Eileen Eileen

W12-D2-Passive Voice

Description

This lesson introduces the Passive Voice to shift focus from who does the action to what happens / what is done. Students learn how to form the passive in Present Simple and Past Simple, decide when passive is more natural than active, and practice it in practical contexts (rules, services, processes).

Materials

Abc Board
Abc Exercises
Abc Printed materials
Abc Projector

Main Aims

  • To enable students to form and use the Passive Voice accurately in Present Simple and Past Simple.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To produce short spoken/written descriptions using passive appropriately.
  • To distinguish active vs passive meaning clearly.
  • To form passive correctly (be + past participle) in present and past.

Procedure

Activation (25-30 minutes) • Review perfect structures in a funny way.

Explain the game to the students. Write the structure on the board: Never have I ever + past participle Give 2-3 examples and ask students to raise their hands if it's true for them. Work in pairs. Prepare around 8 questions per pair to ask the rest of the class in the rounds. Start the game asking about previous experiences. Take turns to ask a question. The people who has done the action raise their hand and talk about their own experiences.

Vocabulary (13-15 minutes) • Provide vocabulary that naturally appears in passive statements.

Vocabulary: to be handled, to be completed, to be submitted on time, to be missing, to be incorrect, to be billed, to be charged / invoice, to be refunded, to be notarized, background check -Teach meaning + one model sentence per item. -Students repeat model sentences. -Quick clarification if needed. -Each student copies and produces one original sentence.

Presentation (38-40 minutes) • Clarify form and when/why it is used.

Talk about a new form to says things and when they can use it. Show the rules of transforming Active voice to Passive. Explain the structure of passive voice with: Present and Past simple. Show the contrast with active voice. Put some examples. Ask for other examples.

Controlled Practice (23-25 minutes) • Build accuracy forming passive in present and past.

Exercise A (10 items): convert Active to Passive (present/past). Exercise B (6 items): choose active or passive (meaning-based). Whole-class feedback; correct common mistakes.

Communicative Task (8-10 minutes) • Use passive in context

"Clinic Reports" In pairs, students create a short clinical routine or process using passive voice. The dog is weighed. The temperature is taken. The injection is given.

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