UNIDADES TECNOLOGICAS DE SANTANDER

LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE - ENGLISH 2

Skill or linguistic content: Vocabulary and Grammar. Description: Ss will review vocabulary on the
media, and practice the use of passive voice and the expressions used for giving and asking opinion,
agreeing and disagreeing. Unit: 2 Lesson: A
Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ___________________

A. Solve the crossword using some vocabulary about the media. (1 mark)

ACROSS

1. a paid notice or announcement, as of goods for sale.

2. a book in digital form.
3. a program, movie, or similar recorded with a device.
4. motion-picture theater.
5. a journal written online and accessible to users of the internet.

DOWN

1. a large computer network.

2. the broadcasting of images through radio waves to receivers that project these images.
3. a publication, usually issued daily or weekly that contains news.
4. a publication that is issued periodically, usually bound in a paper cover, and typically contains
essays, stories, poems, etc.
5. a connected group of pages on the World Wide Web.
6. a system of communicating speech or other sounds by sending electromagnetic waves.
7. websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in
networking.
 PASSIVE VOICE

We use the passive voice when we are more interested in the action itself
rather than in “who” or “what” did the action.
The agent can be:
* unimportant – “These shoes are made in Indonesia.” (the action is more
important than who made the shoes)
* unknown – “The windows were broken yesterday.” (somebody broke the
windows and we don’t know who did it)
* implicit – “He was arrested.” (most certainly by the police)

Present Simple Present Continuous Past Simple

AM/IS/ARE+ Past Participle AM/IS/ARE+ BEING + Past Participle WAS/WERE + Past Participle

Present Perfect Future Simple

HAVE/HAS+ BEEN+ Past Participle WILL +BE+ Past Participle

A. Rewrite the sentences in Passive Voice (2 marks):

1. I clean my room every day. __________________________________________________________

2. Tom bought a nice present yesterday. __________________________________________________
3. Ann will sing a beautiful song. ___________________________________________________________
4. Ben didn’t repair my computer yesterday. __________________________________________________
5. My sister is making a tasty cake now. ___________________________________________________
6. We haven’t bought tickets to the concert. ___________________________________________________
7. Helen doesn’t teach French at school. _____________________________________________________
8. Tim sent an email to his friend. __________________________________________________
9. She has written a test today. _________________________________________
10. Mona isn’t washing the clothes now. ____________________________________________
11. He won’t copy this text. ___________________________________________
12. He has bought a new car. _______________________________________
13. We are playing volley-ball now. _______________________________________
14. Our teacher explained the rule. _______________________________________
15. They translate texts every day. __________________________________________
16. She isn’t watching a comedy film now. ________________________________________
17. He put the candle on the table. __________________________________________
18. Pam has bought a new ring recently. _________________________________________
19. He will correct the mistakes. __________________________________________
20. The cat dropped the vase yesterday. ___________________________________________

C. Complete the dialogues using passive forms of the verbs. Read the model. (1 mark).

A: Has anyone repaired the dishwasher?

B: Yes, it has just been repaired. (just - repair)

1. A: Do they include service in the bill?

B: Yes, service ______________________ (include)
2. A: Were they serving dinner when you arrived?
B: Yes, dinner _______________________ (serve) when I arrived.

3. A: Are they paving the street?

B: Yes, the street _______________________(pave)

4. A: Will they postpone the meeting?

B. I’m sure the meeting ___________________(postpone)

5. A: Can we leave our bicycles in the driveway?

B: No. Bicycles _______________________ (leave) in the driveway.

D. Read the following expressions, classify them and use them to complete the conversation.
(1 mark).
What is their idea You are right How do you feel about that To my mind
I totally disagree with you I think that
In my opinion I completely agree What do you think I don’t agree with you

Asking for opinion Expressing opinion Agreeing Disagreeing

TALKING ABOUT SCHOOLS.

Amy: Hello guys, I’ve been talking about one topic with other friends, so I want to know your opinion…
_______________________________ a good school is?
Hannah: ____________________, the good school is the one that makes a balance between discipline and fun.
Amy: ____________________________, Hannah. Too much focus on discipline can make a school like a
prison, and excessive focus on fun makes it a park rather than a school. So balance is better.
Paul: I’m sorry to say this, but ________________________. What is the point of fun in a school?
___________________________ the good school is the one where you don’t have to study such useless
subjects as foreign languages.
Amy:_____________________, Paul. _______________foreign languages are very important nowadays.
__________________________________Hannah?
Hannah: __________________Amy. There is no good school that doesn’t teach foreign languages today.
Paul: We have different opinions, let’s talk to another people to see ___________________________.