The Passive Voice
Teaching Aims:
1.Summarize and review the different forms of the Passive Voice in the Present Indefinite,the Past Indefinite,the Future Indefinite and the Present Perfect.
2.Help the students master how to turn the Active Voice into the Passive Voice.
3.Make sure the students know how to change sentences with modal verbs into the Passive Voice.
Teaching Important Point:
Help the students to use the Passive Voice in the Future Indefinite and the Present Perfect correctly.
Teaching Difficult Point:
How to make the students know how to change the verbal phrases from the Active Voice into the Passive Voice correctly.
Teaching Methods:
Review,explanation,inductive methods
Teaching Aids:
1.the multimedia
2.the blackboard
Teaching Procedures:
兂Step ⒐ Greetings
Greet the whole class as usual.
兂Step ⒑ Revision
T:Weˇve learnt the Passive Voice before.Now,look at the screen,please.
(Show the following sentences on the multimedia.)
Turn the following into the Passive Voice:
1.He washes his clothes every week.
2.I repaired my bike yesterday.
3.We shall discuss the question at our next meeting.
4.They have done everything to make the work easier.
5.The driver is repairing the car.
6.You must keep the book clean.
T:Please change these sentences into the Passive Voice.After you finish,you may check your answers with the deskmate.
(Students prepare for a moment and then check their answers in pairs.Finally,the teacher asks some students to write their sentences on the blackboard.)
Suggested answers:
1.His clothes are washed every week.
2.My bike was repaired yesterday.
3.The question will be discussed at our next meeting.
4.Everything has been done to make the work easier.
5.The car is being repaired(by the driver).
6.The book must be kept clean.
T:Good.Now,read each sentence carefully and underline the predicate in it.(Ask some students to underline the predicate in each sentence.)
Suggested answers:
1.are washed
2.was repaired
3.will be discussed
4.has been done
5.is being repaired
6.must be kept
T:Well done!Look at the underlined parts.What can you find?
Ss:Theyˇre all in different forms.
T:Youˇre quite careful.Theyˇre in different forms.In the first sentence we use the Passive Voice in the Present Indefinite.In the second sentence we use the Passive Voice in the Past Indefinite.The third,the Passive Voice in the Future Indefinite.The fourth is the Passive Voice in the Present Perfect.The fifth is the Passive Voice in the Present Continuous.The last one is the Passive Voice with a modal verb.Are you clear?
Ss:Yes.
T:Good.You must pay more attention to the predicate forms in Passive Voice in different tenses.You must be careful.
兂Step ⒒ Practice
T:Now,letˇs do some more exercises.Look at the screen,please.
(Show the following on the screen.)
Turn the following sentences into the Passive Voice:
1.We speak Chinese here.
2.I finished my homework in two hours.
3.They were making a model plane.
4.They have finished the work.
5.We can change water into ice.
6.You ought to ask for his advice.
7.When will you paint the wall?
8.Have you found your book?
T:Finish the exercise quickly by yourself and then check your answers in pairs.A moment later,Iˇll ask some of you to read out your answers one by one.
Suggested answers:
1.Chinese is spoken here.
2.My homework was finished in two hours.
3.A model plane was being made.
4.The work has been finished.
5.Water can be changed into ice.
6.His advice ought to be asked for.
7.When will the wall be painted?
8.Has your book been found?
兂Step ⒓ Explanation and Practice
T:(Bb:We must take good care of the children.)Please look at the blackboard.Change the sentence into the Passive Voice.Whoˇd like to have a try?
S1:Iˇd like to.The children must be taken good care.
T:Do you agree with her/him?
S2:I think the sentence should be ¨The children must be taken good care of〃.(Teacher writes it on the blackboard.)
T:Very good.In this sentence the predicate is a phrase,when we change it into the Passive Voice,we must look on the phrase as a whole.We shouldnˇt miss the adverb or preposition in the phrase.Do you understand?
Ss:Yes.
T:OK.Now,letˇs do some exercises.Look at the screen,please.
(Show the following on the multimedia.)
Turn the following into the Passive Voice:
1.We have never heard of such things before.
2.They listened to her with great interest.
3.A peasant woman brought the child up.
4.They often made fun of him in school.
5.Iˇll look after your baby well.
6.We must take down the notice quickly.
(Give the students enough time to do these exercises,and then check the answers with the whole class.)
Suggested answers:
1.Such things have never been heard of before.
2.She was listened to with great interest.
3.The child was brought up by a peasant woman.
4.He was often made fun of in school.
5.Your baby will be looked after well.
6.The notice must be taken down quickly.
兂Step ⒔ Consolidation
T:Now,letˇs do more exercises to consolidate the Passive Voice.Look at the screen,please.
(Show the following on the multimedia.)
Multiple Choice:
1.You can see the house ______ for years.
A.isnˇt painted
B.hasnˇt painted
C.hasnˇt been painted
D.hadnˇt painted
2.Some new oil fields ______ since 1976.
A.were opened up
B.has opened up
C.have been opened up
D.had been opened up
3.Doctors ______ in every part of the world.
A.need
B.are needing
C.are needed
D.will need
4.No permission has ______ for anybody to enter the building.
A.been given
B.given
C.to give
D.be giving
5.I ______ ten minutes to decide whether I should reject the offer.
A.gave
B.was given
C.was giving
D.had given
6.In some parts of the world,tea ______ with milk and sugar.
A.is serving
B.is served
C.serves
D.served
7.Paper money ______ for over a thousand years.
A.used
B.has been used
C.has used
D.is using
8.She ______ for what she has done.
A.ought to praise
B.ought to praised
C.ought be praised
D.ought to be praised
9.His new book ______ next month.
A.will be published
B.is publishing
C.is being published
D.has been published
10.Can such a thing ______ happening again?
A.prevent from
B.prevented from
C.be prevented from
D.to prevent from
(A moment later,ask some students to give their answers one by one.)
Suggested answers:
1.C 2.C 3.C 4.A 5.B 6.B 7.B 8.D 9.A 10.C
兂Step ⒕ Summary
T:In this class,we have revised the Passive Voice in the Present Indefinite,the Past Indefinite,and so on.Now,letˇs sum up the Passive Voice of different tenses.Look at the screen,please.
(Show the following on the screen.)
The Passive Voice
The Present IndefiniteXam/is/are+p.p.
The Past IndefiniteXwas/were+p.p.
The Future IndefiniteXshall/will be+p.p.
The Present PerfectXhave/has been+p.p.
The Past PerfectXhad been+p.p.
The Present ContinuousXam/is/are being+p.p.;
can/may/must be+p.p.
T:Thereˇs something important that you must remember.If the predicate is a phrase,make sure that the preposition or the adverb is not missed.Do you remember?
Ss:Yes.
兂Step ⒖ Homework
T:In order to help you consolidate what weˇve learnt today,Iˇll give you some more exercises to do after class.Look at the screen.Write down the sentences in your exercise books.Iˇll check your answers tomorrow.
(Show the following on the multimedia.)
Correct the mistakes in the following sentences:
1.This kind of machine is sold well.
2.That child was taken good care.
3.English is spoken by many countries.
4.The bike needs to repair.
5.The music is sounded beautiful.
6.The story was happened last year.
7.Does a lot of work done by him every day?
8.When will the sports meet held?
Suggested answers:
1.is sold△sells
2.good care△good care of
3.by△in
4.to repair△to be repaired
5.is sounded△sounds
6.was happened△happened
7.Does△Is
8.held△be held
兂Step ⒗ The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard
Unit 14 Freedom fighters
The Fifth Period
Grammar The Passive Voice
1.His clothes are washed every week.
2.My bike was repaired yesterday.
3.The question will be discussed at our next meeting.
4.Everything has been done to make the work easier.
5.The car is being repaired (by the driver).
6.The book must be kept clean.
We must take good care of the children.
△The children must be take good care of.
兂Step ⒘ Record after Teaching