Eileen Eileen

W12-D3-Passive Voice pt. 2

Description

This lesson expands Passive Voice to additional forms and helps students avoid common errors. Students practice deciding when to include the agent, and use passive naturally in short "service/news/process" contexts.

Materials

Abc Board
Abc Exercises
Abc Printed materials
Abc Projector

Main Aims

  • To enable students to use Passive Voice more flexibly and accurately, including correct agent use and improved tense control.

Subsidiary Aims

  • To review and reinforce Passive in present/past.
  • To extend passive to common real-life patterns.
  • To decide when "by + doer" is necessary.
  • To correct frequent passive voice mistakes.

Procedure

Activation (25-30 minutes) • Increase energy and teamwork through movement and quick thinking.

2 teams Relay writing at the board. Teacher calls categories (foods, countries, verbs, hobbies, etc.). One student runs, writes one item, passes marker. 10-12 rounds.

Vocabulary (13-15 minutes) • Provide higher-level verbs commonly used in passive in news and formal contexts.

Vocabulary: to be filed, to be reviewed, to be flagged, to be resolved, to be escalated, dispute, fine, notice, coverage, deductible -Teach meaning + one model sentence per item. -Students repeat model sentences. -Quick clarification if needed. -Each student copies and produces one original sentence.

Presentation (33-35 minutes) • Introduce passive voice in Present Perfect and Modals.

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 Perfect and Modals. Show the contrast with active voice. Put some examples. Ask for other examples.

Controlled Practice (18-20 minutes) • Improve accuracy by fixing typical passive errors.

Exercise A (8 items): find and correct the error. Exercise B (8 items): convert active - passive (mixed tenses). Whole-class correction; teacher highlights patterns of mistakes.

Production (18-20 minutes) • Use passive for formal reporting with a clear structure.

In pairs, students write a 45-60 second "news flash" using: at least 5 passive sentences at least 3 vocab words optional: 1 sentence with "by" agent Perform to another pair; listeners ask 1 question. Teacher monitors and notes errors.

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