IEC. Week Four. Unit 3. March 24-28

Picture shows Bianca, age 16.

PASSIVE VOICE (grammar page 126)

( the below is what I wrote on the board in class to explain the Passive Voice)

PASSIVE VOICE
SIMPLE PRESENT PASSIVE
Subject + am/is/are + past participle
Good shoes are made in Italy.
Yes/No Q’s: Are good shoes made in Italy?
Yes, good shoes are made in Italy OR short: Yes, they are.
No, good shoes are not made in Italy. OR short: No, they are not (they aren’t)
Wh- Q: Where are good shoes made?

SIMPLE PAST PASSIVE
Subject + was/were + past participle
Turtle ships {geobukseon} were designed by General Yi,Sun-sin in the Chosun Dynasty.
Yes/No: Were turtle ships designed by Yi, sun-sin?
Yes, they were.
No, they were not (weren’t) designed by YI, sun-sin?
When were turtle ships designed?
Who were turtle ships designed by?

a) The object of an active sentence becomes the subject of a passive sentence.

Rabbits eat carrots. (active, present)
S V O
Carrots are eaten by rabbits. (passive, present).
O V (agent)
Where do they produce most of the world’s gold?
S V O
Where is most of the world’s gold produced?
V S V
Is most of the world’s gold produced in South Africa?

b) The verb must agree with the passive object and it has to be in the same tense as active.
Rabbits eat carrots (active, present)

Carrots is eaten by rabbits (passive, present. WRONG!!! : not ‘is’ but ‘are’)

Another example.
The police caught the thief. (past, active)
The thief was caught [by the police]. (past, passive.)

c) Intransitive verbs (the ones that don’t have an object) cannot have passive.
e.g. cry, sleep, come, die, go, happen, rain, etc.

It is rained (Wrong!)
She is cried (Wrong!)
He is come. (wrong)

When do we use Passive?

1. When the subject is less important than what is being done;

They make excellent cars in Germany. (Who – we don’t care, not important)
Better: Excellent cars are made in Germany.
They sell Brazilian coffee all over the world. (Who – not important)
Brazilian coffee is sold all over the world.

2. when we don’t know who did the action.

Someone broke the window last night. (active)
The window was broken last night. (passive)

3. When we are not interested who does the action

They make boxes out of wood. (active)
Boxes are made out of wood. (passive)

4. The passive is usually more impersonal and used in announcement, signs, rules, etc.
Smoking is not permitted here.
Speaking in Korean in class is not allowed.

More example:
They make yummy chocolate in Belgium.

Yummy chocolate is made in Belgium

Do they sell Mexican avocados in Korea?

Are Mexican avocados sold in Korea?

HOMEWORK FOR NEXT WEEK:

1. CD-ROM (print out the scoreboard! and submit in class)

2. Reading page 24-25. REad the text and on a seperate paper answer the questions on pge 24. Submit!

UNIT 3 WORKBOOK ANSWER KEY!!!

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VOCABULARY

1.

1. realistic, 2. confusing, 3. traditional, 4. colourful, 5. simple, 6. complicated

2.

1. still life, 2. abstract, 3. landscape, 4. portrait, 5. sculpture, 6. collage

3.

a. still life, b. portrait, c. landscape

LANGUGE PRACTICE

1.

1. was painted, 2. was written, 3. is visited, 4. are/were known, 5. were discovered.

2.

1. When was Superman created? 2. When was the first Superman movie made? 3. In which city were/are Superman movies set? 4. Who was Mickey Mouse's voice originally recorded by? 5. How were Mickey Mouse cartoons originally drawn? 6. How are Micky Mouse cartoons produced nowadays?

3.

1. The buildign was finished in 2005. 2. His painting was seen by thousands of people. 3. What was this sculpture made from? 4. The painter's signature was not recognized.

4.

1. was founded, 2. is visited, 3. are owned, 4. are employed, 5. are sold, 6. are eaten, 7. drunk.

5.

1. was, 2. designed, 3. was, 4. built, 5. was, t. complted, 7. was, 8. constructed, 9. Was, 10. brought

6.

1. The Scream, 2. was it painted by, 3. A Norwegian, 4. Was it Munich, 5. was it painted, 6. in 1893, 7. was stolen, 8. was found, 9. 2006

READING

1.

1

2.

1. T, 2. F, 3. F, 4-5-6-8 T, 8. F

3.

a.2, b.4, c.5, d.1, e.3

4.

1. pulp,2. introductory, 3. surface, 4. ancient, 5. spread, 6. exquisite

5.

answers will vary