Today's goals are to:
1. Revise health-related vocabulary.
2. Learn how to use the passive voice.
The document outlines two learning goals for today - revising health-related vocabulary and learning how to use the passive voice.
1. Today’s goals:
1. To revise “health” vocabulary.
2. To learn how to use the passive voice.
2. vocabulary
Hypochondriac’s diary
Fill in the text with the words:
headache, pills, depressed, aspirin, temperature, vi
rus
I woke up this morning with a terrible (1). I took
an (2) and decided to lie down on a sofa. A bit
later, I got very cold, I thought I had (3). I was
very worried – perhaps I had caught a dangerous
(4). I sat thinking about all the awful illnesses I
had read about in my medical encyclopaedia and
I became really (5). Maybe I had malaria
or, possibly, black death?... I phoned my doctor
to ask if I needed any (6). Surprisingly, he said
that I was OK and told me to stop reading my
medical encyclopaedia...
4. Compare the examples:
Shakespeare wrote the play.
The play was written.
I celebrate Chiristmas.
Chistmas is celebrated every year.
Which sentences have got no
agent?
5. The sentence when we don’t know or
there is no need to say who is the
“doer” of the action is called a passive
voice sentence.
6. In this case the action itself is more
important than the “doer”.
However, it is still possible to add the
“doer”:
The church was built.
OR:
The church was built by the Catholics.
7. Look at the sentences: is the
doer important or not?
Fresh bread is made every morning.
My money was stolen.
My birthday is celebrated in March.
The Berlin wall was destroyed in 1989.
8. The Passive Voice, just as Active
Voice, may have tenses.
Today we are going to study two of
them:
Present Simple and Past Simple
9. Formation
Present Simple am/are/is + V3:
The house is sold.
Invitations are sent.
Past Simple was/were + V3:
The house was sold.
The invitations were sent.
10. Now, try to translate these
sentences:
1. Aš gaminu pyragą kasdien.
2. Pyragas yra gaminamas kasdien.
3. Jie laimėjo karą.
4. Karas buvo laimėtas.
11. The correct answers are:
I make a pie every day.
A pie is made every day.
The won the war.
The war was won.
12. Compare the two
pictures. Which sentence
goes with which picture:
13. 1. The policemen helped the old lady.
2. The police were helped by the old lady.
14. 1. The car hit a tree.
2. The car was hit by a tree.
15. 1. Anne loves all dogs.
2. Anne is loved by all dogs.
16. 1. The queen photographed tourists.
2. The queen was photographed by tourists.