WEEK 1: THE PASSIVE FORMS
I/ Objectives:
To help students know some passive forms and the way to change a sentence from active form into passive form.
II/ Language content:
Passive forms
III/ Techniques:
Examples, questions and answers, Changing.
IV/ Procedures
Activities
 Content

T asks Ss a question
What do people do with drink cans?
Ss answer.
T writes Ss’ answer on the board.
T explains how to change sentence from active form into passive form.

The same way of teaching
T has Ss copy the forms








T asks Ss to do the exercise using the passive forms.

T goes around and helps Ss.






Ss write their sentences on the board.
T checks and corrects
EX: People recycle drink cans.
S V O

Drink cans are recycled
S be V-ed/ V3

The passive in the present simple tense:
S + am/ is/ are + V-ed/V3 +( by O)

The passive in the past simple tense:
S + Was/ were + V-ed/V3+( by O)

The passive in the present perfect
S+ have/has + been + V-ed/V3+( by O)

The passive in the future tense:
S + will+be + V-ed/V3 +( by O)

Exercise:
Change these sentences from active form into passive form.
I/
The milkman brings bottles of milk to houses.
bottles of milk are brought to houses by the milkman..
People speak English all over the world.
English is spoken all over the world.
The workers clean the streets everyday.
The streets are cleaned everyday.
Do they teach French in this school?
Is French taught in this school?
People break the glass into small pieces.
The glass is broken into small pieces.
II/
They will build a new bridge by the end of the year.
A new bridge will be built by the end of the year.
We will grow a lot of trees in the park.
A lot of trees will be grown in the park.
III/
People have developed many different paper products.
Many different paper products have been developed.
The students have decorated the classroom.
The classroom has been decorated.
IV/
He asked us a lot of questions.
We were asked a lot of questions
A lot of questions were asked.
2. She received a present last night.
A present was received last night.
3. We made sticky rice cake.
Sticky rice cake was made.


WEEK 2: THE PASSIVE FORMS. EXERCISES
I/ Objectives:
Ss can change a sentence from active form into passive form, they can do some other kinds of exercises.
II/ Language content:
Passive forms
III/ Techniques:
Examples, questions and answers, Changing,
IV/ Procedures
Activities
 Contents

T reminds Ss of the forms














T has Ss do the exercise.
Checking and correcting










T explains how to change sentence from active form into passive form.

Ss do exercise.




T asks Ss to do the exercise using the passive forms.

T goes around and helps Ss.

Ss write their sentences on the board.
T checks and corrects

The passive in the present simple tense:
S + am/ is/ are + V-ed/V3 +( by O)

The passive in the past simple tense:
S + Was/ were + V-ed/V3+( by O)

The passive in the present perfect
S+ have/has + been + V-ed/V3+( by O)

The passive in the future tense:
S + will+be + V-ed/V3 +( by O)

Exercises:
I/ Supply the correct verb forms.
Trees………….. ( cut down) every day.
Car tires can be………….. ( recycle) to make pipes and floor coverings.
This project ………….. ( carry out) next month.
A thief………….. ( arrest) last night.
She …………..(own) it since 1926.
II/ Change these sentences from active forms into passive forms.
People don’t use this road very often.
This road isn’t used very often.
She advised me to reuse milk bottles.
I was advised to reuse milk bottles.
My sister cleans these rooms every day.
These rooms are cleaned every