Specialized Communication in English 3

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TEACHER MARCO ANTONIORIVERA ARELLANO


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At the beginning of any course we shouldgive our learners a test to find out whatthey know, to know about their roots, whatthey do not know. I am talking about adiagnostic test. The information from thisassessment can give us an idea and whatto do, what and how to teach, actually wewill have a view of the learners that needextra-help


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Teachers and school want to know about learnerslevel and to know this we can give our studentanother test; placement test, I think this optionmay be in language school, but we consider very

important. After we have finished teaching some topics,lessons and we have to find out if our learnershave learnt and the goals have been achieved,teachers must give the students another test;formative assessment, even a progress test, wemustnt forget to give learners feedback on theirstrengths and problems to work in English.


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2.12.1.1PASSIVE VOICETENSES,USESGRAMMAR STRUCTUREEXAMPLES


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Passive voice is used when the focus is onthe action. It is not important or not known,however, who or what is performing theaction.Example: My bike was stolen.In the example above, the focus is on the factthat my bike was stolen. I do not know,however, who did it.Sometimes a statement in passive is morepolite than active voice, as the followingexample shows:


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In this case, I focus on the fact that a mistake was made, but Ido not blame anyone (e.g. You have made a mistake.).Form of PassiveSubject + finite form of to be + Past Participle (3rd columnof irregular verbs )

Example: A letter was written.When rewriting active sentences in passive voice, note thefollowing:the object of the active sentence becomes the subject of thepassive sentencethe finite form of the verb is changed ( to be + past participle)

the subject of the active sentence becomes the object of thepassive sentence (or is dropped)
http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbshttp://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/irregular-verbs


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TenseSubjectVerbObject SimplePresent Active: Ritawritesa letter. Passive: Aletteris writtenby Rita. SimplePast Active: Ritawrotea letter. Passive: Aletterwas writtenby Rita. PresentPerfect Active: Ritahas writtenaletter. Passive: A letterhas been writtenbyRita. Future I Active: Ritawill writealetter. Passive: A letterwill be writtenbyRita. Hilfsverben Active: Ritacan writealetter. Passive: A lettercan be writtenby Rita.


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TenseSubjectVerbObject PresentProgressive Active: Ritais writinga letter. Passive: Aletteris being writtenby Rita. PastProgressive Active: Ritawas writinga letter. Passive: Aletterwas being writtenby Rita. PastPerfect Active: Ritahad writtena letter. Passive: Aletterhad been writtenby Rita. Future II Active: Ritawillhave writtena letter. Passive: A letterwill have beenwrittenby Rita. Conditional I Active: Ritawould writealetter. Passive: A letterwould be writtenbyRita. Conditional II Active: Ritawould have writtenaletter. Passive: A letterwould have been writtenby Rita.


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Passive Sentences with Two ObjectsRewriting an active sentence with twoobjects in passive voice means that one ofthe two objects becomes the subject, theother one remains an object. Which objectto transform into a subject depends onwhat you want to put the focus on. SubjectVerbObject 1Object2 Active: Ritawrotea letterto me. Passive: A

letterwas writtento meby Rita. Passive: Iwas


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Personal and Impersonal PassivePersonal Passive simply means that theobject of the active sentence becomes thesubject of the passive sentence. So everyverb that needs an object (transitive verb)can form a personal passive.Example: They build houses. Houses arebuilt.Verbs without an object (intransitive verb)normally cannot form a personal passive

sentence (as there is no object that can


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Example: he says it is saidImpersonal Passive is not as common inEnglish as in some other languages (e.g.German, Latin). In English, ImpersonalPassive is only possible with verbs ofperception (e. g. say, think, know).Example: They say that women live longerthan men. It is said that women livelonger than men.

Although Impersonal Passive is possible


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The subject of the subordinate clause(women) goes to the beginning of thesentence; the verb of perception is put intopassive voice. The rest of the sentence isadded using an infinitive construction with'to' (certain auxiliary verbs and that aredropped).Sometimes the term Personal Passive isused in English lessons if the indirect

object of an active sentence is to become


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Passive Voice - Exercises on FormWrite passive sentences in Simple Present.the documents / print

the window / openthe shoes / buythe car / washthe litter / throw away

the letter / sendthe book / read / notthe songs / sing / notthe food / eat / not

the shop / close / not


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Passive Voice - Exercises on FormWrite passive sentences in Simple Past.the test / write

the table / setthe cat / feedthe lights / switch onthe house / build

dinner / servethis computer / sell / notthe car / stop / notthe tables / clean / not

the children / pick up / not


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Quick Exercise Put the following sentences into passive voice.

1. Many people read this writer's articles..2. Jackie milks the cows every morning..3. Berg never understands the new teacher..4. Everybody loves chocolate..5. Kids always eat candies.6. The American people elect the members ofCongress.


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Forming Simple Future Passive Affirmative Form Object + will + be + verb3 (pastparticiple) Question Form Will + object + be +

verb3 (past participle)Something be done by someone in the future.

Active : We will take the horses to the stable.Passive: The horses will be taken to the stable.

Active : Will the manager sign the contracttomorrow.Passive: Will the contract be signed by themanager tomorrow.


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Quick Exercise Put the following sentences into passivevoice. (will future passive)

1. Will he pick up the kids tomorrow??2. The birds will eat those cookies.

.3. My friends will visit him tomorrow.

.4. The coach will throw a party on theweekend..


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Forming Going To Future Passive Affirmative Form Object + am / is / are + going to+ be + verb3 (past participle) Question Form Am /

is / are + object + going to + be + verb3 (pastparticiple)

Something is going to be done by someone in thefuture. (Planned)

Active : Is anybody going to invite me?Passive: Am I going to be invited by anybody?

Active : I am going to pay his debts.Passive: His debts are going to be paid by me.


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Quick Exercise Put the following sentences into passive voice.(will future passive)

1. Are they going to feed the cats??2. Who is going to pay the bill??

3. The teacher is going to give me a secondchance..4. Disneyland is going to give us a big discount..5. They are going to train me for the job.


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Forming Present Progressive Passive Affirmative Form Object + am / is / are + being + verb3 Question Form Am /is / are + Object + being + verb3 ?

Something is being done by someone at the moment.

Active : The postman is delivering the mail.Passive: The mail is being delivered by the postman.

Active : Harry Potter is measuring the room.Passive: The room is being measured by Harry Potter.

Active : The coach is congratulating the team at the moment.Passive: The team is being congratulated by the coach.

Active : Are they opening the gifts now?Passive: Are the gifts being opened by them ? (now)


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At the end of the term or course we should assess thestudents how well they have learnt; achievement orsummative testing. Learners can evaluate themselves too, this is calledself-assessment or another; peer assessment. Thisactivity can help the students to become moreautonomous.There are many kind of test, exams, assessment,tasks; gap fill, multiple-choice questions, true-falsequestions, ordering. Correcting mistakes, taking part inan interview, role-playing, writing letters, documents,compositions, making videos, singing a song.When we assess our learners we have to include allthese topics:


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When we assess our learners we have toinclude all these topics:Appropiacy, accuracy, fluency andinteraction, in this case is oral test.Gap-fill- Accuracy, of language we use.


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Put the following sentences into passive voice.(present continuous passive)

1. The cat is tearing the new book.

?2. Is the agent chasing the criminal??3. We are collecting the donations at the moment..

4. They are washing my car now..5. Mr. Barber is handing out the exam papers..

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