Lesson 52: Unit 108 - Passive Voice. Present Perfect Tense.
This lesson covers the passive voice in the Present Perfect Tense (have/has been + past participle) through the text about the TV series LOST and a variety of sentence transformation exercises.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how the passive voice is formed in the Present Perfect Tense, using the structure have/has been + past participle. You will practise transforming active sentences into passive ones through examples from the text about the famous American TV series LOST. You will become familiar with rich vocabulary from the series and consolidate the use of the passive voice in context. The lesson also includes reading comprehension with the story "The $10 Car".
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Form the passive voice in the Present Perfect Tense (have/has been + Past Participle).
- Transform active sentences into passive ones in the Present Perfect Tense.
- Recognise and use the passive voice in negative and question forms.
- Learn key vocabulary from the text about LOST.
- Read and understand texts containing the passive voice in the Present Perfect Tense.
Lesson vocabulary
- survivor A plane crash strands the surviving passengers of Oceanic Flight 815 on a seemingly deserted tropical island.
- mysterious They encounter a Frenchwoman who was shipwrecked on the island over sixteen years earlier and find a mysterious metal hatch buried in the ground.
- to broadcast The pilot episode was broadcast on 22nd September 2002.
- to air Since then two seasons have already been aired.
- to gather During its first year LOST gathered in front of the TV an average of 15.5 million viewers per episode.
- outstanding It won the EMMY award for outstanding drama series in 2005.
- staple The show has become a staple of popular culture.
- fictional The show's fictional universe has been explored through novels, board and video games.
- to explore The show's fictional universe has been explored through novels, board and video games and a reality game.
- principal Most of the principal characters of the third season are Jack, Kate, Sawyer, Claire, Charlie, Sayid, Locke, Sun, Desmond, Hurley, and Jin.
- malevolent Their survival is threatened by mysterious entities including the island's malevolent inhabitants known as the 'Others'.
- to ascribe The mysterious elements have been ascribed to science fiction or supernatural phenomena.
- to betray One of the crash survivors betrays the other castaways.
- to reveal The cause of the plane crash is revealed.
- to reject Theories have been discussed, accepted and rejected by fans, TV viewers and critics.
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