Lesson 50: Unit 106 - Passive Voice. Past Simple Tense.

About this lesson

In this lesson you will learn how to form and use the Past Simple Passive Voice in English. The formula is simple: was / were + past participle. We will read an interesting text about the history of email, full of passive sentences in the past simple tense. You will master the rules for transforming active sentences into passive ones and understand when it is appropriate to use them. Finally, you will consolidate your knowledge with a variety of interactive exercises based directly on the texts from the lesson.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Form the Past Simple Passive with was / were + past participle
• Transform active sentences into passive ones in the past simple tense
• Transform passive sentences into active ones in the past simple tense
• Recognise and use passive constructions in a text
• Understand when to use 'was' and when to use 'were' in the passive voice

Lesson vocabulary

• passive voice The telephone was invented by Bell.
• past participle The theory of relativity was created by Einstein.
• invent The telephone was invented by Alexander Bell.
• create The World Wide Web was created in 1991.
• long-distance link The first long-distance link was made between Utah and California.
• communicate Scientists wanted to communicate and share information.
• emoticon In 1979 the first emoticons were used to show one's feelings.
• destructive A university student made a destructive program.
• affect The virus affected 10% of all Internet users.
• international The first international computer connection was made between England and Norway.
• billion More than ten billion messages were sent and received every day.
• access It made it much easier to access the Internet.
• conduct Experiments were conducted to test the hypothesis.
• transplant operation A new transplant operation was performed.
• discover Traces of ice were discovered on the surface of Mars.

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