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Tapescript for listening Unit 5 p60

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FROM FIT TO FAT AND BACK: Listening comprehension

WATCH AND LISTEN TO THE VIDEO. 

READ THE QUESTIONS. THEY CAN HELP YOU TO UNDERSTAND.

THEN, TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

GOOD LUCK!!

Who does Paul thank when the video starts?

What may the people who are visiting this site think?

What journey does the video talk about?

When did Paul begin this change in his life?

What had Paul been for more than 10 years?

What was important for him in that moment?

What was his New Year’s resolution?

What happened in the first four months?

What did he have to do after the first six months?

Was it easy? Why?

What does the documentary “Fat and back” talk about?

What is Paul's mission, according to himself?

What does he think about losing weight?

Why did he do that?

Tapescript for listening Unit 5 p57

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Solutions to exercises in ST's Book pp 58 and 59

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Listening Unit 5 p.57

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Listening Unit 5 p.60

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PASSIVE SENTENCES

Learn more about Passive Sentences...
Practice with multi-level exercises...
Don't be afraid of this grammar item...

PASS ENGLISH!!!

If you want a bit more of practice you can use this LINK (exercise 4 is about indirect objects as subject of the passive)

If you want to practice more and more, at a higher level, you may use this LINK
THIS is an exercise on indirect objects used as subject of the passive
THIS is an exercise on impersonal passive sentences (the difficult ones)

Do you want more practice????
Have something done explicado en español y con ejercicios
Un ejercicio de elección para have something done
Otro ejercicio para escribir sobre have something done

Review PASSIVE VOICE and have some more exercises.

OK. Now you're an expert in passive voice. CONGRATULATIONS!!

Purpose (Oraciones de finalidad)

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Explanations and exercises!!

Write conditional sentences about these situations... Be creative!! Be original!!

He usually speaks so quickly that I don't understand him.

Ann is making a dress for herself at the moment. She makes all her own clothes.

- How do you get to work usually?

-I usually go by bus but tomorrow I am going in Tom's car.

- Why are you putting on your raincoat?

-I am going for a walk. Are you coming with me?

I always buy lottery tickets but I never win.

-Do you love him?

-No, I like him very much but I do not love him.

-Are you writing to him tonight?

-Yes, I always write to him on his birthday. Do you want to send any message?

-That car is making a very strange noise. Do you think it's all right?

-Oh yes, that noise does not matter. It always makes a noise like that.

The plane you are looking at now is taking off for Paris.

-What is he doing to his car now?

-I think he is polishing it.

Composition using pasive voice

You have to write a composition similar to these texts about an invention, thing, product, material... trying to use passive voice to show how to give importance to objects in sentences. (about 80 to 100 words).
For next week!

pasiva causativa

VOZ PASIVA: USO CAUSATIVO DE GET Y HAVE (GET/HAVE SOMETHING DONE)  

Escrito por Gustavo Adolfo Rodríguez Martín   

Lo primero que llama la atención de esta forma particular de la voz pasiva es que el auxiliar que se emplea no es el verbo TO BE como es habitual. En su lugar, se emplean o bien el verbo GET (más coloquial) o el verbo HAVE (más formal).

En segundo lugar, se trastoca el orden habitual de la construcción, puesto que se separa el auxiliar (get o have, como ya hemos dicho) del participio del verbo que se conjuga. Esta separación está forzada por la inclusión entre esos dos términos de un objeto sintáctico; generalmente un sustantivo o sintagma nominal

Vamos a ilustrar la estructura sintáctica que hemos descrito con algunos ejemplos (la parte destacada es la que corresponde a lo que hemos explicado):

She had her hair cut two weeks before the wedding.

The students got all the exams corrected before the deadline.

She is having a mole removed by a skin specialist.

Una vez que sabemos cómo se articulan estas oraciones, vamos a analizar cuál es su significado y su función más habitual. En general, puede decirse que estas oraciones indican que alguien hace algo por el sujeto gramatical de la acción, de manera que el sujeto gramatical no realiza sino que recibe la acción que se expresa. Normalmente, los alumnos cuya lengua materna es el Español tienen problemas para entender esta construcción, puesto que estamos acostumbrados a emplear un sujeto gramatical que parece que realiza la acción. Veamos algunos ejemplos para explicarlo mejor:

We will have the house painted again. (En Español diríamos “Vamos a pintar la casa otra vez”, cuando en realidad está implícito que el que va a pintar la casa es un pintor y no nosotros personalmente).

I got my degree framed. (Equivale a “Enmarqué mi título”, cuando de nuevo no soy yo el que realizo la acción en persona, sino normalmente alguien en una tienda de marcos lo hace por nosotros).

Evidentemente, en este tipo de frases el hecho de que el sujeto gramatical no realice la acción se sobreentiende, aunque no nos interese (por ser irrelevante) decir explícitamente quién la realiza en realidad. Por eso, cuando en clase se proponen actividades en las que hay que transformar una oración activa para que nos dé una oración de este tipo, nos encontramos con sujetos muy generales e imprecisos. Sirva de muestra el caso siguiente:

ACTIVA

PASIVA CAUSATIVA

Somebody repaired my car

I got/had my car repaired

En efecto, en activa el sujeto (que luego se omitirá en pasiva por su irrelevancia, como ya hemos explicado) es del todo impreciso (somebody – alguien). Ya en la pasiva, el sujeto gramatical es el que recibe realmente la acción (I – yo) y luego se sitúa el objeto sobre el que se realiza la acción, en este caso el coche (car). Finalmente se coloca el participio del verbo que se está empleando para describir la acción (repair – arreglar). De manera que en Español sería algo así como “me han arreglado el coche” o “he arreglado el coche”, según la intención del hablante, pero siempre teniendo el cuenta que no soy yo, sino alguien indeterminado (suponemos que un mecánico) el que realiza la acción.

EXERCISES:

1. SOME PAINTERS have painted our living room.

We have had our living room painted.

2. A HAIRDRESSER cut Jane's hair yesterday.

Jane

3. A CARPENTER is going to replace our windows tomorrow.

We

4. AN OPTICIAN is checking my eyes this afternoon.

I

5. A MECHANIC inspected Larry's car last summer.

Larry

6. SOME PLUMBERS have installed a new central heating system in our house.

We

7. THE DRY CLEANER'S is cleaning my winter coat.

I

8. AN EXPERT has valued Christine's jewelry.

Christine

9. THE DENTIST is going to take out one of his wisdom teeth.

He

10. THE SURGEON altered her nose last year.

She

pasiva impersonal

Impersonal Passive

Usaremos verbos  de percepción: say , think, suppose , know, expect , consider , etc.

Esta construcción se usa con especial frecuencia para relatar notcias.

La estructura de la frase pasiva impersonal es la siguiente: 

SUJETO +  VERBO TO BE ( en el tiempo que corresponda) + PARTICIPIO

Ejemplos:

ACTIVA: They  believe that the government will change chat law.
PASIVA IMP: It is believed that the government will change that law.

They reported that there was a criminal in the building.
It was reported that there was a criminal in the building.

A partir de esta construcción se puede llegar a una siguiente pasiva, en la cual el sujeto principal será el sujeto de la segunda frase, cuando ésta estaba en activa.  El verbo de la segunda frase aparecerá en infinitivo o infinitivo perfecto.

 They say that the boss had sent the letter.

• It is said that the boss had sent the letter.
• The boss is said to have sent the letter.

Everyone think that the ship will arrive tomorrow morning.

• It is said that the ship will arrive tomorrow morning.
• The ship is said to arrive tomorrow morning.

 Now try the following sentences:

My whole family thinks that ghosts exist.

People think that money is the most important thing in life.

Specialists say that the business was not good.

Children said that the rock star had only sung three songs.

Astronauts confirm that the rocket was broken.

Some people believe that the prisoner has had second chances.

My boss expects that the job will be done soon.

The witness admitted that the crime had happened in front of him.

A lot of children think that Santa Claus is real.

The bodyguards assume that the fight was a trap.

The police proved that the thieves stole the money.

Politicians believe that the global warming is dangerous.

The company reported that the new models will be totally made in Madrid.

The NASA confirms that the space shuttle fell into the Pacific Ocean.

The country expects that the workers finish the stadium before the World Cup.

They assume that the security system failed.

Ejercicios oraciones consecutivas

some vocabulary for descriptions

Parts of the body

hairstyle

clothes, shoes, hats

Descriptions

A painfully thin white girl in a pink wool minidress and a matching furry hat offered me a glass of wine and a welcoming smile. I took the wine but I avoided the smile (…)

I looked around for another glass of fizzy wine and realised someone was watching me. He was a young Chinese guy with a mop of unruly black hair, a beard that looked like a goatee that had got seriously out of hand, black square-framed glasses and a good-quality cream-coloured suit cut baggy and deliberately rumpled. Once he saw he had my attention he slouched over and introduced himself.

            ‘My name is Robert Su.’ He spoke English with a Canadian accent. ‘I’d like, if I may, to introduce you to my employer.’ He gestured to an elderly Chinese woman in what was either a very expensive dove-grey Alex and Grace suit or the kind of counterfeit that is so well done that the difference becomes entirely metaphysical.

            ‘Peter Grant,’ I said and shook his hand.

            He led me over to the woman who despite her white hair and a stooped posture had a smooth unwrinkled face and startlingly green eyes.

            ‘May I introduce my employer Madame Teng,’ said Robert. (...)

‘The Nightingale is his master,’ said a voice behind me.

            I turned to find a stocky black woman in a strapless red dress cut low enough to show off broad muscled shoulders and cut high enough to reveal legs that could do an Olympic-time hundred metres without taking off the high heels. Her hair was shaved down to a fuzz and she had a wide mouth, flat nose and her mother’s eyes.

From WhispersUnderground, by Ben Aaronovitch

modals: solutions

MULTIPLE CHOICE: 1 B, 2 D,  3 C,  4 B,  6  we C,  7 A,  8 A,  9 A, 10 C,  11  D, 12  D,  13 B

CIRCLE THE CORRECT ANSWER: 1 have, 2 should, 3 mustn’t, 4 can, 5 have,     6 ought

FILL IN THE BLANKS: 1 must, 2 don’t have to, 3 can’t, 4 must have been, 5 can, 6 don’t have to, 7 must, 8 couldn’t,  9 shouldn’t,  10 must,  11 can/may, 12  must have , 13 can/could/may , 15 should, 16 should , 19 mustn’t,  20 can’t you, 21  might/ could

NEXT: 1 must,  2 must , 3 may, 4 mustn’t , 5 shouldn’t, 6 can’t,  7 must,  8 need, 9 can, 10 need,  11 must,  12 can’t , 13 must , 14 need, can,  15 can, 16 may/ might , 17 must, 18 is not allowed, 19 need, 20 must

2.1 can’t, 2 must, 3 might, 4 can’t, 5 can’t , 6 may, 7 must,  8 must, 9 are not allowed , 10 can, 11 must , 12  need,  13 needs, 14 should, 15 mustn’t

French page with things about Passive Voice

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Passive voice photocopies. Solutions

THE PASSIVE( photocopy)

11.1

2.was locked

3.are watered

4.was stolen

5.is served

6.was watched

7.are given

8.was discovered

11.2

2.had been sent

3.will be given

4.will be built

5.had been repaired

6.have been taken

7.has been finished

8.had been painted

11.3

2.are being decorated

3.is being repaired

4.are being followed

5.is being interviewed

11.4

2.were being cleaned

3.was being searched

4.was being fixed

5.were being made

11.5

2.can be delivered

3.must be arranged

4.may be built

5.might be damaged

6.have to be learned

7.is going to be replaced

8.should be protected

11.6

2.They weren’t driven..

Were they driven..?

3.The photocopier isn’t being..

Is the photocopier being repaired…?

4.The thief won’t be caught..

Will the thief be caught..?

5.The ice cream mustn’t be kept…

Must the ice cream be kept…?

6.The bread wasn’t being baked..

Was the bread being baked…?

7.You haven’t been warned..

Have you been warned…?

8.The animals hadn’t been fed.

Had the animals been fed?

11.7

2.it was completed..

3.it was dedicated

4.was opened..

5.was damaged …

6.it has been restored…

7.is used..

8.is visited…

9.was built..

10.was made..

11.8

2.A lot of fish are caught in this area.

3.My room has already been tidied.

4.The papers had been put by the lawyer in a safe place.

5.Some keys have been left on the table.

6.the story was written by a very talented young girl.

7.The president’s is driven by a chauffeur.

8.All these things will be put into boxes.

9.the teenagers were rescued by the firefighters from the burning building.

10.The best composition has been written by the youngest student in the class.

11.9

2.The new film is being directed by Jeremy Bates.

3.The roof is going to be repaired next week.

4.Joanna can’t be found.

5.He is going to be fired.

6.The room should be decorated with flowers.

7.The meal was being prepared by a French chef in the kitchen.

8.The mystery might be solved.

9.The old cinema is going to be closed down.

10.The heating mustn’t be turned off at night.

11.Flowers from my garden are being stolen at night.

12.Rubbish ought to be thrown in the litter bins

11.10

2.The book should be written by Professor Smith.

3.The match was cancelled because of the rain.

4. The new road is going to be finished in a few days.

5.The ancient temple has been discovered by archaeologists.

6.This line mustn’t be crossed.

7.The oranges had been picked before the storm.

8.The workers will be paid by Mr Elliot.

11.11

2. Kid Aid organised the concert.

3. Young children prefer this cereal.

4. We can’t publish this story.

5. Somebody has broken the window.

6. They are putting the tins on the shelves.

7. Two men were following Tom.

8. She might invite me to the party.

11.12

2. by

3. with

4. by

5. by

6. with

11.13

2.a.Sarah has been offered a very good job.

b.A very good job has been offered to Sarah

3.a. The house was shown to the young couple by the estate agent.

b. The young couple were shown the house by the estate agent.

4.a Flowers have been sent to her by her students.

She has been sent flowers by her students.

5.a The gardener will be paid a lot of money.

b. A lot of money will be paid to the gardener.

6.a Free tickets were given to them for the concert.

b. They were given free tickets for the concert.

7. a I am sent messages by the children every day.

b. Messages are sent to me by the children every day.

8.a Food and water was given to the travellers by the villagers

The travellers were given food and water by the villagers.

11.14

1. He is said to be the best magician in the world

2. It is believed that…

The thief is believed to have escaped in a small plane

3. It is thought that…

He is thought to have given a lot of money to charity.

4. It is claimed that…

Mrs Perrin is claimed to be living abroad

5. It is reported that…

They are reported to be travelling to London

6. It is expected…

The factory is expected to close down soon.

11.15

1. The pirate ship is said to have sunk near the island.

2. It is believed…

The treasure is believed to be …

3. It is claimed that…

The man is claimed to have been living…

4. It is thought…

The water is thought to be polluted…

5. It is expected that he will…

He is expected to apologise.

6. It is reported that…

Heavy rain is reported to be falling…

7. It is said that…

He is said to have bought …

8. It is believed that..

These plants are believed to have been used…

11.16

2. It ..

3. being

4. been

5. had

6. was

7. been

8. are

9. by

10. be

EXERCISE 2

1. Are sold

2. Hadn’t been invited

3. Was thought – were spread

4. Will be chosen

5. Is being sent

6. Were being polished

7. Has been moved

8. Had been washed

9. Hadn’t been paid

10. Were being questioned – was found

11. Hasn’t been sold

12. Are all these clothes designed

13. Is thought

14. Must be protected

15. Was crossed

EXERCISE 3

P. is added

A. were selling

A. has gone

A. will publish

A. died

P. these letters haven’t been sent

P. is being studied

A. isn’t able

A. opened

A. is

P. was hold

EXERCISE 4

Food is being sent to the starving refugees by the UN

The starving refugees are being sent food by the UN

The climber will be buried at the foot of Mount Everest

Computers have been sent all over the world by IBM

A baby’s bottle must be sterilized to kill germs

The VCR was first developed in the early 1980s

Joint water projects are being considered by several Middle Eastern countires

The first television pictures were produced by John Logie Baird in 1926

To make tea, water must be boiled and poured onto the tea-leaves

NOT POSSIBLE

NOT POSSIBLE

My car was being fixed by the mechanics when I telephoned

HAVE SOMETHING DONE

27.A

1. Mary has the food delivered to her house.
2. Fred has / had the meat cut into small pieces.
3. Rachel has her hair cut about twice a year.
4. Last week, Mr Stone had his eyes checked.
5. When Mrs Frost goes to see the doctor next week, she will have her blood checked.
6. Last week, Jane had her car serviced.
7. We are going to have the gutters replaced.

27.B.

1. They have their carpets cleaned there.
2. I must have the tyres checked.
3. I ought to have a new key made for the front door.
4. I don’t think I can afford to have out flat painted.
5. That shop isn’t expensive; I had my watch mended there last week.
6. Ah, yes! My husband had his eyes tested there last week.
7. ………and I’ll have that coffee stain removed.

27.C

1. Peter had his driving licence taken away.
2. Paula had her bike stolen from the garage.
3. Fiona had her glasses broken.
4. John had her clothes torn in a fight.
5. Jane had her flat burgled at the weekend.
6. We had our electricity cut off.