Friday, October 16, 2015
Announcements
• We will change rooms (possibly) next week
• Computer lab next week
• Paper #2 due Monday
Agenda
• LOST Friday
• Grammar
• Practice Essay
• Interviews
• Writing
LOST FRIDAYS!!!
• Why do Sayid and Sawyer get in a fight?
• What does Jin tell Sun to do?
• How does Jin react to people refusing his gifts?
• What does Sawyer kill?
• Who do the handcuffs belong to?
• What can you infer that Kate did?
• How long has the message been playing?
The Passive
• When do we use the passive voice and why?
• We use it when we don’t know who performed an action or
when it’s not important to mention the performer.
• We also use the passive voice when we want to avoid
mentioning the agent (the subject of the active sentence).
• Someone called the cops. ------ Active
agent
subject
The Passive
• To change it to the passive voice, the object of the sentence becomes
the agent. The passive sentences are formed with be + past participle.
• Someone called the cops. ------ Active
• Cops (object) becomes the subject.
• The cops were called.---- Passive
be past participle
Notice something about the verbs…
• Someone called the cops. 
• S
V
O
• The cops were called.
S
V
• Everybody enjoyed the movie.
S
V
O
• The movie was enjoyed.
S
V
These are transitive verbs- they are followed by a direct object. Only
transitive verbs can be made passive.
Be careful!
• A passive voice sentence must have an object. Here is an active
sentence with no object.
• We ran.
• This cannot be made into an passive sentence.
Let’s practice: Exercise 2, p. 241
• 2. T, are caught
• 3. I, disappear
• 4. I, go
• 5. T, is helped
• 6. T, are rewarded
• 7. I, do not realize
• 8. T, are watched
The Passive
• Use the passive with a by phrase:
To introduce new information about the agent.
To credit someone who did something.
When the agent is surprising.
Ex. We were shown LOST by Luisa.
be past part
By Agent
How can this sentence be made into the active voice?
Ex. The entire cake was eaten by Luisa.
by past part by Agent
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was the Twilight book series written by?
• Try to respond with the passive voice.
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was the Twilight book series written by?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was the original Star Wars movie directed by?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was the original Star Wars movie directed by?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was Mona Lisa painted by?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was Mona Lisa painted by?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was Gatsby recently played by in the movie Gatsby?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was Gatsby recently played by in the movie Gatsby?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was Let it Go sung by in the movie, Frozen?
Test your knowledge of pop culture.
• Who was Let it Go sung by in the movie, Frozen?
With modals…
• Use modal + be+ past participle.
• Ex. Students should be taught how native speakers speak.
• Ex. Luisa must have been taken to the hospital after her 15 K race.
• The plane had to be stopped because there was something wrong
with the engine.
• We ought to be tested on grammar for the final exam.
With modals…
• Using can and could to express ability (past and present).
• An old dog can’t be taught new tricks.
With get
• I will get burned if I am not careful.
• My father got surprised when we threw him a surprise birthday
party.
• Get can only be used with action verbs in the passive voice.
• Is love an action verb?
• Is need an action verb?
• Is want an action verb?
The passive causative
• The passive causative is used to talk about something being done by
another person or thing, especially a service.
• Causative passive uses have and get +object + past participle.
• Ex. I get my car checked every three months.
• Ex. Peter had his house repaired.
• Ex. I got my teeth cleaned last week.
• The passive causative is used in the past, present, future and with
modals.
• I might get my hair cut next week.
Simple past causative vs. past perfect
• I had my teeth cleaned. (simple past causative. Someone else cleaned
my teeth).
• I had my make-up done by a professional make-up artist. (someone
else did my make-up for me).
• I had cleaned my car (past perfect. I had done this before a specific
time in the past).
• I had ripped my dress before the wedding.
Exercise 5 A p. 243
Let’s practice: Exercise 1, pp. 240
Exercise 6, p. 244
• 1. have appeared
• 2. have been reported
• 3. being made
• 4. have been left
• 5. the crop circles were been made
• 6. have been made
• 7. were made
• 8. are needed
Exercise 7, p. 245 Listening
Homework:
• Read a newspaper article and write down 3 sentences you read in the
PASSIVE VOICE.
• Wednesday, October 14th:
For your next writing assignment (due Monday), you will have to
interview a classmate about his or her life. You will then write a 5
paragraph summary (essay) based on your interview. Your
homework is to do two things:
1) Think of at least ten questions you would ask a partner. Write
them down! They must NOT be yes or no questions. Try to think of
questions that will force your partner to talk a lot. You will interview
a partner today.
2) Download the essay outline (below) and print it out for Friday's
class.
Writing
• Hook- The hook is used to grab the reader’s attention.
• Ways to hook a reader:
• 1. Ask a question
• 2. Use an interesting observation
• 3. Use a unique scenario to catch the reader’s attention.
• 4. Begin with a famous quote.
• 5. Use a surprising or shocking statistic.
Topic sentence
• Main idea telling the reader what the essay will be about.