The passive voice is used to switch the focus from who is doing something to what is being done which makes it especially useful in business when the focus is placed on a product or process. Students practice forming passive voice sentences and understand the role of the agent. Students will be able to explain a manufacturing process in the passive voice.
How Beer is Made
Overview
BusinessFood and restaurantsWork
Level
Intermediate: B1Upper-Intermediate: B2
Included
3 student pagesTeaching notes
Teaching time 90 mins
Language functions
Describing people, places, or thingsExplaining
Language forms
Passive voicePerfect formsVerb forms
Activities
MatchingReadingRewritingRole-playSentence completion
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