Good
morning, everyone.
We
will get started at 11:00.
Today’s
agenda:
·
Active/Passive voice exercises
·
Begin sentence combining
·
Spoken
I will give your paragraphs back on Monday.
passive voice-
present past past participle
fix fixed fixed
Sarah fixed the laptop.
The laptop was fixed by Sarah. passive voice
The laptop will be fixed by Sarah next week.
Ethiopian restaurant
left-handed
right-handed
dominant hand
cross-dominated
ambidextrous – use both for everything, writing
automatic reflex- something physical action you do without
thinking
Stolen Car
was stolen
was smashed
was driven
was kept
was repaired
was sold
was bought
was pulled over
was seized – The police will take stolen property from a thief.
seize- take
was stolen
was returned
had happened
abandoned – left there, nobody owns it anymore
There is an abandoned bicycle locked to the parking meter.
abandoned house
There are entire blocks of abandoned houses in Detroit,
Michigan.
She abandoned her university degree program.
If you start to live in an abandoned building, you are a
squatter.
squatter- live in a place, no rent,
Janie’s New School
was bullied
was made fun of
was taunted
was laughed at
was yelled at
was welcomed
was shown
was given
was complimented
She was complimented on her project. – good feedback
was invited
is respected
anti-bullying day – Pink Shirt Day
Exercise 3
Dinner is being served now.
Dinner will be served at 6 pm.
1.
My car is at the service station. It is being repaired
right now.
2.
Dinner was served at 7 last night.
3.
Your cheque was already deposited in the
bank.
Your cheque has already been deposited
in the bank.
4.
The newsapaper is delivered before 6 am every
day.
Every day, the newsapaper is delivered
before 6 am.
5.
The book was
published in 1950.
6.
The patient will be examined by the surgeon tomorrow.
surgeon – a doctor, a specialist who cuts
open your body to do an operation, a procedure
Dentist You will feel some pain
pressure.
7.
The question will be discussed at the next
meeting.
8.
Twenty new worker were hired last month.
9.
These libray books were already returned.
These libray books have already been returned.
10.
Hundreds of people were injured in the train accident
last week.
Groups of two:
A find a B. B find an A.
“Name It”
e.g coffee
Name It A
1.
kangaroo, southern hemisphere
2.
another word for soccer, most popular sport in the
world, Messi, Ronaldo, American Football, Superbowl (Feb13)
3.
not today, not tomorrow, but...
4.
yell when you are in danger, emergency, serious trouble,
want somebody to give you a hand
5.
president of US, killed in 1963
6.
wear on your hands, protect your hands for cold, dirt,
etc.
7.
sausage and bread (roll), Costco, baseball game
8.
wedding, party, make a toast, Bottom’s up!
9.
starving, after this class, peckish, after exercise
10.
26 years ago, the year before Hong Kong become
independent
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