Lesson 54: Unit 110 - Passive Voice. Revision.

About this lesson

In this lesson you will review and consolidate your knowledge of the passive voice in English. You will practise passive constructions in different tenses – past simple, present simple, perfect and progressive – through an authentic text about the Grammy Awards. You will learn to distinguish when to use the active and when the passive voice, and why the choice of tense matters. The exercises include gap-filling, reordering and speaking tasks inspired by real teaching material.

40 minutes

What you'll learn

• Recognise and form passive constructions in different tenses.
• Fill in the correct forms of the passive voice in context.
• Understand when the passive voice is preferred over the active.
• Use expressions such as 'are named after', 'is held annually', 'have been awarded' correctly.
• Retell a text using passive constructions.
• Distinguish between the use of the past simple and the perfect in the passive voice.

Lesson vocabulary

• were established The Grammy Awards were established in 1959 by the American Recording Academy.
• were originally called They were originally called the Gramophone Awards.
• is held It is one of the four major shows that is held annually in the USA.
• are awarded The Grammys are awarded for artistic and technical achievement.
• are named after The awards are named after the trophy which the winner receives.
• are presented Some of the more prominent Grammys are presented in a widely viewed television ceremony.
• have been awarded Many popular artists have been awarded very few Grammys.
• have not always been taken seriously The Grammys have not always been taken seriously by some musicians.
• were given Some of the 49th Grammy Awards were given to Christina Aguilera.
• was shocked Everybody was shocked by the terrible news last night.
• was damaged Expensive equipment was damaged in the storm yesterday.
• will be given A prize will be given to whoever solves this problem.
• was being built When I moved to Nairobi, a new motorway was being built.
• was considered Thousands of years ago, mustard was considered a medicine.
• are made to be broken Rules are made to be broken.

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