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UNIT 8A

ANGRY PLANET
Learning outcome:
At the end of the session students will be able to
elaborate questions using the passive voice to
discuss about the weather and natural disasters.
Match the words to the pictures

1 2

a hurricane

a flood
3 4
a gale

a storm
5 6

a heat wave

a tornado
a blizzard
7 8

thunder and
lightning
9 10

an earthquake

a tsunami
11
12
a drought

a landslide
What causes a tsunami?

What can we do to help prevent droughts?


What will happen if the North and South Poles melt?

Can people predict where and when earthquakes will happen?

Is the Earth really getting warmer?


Look at the verb forms in bold, are Passive voice
they active or passive?
PRESENT SIMPLE
ACTIVE VOICE

Extreme weather causes high temperatures.


Subject Object
PASSIVE VOICE

High temperatures are caused by extreme weather.


subject AGENT
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
ACTIVE VOICE

Teenagers are consuming more alcohol.

Subject Object
PASSIVE VOICE

More alcohol is being consumed by teenagers.

subject agent
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
ACTIVE VOICE

Peruvian farmers have produced a wide variety of potatoes.

Subject Object

PASSIVE VOICE

A wide variety of potatoes have been produced by Peruvian farmers.

agent
subject
PAST SIMPLE
ACTIVE VOICE

A tsunami destroyed a big island.


Subject Object
PASSIVE VOICE

A big island was destroyed by a tsunami.

subject agent
BE GOING TO
ACTIVE VOICE

The flood is going to affect water supply.


Subject Object
PASSIVE VOICE

Water supply is going to be affected by the flood.

subject agent
WILL
ACTIVE VOICE

An earthquake will hit the north of Chile.


Subject Object

PASSIVE VOICE

The north of Chile will be hit by an earthquake.


agent
subject
CAN
ACTIVE VOICE

Some cars can use solar power.


Subject Object

PASSIVE VOICE

Solar power can be used by some cars.


agent
subject
Passive voice structure
Verb form be
Present simple are / is/am
Present Continuous are / is/ am being
Present Perfect have / has been Verb in
Simple
Past Simple was / were
Past
Be going to is / are/ am going to
participle
be
Will will be
Can can be
International News! Gossip Column
Look at the news and complete
More than 2.500 people New scandalous photos of Gabriella
the blanks. Get together in (1)____________ (kill) during the civil Hunt (2)____________ (upload) online
groups and think of your own war in India. recently!
news ussing passive voice.

Sports News Political News


The world 100 meters record A new president (4)___________
(3)____________ (break) yesterday. (choose) in Mexico next week.

USIL Police News


A new cafeteria ( 5)______________ Lots of teens (6)____________ (see)
(open) in the building “D” next month. causing distrubances on the train last
week.
International News! Gossip Column
Look at the news and complete
More than 2.500 people New scandalous photos of Gabriella
the blanks. Get together in (1)____________ (kill) during the civil Hunt (2)____________ (upload) online
groups and think of your own war in India. recently!
news ussing passive voice.

Sports News Political News


The world 100 meters record A new president (4)___________
(3)____________ (break) yesterday. (choose) in Mexico next week.

USIL Police News


Answers
1. were killed A new cafeteria ( 5)______________ Lots of teens (6)____________ (see)
2. have been uploaded (open) in the building “D” next month. causing distrubances on the train last
3. was broken week.
4. will be chosen
5. will be opened
6. were seen
LINKS TO PRACTICE
• https://elt.oup.com/student/solutions/int/grammar/grammar_
08_012e?cc=pe&selLanguage=en
• https://elt.oup.com/student/project/level4/unit05/grammar/e
xercise3?cc=co&selLanguage=en
Answers
1. are flooded
2. will be flooded/ is going to be
flooded
3. has already been collected
4. have been repaired/are being
repaired
5. be found
6. be saved
7. isn’t done
8. will be lost /are going to be lost
International News! Gossip Column
Get together in groups and
think of your own news ussing
passive voice.

USIL NEWS
Sports News Political News

USIL Police News


WORD FORMATION
For each question, fill the space or spaces in the sentence using the
base word given in bold at the end.
earthquake is high.
1. The number of casualties after the strong ___________
(EARTH)
floodable areas
2. Authories decided to provide support to those _____________
near the river. (FLOOD)
melting
3. The _________________ of a big number of icebergs is increasing
sea levels. (MELT)
KEY WORD FORMATIONS
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not
change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given..

1. The strong earthquake under the ocean caused huge waves that hit the port in few minutes.
DUE
were caused due to the strong earthquake under the ocean.
Big waves ________________________________
2. Bad decisions made by inexperienced authorities have ended up in a deep social crisis.
CREATED
has been created because of the bad decisions made by those
That deep social crisis ___________________________________
inexperienced authorities.
3. The lighting stroke near him causing some damage to his limbs.
HOSPITAL
was taken to hospital with some burns on his limbs.
The man _______________________________
OPEN-CLOZE
For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look
carefully at the words both before and after each space..

The breaking news has reported that hundreds of areas were recently damaged
drought
by not enough rainfall. That (1) _______________ is causing a big problem
among farmers who have investested big amounts of money on the chief crop of
up an emergency plan to lessen
the area: rice. Authorities have run (2) ________
from foreign
the impact it may provoke into the country’s economy. Aid (3) _________
countries is arriving so that the inhabitants do not have to struggle harder facing
these difficulties.
HOMEWORK
1. Workbook lesson 8A p40
2. Work on your DVD ROM.
3. In the learning path check Unit 8B to come
prepared the next lesson.

REFERENCES
Redston, C., Clementson, T., Cunningham, G (2013).
Face2face Intermediate (Second Edition).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
UNIT 8B
RECYCLE
Learning outcome:
At the end of the session students will be able to compare
the indiscriminate use of bottles using quantifiers to
describe the recycling system in their city.
Work in pairs. Make a list of natural disasters

The most common The ones you have The ones have
in your city experienced never happened in
your city
CAN YOU NAME THEM?

Video (containers)
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6eXc_Zi5DE
• EXERCISE
• http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/vocabulary/beginner-vocabulary/containers
A
Are these words countable or
uncountable?

These are COUNTABLE


These are UNCOUNTABLE
because you can use in
because you can’t pluralize.
singular and plural.
Countable nouns can be:

Singular Plural
• a business book • some business books
• a flowerpot
• some dictionaries
• a seed
• some sandwiches
a + consonant sound
• some islands
• an English book
• an Mp3 player
• an island

an + vowel sound
USED IN NEGATIVE /
USED IN AFFIRMATIVE
QUESTIONS

Some vs Any
Both are used with countable and uncountable
nouns

1. I bought some jars of coffee.

2. You didn’t buy any jars.

3. Do they buy any coffee?


countable uncountable

Tins Pasta

People Sugar

Places Milk

Bottles Rubbish

friends Paper

Information

progress
KEY WORD TRANSFORMATION EXERCISES

• There is a bit of pasta left in the fridge


• ANY There _____________pasta left in the fridge

• MUCH There ________________pasta left in the fridge

• LITTLE There is _______________pasta left in the fridge

• There are a lot of cans of cat food in the cupboard.

• LOADS There ________________________cans of cat food in the cupboard.

• PLENTY There _________________cans of cat food in the cupboard.


• A few people in my neighbourhood recycle stuff.
ANY ____________people in my neighbourhood recycle stuff.

MANY ___________people in my neighbourhood recycle stuff.

Since she is very popular she has got lots of friends at the university

PLENTY She has _______________friends at university because she’s very popular

There aren’t any foreigners in our class.


NO There ______________foreigners in our class.

There isn’t a TV in the classroom


NO
WORD FORMATION
For each question, fill the space or spaces in the sentence using the
base word given in bold at the end.
juicy piece
1. We couldn´t help ourselves when we stared at that ________
of meat. (JUICE)
2. Luckily, we had access to a computer where we found lots of
information concerning our chosen topic. (INFORM)
_________________
recyclable
3. Plastic and paper are ______________ materials that can be
processed and used again. (RECYCLE)
KEY WORD FORMATIONS
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not
change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given..

1. This classroom is not big enough to hold 50 students.


SPACE
not enough space in this
There is ____________________________classroom to hold 50 students.
2. I drank too much coffee last night that I had a hard time to get asleep.
MANY
I drank too many cups of coffee.
I couldn’t get asleep easily last night because ___________________
3. I have moved to a new neighborhood where not many people recycle stuff.
ANY
Hardly any people in my
_____________________________ new neighborhood recycle stuff.
OPEN-CLOZE
For each space, choose ONE word which you think best completes the sentence. Look
carefully at the words both before and after each space..

times
1. Based on statistics, British people throw away seven _________
their own body weight in rubbish yearly.
few
2. My dad knows a ________ words in Turkish; however, my mom
speaks it fluently.
bins
3. New garbage ____________ have been installed in several parks
and streets around the community.
SELF-ASSESSMENT
How would you rate your knowledge of the new
material?
Number Self-reflection
4 I know this VERY well. I could teach it to someone
else
3 I know this pretty well. I get almost every question
right the first time.
2 I am still learning this. I still have some questions and
I am unsure sometimes.
1 I have LOTS of questions. I am not sure what to do
most of the times.
HOMEWORK
1. Workbook lesson 8B p41
2. Work on your DVD ROM.
3. In the learning path check Unit 8C to come
prepared the next lesson.

REFERENCES
Redston, C., Clementson, T., Cunningham, G (2013).
Face2face Intermediate (Second Edition).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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