Students are introduced to the passive voice by talking about inventions and practice using present and past simple passives in a variety of written and spoken activity. A trivia quiz has students bet points on how confident they believe their answers are.
Awesome Inventions
Overview
BusinessPeople and places
Level
Pre-Intermediate: A2+Intermediate: B1
Included
4 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 120 mins
Language functions
Asking and answering questionsComprehending textDescribing people, places, or thingsTalking about the past
Language forms
Passive voiceVerb forms
Activities
Gap fillQuestions and answersReadingSentence completionWriting
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