Review: Active & Passive Voice (Present/Past/Future)

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Click on this link to start the game.

Do you need more practice? You can go to these other links to do some more online exercises:

1. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-1.html

2. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-2.html

3. http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/passive-exercise-4.html

4. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/active_or_passive.htm

5. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/active_or_passive1.htm

6. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_past.htm

7. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/sentences_simple_present.htm

8. http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_passive/questions.htm

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St. George – Writing Contest

If you are an ESO student, you can take part in the contest by writing a mini saga about a classic story, fairy tale, myth or legend. You can change the original plot, the setting, or include new characters.

A mini saga is a short piece of writing containing exactly 50 words, plus a maximum of 15 words for the title. You can include a picture or drawing as in the sample:

Not Cinderella anymore

Cinderella was mean and spoiled by her stepmother. Her two sisters were all the time fixing up the house. One day, the family met a handsome prince, and all three fell in love with him. The sisters grabbed a shoe and beat Cinderella, and the prince was only for them.                                                   

By Júlia Nieto     

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All the writings must be delivered to Mar or Laura and sent to iesjblume@hotmail.com in an attached word or pdf document. You must write Creative Writing Contest and your name, surname and course in the subject line.

Deadline: April 11th 2016

If you don’t remember the title of fairy tales in English, here you are some examples. You can also find a full list on Wikipedia. 

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Source: www.tes.com

 

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A biography of a star

Go to Padlet and create a wall with the biography of your favourite star (actor, actress, singer, writer…) You can add pictures and videos to illustrate your biography (remember to note down the source)

You need to write about:

1. His/her early career

2. His/her success

3. His/her recent career

Here you are an example:

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Alternative treatments

I. Answer the following questions in pairs.

What comes to your mind when you hear the word “alternative treatment”?

What alternative treatment do you know about?

What kind of people uses it?

Do you trust it?

II. Listen to the introduction to the interview. (Up to 0:30)

What is the interview going to be about?

What is integrative medicine?

Who are they going to interview?

III. Now watch the rest of the video and say if the sentences below are true or false.

T/F

1.  Alternative medicine is also studied at the medical school
2. Integrative medicine is a mixture of alternative and conventional treatments.
3. The best way to practise integrative medicine is with a trained physician.
4. The benefits of integrative medicine are that it takes into account the needs of the patients.
5. According to Dr. McCann, the patient has an innate ability to heal
6. There are different types of patients, some people have small problems like a cough.
7. People choose integrative medicine because they want their doctor to know them and be active participants in their care.

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