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1. Passive tenses.........................................................................................2
Exercises: passive....................................................................................3
2. British culture..........................................................................................5
2.1 study spelling, ingredients and translation........................................5
English food in the past, nowadays, future..............................................7
2.3 Indian foods........................................................................................9
2.4 More information about typical British ingredients and dishes........10
2.5 Teatime............................................................................................14
2.6 British drinks....................................................................................14
3. Roald Dahl.............................................................................................16
3.1 Genres..............................................................................................16
3.2 Documentary....................................................................................16
3.3 Biography.........................................................................................17
3.4 Books and plot summary..................................................................18
3.5 Man from the South..........................................................................21
4. English education system......................................................................22
4.1 Introduction + historical background...............................................22
4.2 Uniforms but no uniformity..............................................................24
4.3 Culture flowchart: possible courses Allen’s education in Britain......28
4.4 Words and phrases to do with education.........................................29
4.5 Games..............................................................................................30
4.6 Summerhil........................................................................................30
Exercise: recap education in England....................................................32
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, 1. PASSIVE TENSES
Simple present passive: am / is / are + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: You place an order one day and they deliver your groceries the
next.
▪ PASSIVE: An order is placed one day and your groceries are delivered
the next.
Present continuous passive: am / is / are + being + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: They are building a new school and creating two new roads for
access.
▪ PASSIVE: A new school is being built and two new roads are being
created for access.
Present perfect passive: have / has + been + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: I’ve prepared the turkey and peeled the potatoes.
▪ PASSIVE: The turkey has been prepared and the potatoes have been
peeled.
Simple past passive: was / were + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: Air Canada cancelled our flight and stranded us in Vancouver.
▪ PASSIVE: Our flight was cancelled and we were stranded in Vancouver.
Past continuous passive: was / were + being + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: They were cleaning the floor and washing the windows earlier
today.
▪ PASSIVE: The floor was being cleaned and the windows were being
washed earlier ...
Past perfect passive: had + been + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: Everyone had warned me about the weather before I went to
Scotland.
▪ PASSIVE: I had been warned about the weather before I went to
Scotland.
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,Exercises: passive
Exercise 1: Put the following sentences into the passive voice. The agent should
not be mentioned.
- We use the Ibis hotel in Swindon only on special occasions.
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- In some districts hotel managers employ people from France to run their hotel.
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- Don’t worry... The English teacher will arrange the wake-up call!
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- Students are spending far more money on shopping now than they spent ten
years ago!
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- The teacher gave her one week in which to write the essay about the trip to
England
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Exercise 2: Put the following sentences into the passive, mentioning the agent
where necessary.
- The hotel staff serves those students Shepherd’s pie twice a day.
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- (“Our crusade”?) Who wrote it?
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- A friendly driver showed them the easiest way to get back to the hotel.
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- Students are always studying their grammar on time!
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Exercise 3: Rewrite these sentences using passive forms
E.g. Someone might have stolen it : It might have been stolen.
We will provide refreshments during the interval.
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You should complete the form in black ink.
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We have not tested this product on animals.
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We supply this appliance with a plug.
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Someone has fitted this car with an alarm.
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We arrange our displays in chronological sequence.
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1. Passive tenses.........................................................................................2
Exercises: passive....................................................................................3
2. British culture..........................................................................................5
2.1 study spelling, ingredients and translation........................................5
English food in the past, nowadays, future..............................................7
2.3 Indian foods........................................................................................9
2.4 More information about typical British ingredients and dishes........10
2.5 Teatime............................................................................................14
2.6 British drinks....................................................................................14
3. Roald Dahl.............................................................................................16
3.1 Genres..............................................................................................16
3.2 Documentary....................................................................................16
3.3 Biography.........................................................................................17
3.4 Books and plot summary..................................................................18
3.5 Man from the South..........................................................................21
4. English education system......................................................................22
4.1 Introduction + historical background...............................................22
4.2 Uniforms but no uniformity..............................................................24
4.3 Culture flowchart: possible courses Allen’s education in Britain......28
4.4 Words and phrases to do with education.........................................29
4.5 Games..............................................................................................30
4.6 Summerhil........................................................................................30
Exercise: recap education in England....................................................32
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, 1. PASSIVE TENSES
Simple present passive: am / is / are + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: You place an order one day and they deliver your groceries the
next.
▪ PASSIVE: An order is placed one day and your groceries are delivered
the next.
Present continuous passive: am / is / are + being + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: They are building a new school and creating two new roads for
access.
▪ PASSIVE: A new school is being built and two new roads are being
created for access.
Present perfect passive: have / has + been + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: I’ve prepared the turkey and peeled the potatoes.
▪ PASSIVE: The turkey has been prepared and the potatoes have been
peeled.
Simple past passive: was / were + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: Air Canada cancelled our flight and stranded us in Vancouver.
▪ PASSIVE: Our flight was cancelled and we were stranded in Vancouver.
Past continuous passive: was / were + being + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: They were cleaning the floor and washing the windows earlier
today.
▪ PASSIVE: The floor was being cleaned and the windows were being
washed earlier ...
Past perfect passive: had + been + past participle
▪ ACTIVE: Everyone had warned me about the weather before I went to
Scotland.
▪ PASSIVE: I had been warned about the weather before I went to
Scotland.
2
,Exercises: passive
Exercise 1: Put the following sentences into the passive voice. The agent should
not be mentioned.
- We use the Ibis hotel in Swindon only on special occasions.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
- In some districts hotel managers employ people from France to run their hotel.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
- Don’t worry... The English teacher will arrange the wake-up call!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
- Students are spending far more money on shopping now than they spent ten
years ago!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
- The teacher gave her one week in which to write the essay about the trip to
England
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
Exercise 2: Put the following sentences into the passive, mentioning the agent
where necessary.
- The hotel staff serves those students Shepherd’s pie twice a day.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
- (“Our crusade”?) Who wrote it?
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, __________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
- A friendly driver showed them the easiest way to get back to the hotel.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
- Students are always studying their grammar on time!
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
Exercise 3: Rewrite these sentences using passive forms
E.g. Someone might have stolen it : It might have been stolen.
We will provide refreshments during the interval.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
You should complete the form in black ink.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
We have not tested this product on animals.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
We supply this appliance with a plug.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
Someone has fitted this car with an alarm.
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
______________
We arrange our displays in chronological sequence.
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