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Universidad Nacional de Crdoba

Facultad de Lenguas

PRCTICA GRAMATICAL DL INGL!"

# de novie$bre del %&&'

Class Plan b( M) Candelaria Lu*ue C)+or,ing Unit- Unit .

To/ic- Creating Conte0ts and "ituations 1or t2e Use o1 t2e Passive 3oice

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1- 4b5ectives o1 t2is Class

%6 Lead in- Rounding o11 o1 t2e $ain t2eoretical /oints dealt 7it2 in class

3- Preli$inar( Activit(- Anal(sis o1 Passive 3oice in Conte0t

86 Practice- Identi1ication o1 a//ro/riate conte0ts 1or t2e use o1 t2e /assive or

active voice) Production e0ercise5- Follo7 u/ Activit(

.6 9ibliogra/2(

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:6 4b5ectives o1 t2is Class

9( t2e end o1 t2is class; (ou s2ould be able to-

a6 activate and rec(cle (our t2eoretical ,no7ledge o1 t2e /assive voice)

b6 anal(se and identi1( conte0ts in 72ic2 t2e /assive voice is $ore a//ro/riate)c6 decide 72et2er to use /assive or active voice according to a given conte0t)

%6 Lead in

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Verb to be+ /ast /artici/leof the main verb

Direct Object Passive Subject

Active Subject Passive Agent

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# These uses !ill not be $ractise in this class.

'6 Preli$inar( activit(- Anal(sis o1 Passive 3oice in Conte0t)

Read t2ese te0ts belo7 and underline t2e verbal 1or$s in t2e /assive voice)

DAMAG 4N CA"TL R44F

The roof of &oc'ham astle ha been re$aire after the storms of the $revious!inter. )o!ever, high *ualit material ha not been use an the ba summer !eather

cause more amage. The roof area is going to be re$lace com$letel next ear if the

necessar funs can be raise.

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Aa$te from Grammar Goals (2lac' at Publishing, 8558", 89:.

86 Practice) I$agine (ou are bro7sing t2roug2 a ne7s/a/er and (ou co$e across

t2e 1ollo7ing 2eadlines-

a) +2ic2 /ieces o1 ne7s are $ore li,el( to contain instances o1 /assive voice)

bB +rite sentences t2at could /ossibl( a//ear in t2e te0t) +2en $a,ing (our

gra$$atical c2oice; decide i1 it is $ore a//ro/riate to use t2e verbs listed belo7

eac2 title in a /assive or active construction)

"tudent AB

+2ales in Danger

(hunt ; 'ill ; sell"

"erial @iller T2reatening ?oung GirlsE Lives)

('ill ; chase ; not catch"

Conta$ination o1 Main Cit( River)

($ollute ; $oison ; s$oil"

"tudent 9B

Negligent Neig2bours Du$/ Rubbis2 in River)

(is$ose of ; get ri of ; thro! a!a"

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Green/eace Activists Marc2ing against +2ale (?x$ress Publishing, 4@@@", 95.

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bB Ta,ing into account t2e 1ollo7ing to/ics invent 2eadlines 72ic2 7ill be li,el( to

contain $ore instances o1 eit2er /assive or active voice)

Turtles in &exico om$uters The tele$hone &others

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Doole, . an V. ?vans. Grammarway 3. ?x$ress Publishing, 4@@@.

raver, 2.D.Advanced English Practice.Oxfor 1niversit Press, 4@B4.

)ot Schmit, ).Advanced English Grammar.Prentice )all Cegents, 4@@.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.Thir ?ition. 7ongman, 4@@.

Euir', C. an S. reenbaum. A Students Grammar of the English Language. 7ongman,

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Sellen, D. Grammar Goals. 2lac' at Publishing, 8558.

Vince, &.Advanced Language Practice.)einemann, 4@@F.

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Verb to be+ /ast /artici/leof the main verb

Thieves bro'e into the house last night.

& house !as bro'en into (b thieves".

Direct Object Passive SubjectActive Subject Passive Agent

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The agent is uni$/ortant, un,no7nor obvious from

the context.

The active subject is too generalised or=7ea,>.

To avoid bla$eor res/onsibilit(.

To 1ocuson the reci/ientof the action or the action

itself.

To have a double 1ocus.

The active subject is too long (en !eight".

To $rovie co2esionan co2erence.

To give an ob5ectivean i$/ersonal tone(scientific !riting"

To reuce the istance bet!een the subject an the verb.

To avoi $roblems !ith masculine % feminine $ronouns.