Oxford English New Edition, Senior One, Book One

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Oxford English New Edition, Senior One, Book
One
Module 2 Colorful life Unit 3 A taste of
travel Grammar The
Passive Voice

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Warming-up

• What do you know about these
  constructions?

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What is this building?
It is Jinmao Mansion.
When was it completed?
It was completed in 1997.
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What is this construction?
It is Eiffel Tower.
Who was the construction named after?
It was named after its designer,Eiffel.
Where is it located?
It is located in central Paris, France.
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What is this construction called?
It is called the Sydney Opera House.
When was it opened?
It was opened in October 1973.
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Scan More Reading on P43 and find out all the
sentences which are in the passive voice.
Lead in

• 1. After the Khmer Kingdom was destroyed in
  1431, the city was abandoned.
• 2. It was largely forgotten until it was
  discovered again in 1858.
• 3. The Colosseum was built in Rome, Italy , in
  AD 72.
• 4. They were built around 4,500 years ago.
• 5. It is made of 2.3 million stone blocks.
• 6. The Pyramids have been damaged over time,
  but they are still a wonder to see.

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Think-over

• 1. When shall we use the passive voice ?
• 2. How to form the passive voice?
• 3. When we need to change the tenses of the
  passive voice, which shall we change, be or past
  participle?

be p.p
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Practice

• A. Change these sentences, active to passive
  or passive to active.
• 1. China launched Shenzhou-6 successfully last
  year.
• Shenzhou-6 was successfully launched by
  China last year.
• 2. They are inviting history lovers to choose a
  new list of the worlds seven wonders.
• History lovers are being invited to choose
  a new list of the worlds seven wonders.

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• 3. Do most teenagers love Harry Potter ?
• Is Harry Potter loved by most teenagers?
• 4. Was the compass(???)invented by ancient
  Chinese?
• Did ancient Chinese invent the compass?
• 5. The answers havent been checked by the
  teacher yet.
• The teacher hasnt checked the answers yet.

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B. Read the passage and then raise questions.

• Things go better with Coca
  Cola
• Coca-Cola is enjoyed all over the world. 1.6
  billion gallons are sold every year, in over one
  hundred and sixty countries. The drink was
  invented by Dr John Pemberton in Atlanta, on 8
  May 1886, but it was given the name Coca-Cola by
  his partner, Frank Robinson. In the first year,
  only nine drinks a day were sold.
• The business was bought by a man called Asa
  Candler in 1888, and the first factory was opened
  in Dallas, Texas, in 1895. Coca-Cola is still
  made there. Billions of bottles and cans have
  been produced since 1895.
• Diet Coca has been made since 1982, and over the
  years many clever advertisements have been used
  to sell the product. It is certain that Coca-Cola
  will be drunk far into the twenty-first century.

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C. Listen and fill in the missing words
The first part of the 20th century saw more great
inventions. The helicopter (1)____________in
1909. Sound movies were invented in (2) ______
and jet plane in 1930. This was also a time when
a new material (3) ____________.Nylon came out in
1935. It (4) ________ the kind of clothes people
wear. The middle part of the 20th century brought
(5)_________ to make people healthier and let
them live long lives. By the 1960s many people
could expect to live to be at least 60.New
inventions continued (6)__________. The world
(7)________ to man but the starts are not yet.
Man began (8) __________ ways to go into space.

was invented
1926
was first made
changed
new ways
to be made
is known
looking for
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Using the language (Group activity)

• Imagine you have to be the host to the
  visitors who are coming to the place (You choose
  a place from the pictures provided), and you need
  to introduce some information about the place to
  the visitors.

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Keep to these points
Name Location History Features
Transport
Notice Using at least 2 or 3 sentences in the
passive voice.
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The Forbidden City
Pudong International Airport
London Bridge
The Statue of Liberty
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(No Transcript)
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Shanghai-pudong International Airport
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London Bridge
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(No Transcript)
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Home Assignments

• Go through Grammar section in your textbook and
  finish all the required exercises.
• Write a short passage to introduce our school
  within no less than 100 words.( at least 5
  sentences in passive voice)

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Thank You