The Passive

THE PASSIVE

Passive Voice

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- Activities with Simple Present: 1, 2, 3, 4
- Activities with Simple Past: 1, 2, 3, 4
- The Coca Cola story
- Translation activities

Simple Past (2)

Let's remember:
Affirmative-----> regular verb + -ed / irregular verb (see list) -----> She worked / She saw
Negative-----> did not + verb -----> She did not work
Interrogative-----> did + subject + verb? -----> Did she work?

ACTIVITIES:
* Saberinglés.com: 1. Complete with the past form , 2. Write the negative form, 3. Rewrite the sentence
* Ego4u.com: 1. exercises, 2. test
* Games: 1. Basketball game, 2. SpeedWord, 3.Jeopardy Betting

The Three Kings

THE GIFT OF THE MAGI

1) Vocabulary: the Three Kings (Magi), Epiphany, Twelfth Night, camels, gifts (gold, frankincense, myrrh)---> Add three words.

2) Can you match kings and gifts?
a) Caspar b) Melchior c) Balthasar
1) Gold 2) Myrrh 3) Frankincense

3) Debate: What did you get/give for Christmas?

For further information:
- Wikipedia
- Last year's post about The Gift of the Magi (O.Henry)

2010!

Do you remember dates in English? Remember how to say the year:

- 1900 Nineteen hundred

- 1985 Nineteen eighty-five

- 2009 Two thousand and nine

In the English-speaking world, there is a debate about HOW TO SAY 2010? What do you think? Here you have some options:

- Two thousand and ten

- Twenty-ten

- Ten

- Two-Oh-One-Oh

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year 2010!

- Crossword
- Wordsearch
- Auld Lang Syne (Listen and sing it)
- New Year Scavenger Hunt
- BBC Christmas Crossword
- Games
- Jigsaw Puzzle

- ACTIVITIES:
1. How many words can you make out of Happy New Year? (examples: here, where, nephew...)

2. Write your New Year's resolutions (example: I promise to study English every day)

Christmas 2009

Christmas 2009

- Games
- Where's Rudolph? (game)
- Christmas wordsearch
- Send a letter to Santa
- The Elves Save the Day (read and listen)
- Christmas around the world
- Vocabulary
- Vocabulary review
- Activities
- Karaoke: Jingle Bells, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock
- We wish you a Merry Christmas (song and activities)
- A Christmas Carol by C. Dickens (AUDIO)

- Nightmare Before Christmas -What's this? (VIDEO)
- Links (Isabel Pérez)

Happy

Happy by Leona Lewis

- Worksheet: click here

- Official site: click here

- Video with lyrics in English and Spanish: click here