And what about perfect modals? The process is the same... let us see:



PASSIVE VOICE. BACHILLERATO, SELECTIVIDAD. PEVAU. JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

Art and architecture. ABP. Speaking and writing

How do you describe a famous building in your language? Can you talk about any famous places and sites? Can you name the different art styles in English? 

SYDNEY'S OPERA HOUSE IS STUNNING!! JUANA MORAL'S ENGLISH SITE

The following presentation can help you to learn more about it. Here, we can see some ideas for a project based teaching (ABP, PBL) experience in which we can combine social sciences and English language learning to improve interdisciplinarity.

Hence, we should learn about the different art and architecture styles and then choose a famous building to describe it. We can prepare both writing and speaking activities using some structures which will be necessary to make our project alive.

Art and architecture de Juani Moral Camacho

SEE ALSO:
Passive voice
Comparative and superlative

MORE IDEAS:

• Beautiful buildings
• Top famous sites

ENJOY AND USE YOUR ENGLISH!!

PASSIVE VOICE IN ENGLISH

Why is the passive voice so important in English? Basically, because English presents a fixed word order and it is an easy way to give importance to some elements in the sentence (normally the subject).

The following presentation will give you some clues on the passive which will be really useful.

SHE WILL BE LOVED.

She will be loved                     Maroon five          

1. COMPLETE THE SONG WITH THE OPPOSITE OF THE ADJECTIVES IN BOLD
Beauty (1) king of (2) just eighteen
She had some (3) problem. with herself
He was (4)never  there to help her
She always belonged to someone else

I drove for miles and miles
And wound up at your (5)entrance
I've had you so many times but somehow
I (6)want  (7)less
I don't ( 8) care spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
(9)search for for the (10)boy  with the broken (11)
Ask her if she (11) hates to stay a while
And she will be loved
She will be loved

Tap on my window knock on my (5) entrance
I want to make you feel (12)ugly
I know I tend to get so (13) confident
It doesn't matter anymore

It's not always rainbows and butterflies
It's compromise that moves us along
My heart is (14) empty  and my door's always (15)closed
You can come anytime you want

I don't ( 8) care spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
(9)search for for the (10)boy  with the broken (11)
Ask her if she (11) hates to stay a while
And she will be loved
She will be loved

 And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved
And she will be loved

I (16) ignore where you hide
Alone in your car
Know all of the things that make you who you are
I know that goodbye means nothing at all
(17) returns  and begs me to catch her every time she falls

Tap on my window knock on my door
I want to make you feel beautiful

I don't ( 8) care spending everyday
Out on your corner in the pouring rain
(9)search for for the (10)boy  with the broken (11)
Ask her if she (11) hates to stay a while
And she will be loved
She will be loved

1. Write the synonyms of the following words and expressions

                       

problem
Search for
Don’t care
Just
Entrance
Wasting
Need
Returns

2. Write the opposites of the following words and expressions

Never
Close
King
Less
Hate
Ugly
Empty
Cry
Boy
Confident
Ignore

3. Find out the meaning of the following expressions:

-Pouring rain

4. What about the passive voice? Write the sentences in the active

 NOW, CHECK WITH THE KEY: 

 KEY: http://www.musica.com/letras.asp?letra=4048 

I hope you enjoy it!!!