Objectives & Sequence: This lesson is intended to be used as a review of Grammar - Past Passive.
Students work in pairs and open the corresponding pages below.
On each page, students are presented with two stories along with comprehension questions and answers. Students are to read their stories one at a time to their partners and then quiz them with the comprehension questions. Partners need to answer the comprehension questions, but they need to form answers in the passive voice. The students' answers should match the ones provided under each question.
- What was happening to Peter when he received the phone call from the hospital?
- His teeth were being cleaned at the dentist.
- Why was Peter's father at the hospital?
- Because he had been attacked by a bear.
- How did Peter's father get to the hospital?
- He had been found on the road and driven there.
- What was the writer doing when the alarm went off?
- He was being taught how to surf.
- Why was the alarm going off?
- Because a shark had been seen in the water.
- Why couldn't people go swimming in ocean?
- Because the beaches had been closed.
- Why did the writer feel that the situation was lucky?
- Because nobody had been hurt by the shark.
- Did the shaking of the earthquake wake up the writer and her husband?
- No, they were woken up by their dog.
- What happened to the twenty people mentioned in the story?
- They were killed.
- What happened to some of the buildings in the older part of town?
- They were destroyed by fire.
- How was the bike stolen?
- The lock was cut.
- What did the writer's friend email him about?
- His bicycle was being sold on Craigslist.
- What happened to the person selling the bike?
- He was arrested.