Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 11:00.
Today’s
agenda:
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Test#4- Paragraph (125-150 words)
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Passive voice- verb tense
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Begin sentence combining
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Spoken
Friday
Test #4 Write a paragraph of 125-150 words.
Submit it to me by 12:05.
Topic sentence
3-4 supporting sentences
Concluding sentence
-one block of writing
-indent the first word
-doublespace
“When do you use English to communicate with in your daily
life?”
when – in what situations
Take a break- back at 12:15.
Active and Passive Voice
past participles
– verb form
present past past participle
go went gone
put put put
cut cut cut
wear wore worn
read read read
teach taught taught
speak spoke spoken
swim swam swum
throw threw thrown
buy bought bought
cook cooked cooked
sink sank sunk
watch watched watched
think thought thought
live lived lived
Useful for
present perfect: from the past until now
“Maria has
lived in Vancouver since last October.” SIMPLE
“Maria has
lived in Vancouver since she came to Canada last October.” COMPLEX- adverb
clause
OTHER TOPIC: drown He was drowning in the ocean, so that lifegaurd
saved him. The lifegaurd threw the lifesaver.
think- present
prefect
has thought
Ms. Zhou has
thought a lot about moving to Alberta.
Two types of
voices of English
Active voice:
Subject is doing the verb
Most
sentences in English are based on the subject doing the verb. For example,
in the sentence Michelle ate the cookie,
Michelle is the subject, and she is doing the
verb ate. When the subject does the verb, this is
called active voice
I read
a book.
You wrote a
paragraph.
He rode a horse.
This is the
simplest, most direct pattern for English sentences.
Passive voice:
It is also possible to write in
passive voice. This happens when the
subject of a sentence does not do the verb.
For example, in the sentence
The cookie was eaten by Michelle.
passive
the cookie did nothing. Michelle
did the eating.
Look at the difference:
Michelle ate the cookie.
ACTIVE VOICE
The cookie was eaten by
Michelle. PASSIVE VOICE
Here are some more sentences, expressed first in active
voice, then in passive:
Active: We read the books.
Passive: The books were read
by us.
Active: The mother
carried her child.
Passive: The child was
carried by his mother.
-same meanings, different ways to say it
Passive voice verbs use an auxiliary verb plus the past participle,
as we discussed earlier today. The
structure of passive voice forces us to think backwards because is places the
action in a sentence (the verb) ahead of the actor. Passive voice is therefore indirect and
sounds weak. Passive voice also needs
more words, so it is more complicated than active voice.
Stick with active voice whenever possible. Your sentences will be stronger and clearer.
Exercise #1
Change active
voice to passive voice in the following sentences.
1. Mei drank a glass of milk. ACTIVE
VOICE
A
glass of milk was drunk by Mei. PASSIVE VOICE
drink drank drunk
2. Junko cleaned the kitchen.
The
kitchen was cleaned by Junko.
clean cleaned cleaned
3. Mark baked these cookies.
These cookies
were baked by Mark.
bake baked baked
4. I am teaching you about English.
ACTIVE VOICE
You
are being taught by me about English. PASSIVE VOICE
5. He is riding a horse.
The horse is ridden by him.
The horse is being hidden by him.
6. throw
Doug threw out his disposable mask.
The disposable mask was thrown out (by Doug).
I threw it away by mistake. ACTIVE VOICE
It was thrown away by mistake. PASSIVE VOICE
7. buy
The little
boy bought a candy bar.
The candy bar
was bought by the little boy.
The candy bar
was bought by Aaron.
8. wear
She
wears a hoodie.
The hoodie was worn by the girl.
9. bring brought brought
talk – casual sounding
speak – sounds more formal
I talk to my canary.
I talk with to my canary.
Parrots repeat whatever words they hear.
You are an animal lover.
Also ... pigeons!
fancy pigeons
carrier pigeons
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