PASSIVE VOICE

Passive voice summary

COMPARATIVE ADJECTIVES

Here you have the short review of comparative adjectives we have seen in class:

… -ER THAN	MORE …. THAN
One syllable (pronunciation):    Fast – faster than    Low – lower than    Old – older than    Nice – nicer	2 or more syllables:    Frightening: more frightening than    Intelligent: more intelligent than    Stupid: more stupid than    Beautiful: more beautiful than
One syllable: (CVC)    Big – bigger    Hot – hotter    Fat - fatter	IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES: Good: better than Bad: worse than Much: more than Little: less than Old: older/ elder Far: farther / further
2 syllables ending –y    Ugly – uglier    Heavy – heavier    Tiny – tinier    Happy - happier

WRITING: FUTURE PLANS

This term we have continued studying more tenses. We have paid particular attention to the future (be going to and simple future with will), first type conditionals and modal verbs, but that doesn't mean that you have to forget about present simple, present continuous, present perfect, past simple and past continuous. Here you have an example of how to combine all of them, even when writing about the future:
 

I have a lot of of plans. When I was a child, I was always dreaming of getting older and travelling around the world. I wanted to be a tourist guide, because in that job I could discover a lot of wonderful places. Now, I'm working as a teacher, but I still have many plans. 

I love my job, especially with such nice (and hardworking) students as you. However, sometimes I feel that I need a break. People say that the best thing of being a teacher is the summer, Christmas and Easter holidays. For me it's not the best, but it's quite good. This Easter I'm travelling to the North of Spain. I haven't decided where yet, but probably to Galicia or Cantabria. After that, in summer I'm going to go to France. I'm going to drive my car and discover a lot of interesting and charming little villages. I'm sure that I will have a fantastic time there.  Everything will be as great as the time I stayed in Ireland, which is my most memorable trip.

Another thing that I love doing in my free time is crafts. My flat is full of things that I have created over the years. I have so many objects that I think I will have to move to another house soon. But I don't want a huge mansion. It should be bigger than the tiny flat where I live now. Besides, it must have a luminous and ample study where I can put many shelves for my books and where I can correct my students' excellent exams. And if it has a lovely garden with trees and flowers, it will be just perfect. 

This is only a part of my plans. I could continue for a long time, but I don't want you to get bored. As you can see, these are not extraordinary plans. They are as simple as me, but I enjoy the little things in life. What about you? Do you have any big plans for your future? If you put your mind to it, I'm sure that you will achieve almost anything that you want.


Now it's your turn. 

If you have noticed, in addition to all the tenses that we have studied, I have also used comparatives and superlatives.


Remember to divide your writing into at least 3 PARAGRAPHS: introduction, body and conclusion. And use connectors. 

Finally, don't forget to REVISE and correct possible grammar and spelling mistakes.

Good luck with your plans! I'm eager to read about all of them! 

 

I have a lot of dreams. When I was a kid my dream is to be a pilot, and as the time goes by, I have other dreams, sometimes, I want to be a president, an army, doctor and other interesting dreams. But now I have grown up, now I know what I want to be. Now, i almost finish my studies in university. I will obtain Bachelor of Science Information. After I graduate, I want to work in one of the biggest oil company such as Chevron, Petronas, Exxon, etc. I want to be the staff manager or manager at least. I prefer working offshore because it gives me challenge to work over there plus they will pay me higher than work in the office. All of this is just the beginning of my dreams. After I work for 4 or 5 years, i will have a lot of money by that time, i will quit my job and start a business. I will buy 3 or 4 shops and run my shops and have another business such as futsal court or restaurant and anything that have a good prospect. By that way I will make more money comparing than I work in the company. After I run my business, I am going to marry a beautiful woman. I will start to make a family and planned to have 2 children which are a boy and a girl. I will live in a big house which having a garden outside or maybe a pool so my children can play inside my yard because, if my children play outside, it will be a little risky. I just don’t want anything bad to happen to my family. And maybe if I have spare money, I want to take my family to Makkah for ’umrah’ or ‘hajji’. I think that is all I can say about my dreams. It is just a simple dream for a simple man like me.

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I have a lot of dreams. When I was a kid my dream is to be a pilot, and as the time goes by, I have other dreams, sometimes, I want to be a president, an army, doctor and other interesting dreams. But now I have grown up, now I know what I want to be. Now, i almost finish my studies in university. I will obtain Bachelor of Science Information. After I graduate, I want to work in one of the biggest oil company such as Chevron, Petronas, Exxon, etc. I want to be the staff manager or manager at least. I prefer working offshore because it gives me challenge to work over there plus they will pay me higher than work in the office. All of this is just the beginning of my dreams. After I work for 4 or 5 years, i will have a lot of money by that time, i will quit my job and start a business. I will buy 3 or 4 shops and run my shops and have another business such as futsal court or restaurant and anything that have a good prospect. By that way I will make more money comparing than I work in the company. After I run my business, I am going to marry a beautiful woman. I will start to make a family and planned to have 2 children which are a boy and a girl. I will live in a big house which having a garden outside or maybe a pool so my children can play inside my yard because, if my children play outside, it will be a little risky. I just don’t want anything bad to happen to my family. And maybe if I have spare money, I want to take my family to Makkah for ’umrah’ or ‘hajji’. I think that is all I can say about my dreams. It is just a simple dream for a simple man like me.

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I have a lot of dreams. When I was a kid my dream is to be a pilot, and as the time goes by, I have other dreams, sometimes, I want to be a president, an army, doctor and other interesting dreams. But now I have grown up, now I know what I want to be. Now, i almost finish my studies in university. I will obtain Bachelor of Science Information. After I graduate, I want to work in one of the biggest oil company such as Chevron, Petronas, Exxon, etc. I want to be the staff manager or manager at least. I prefer working offshore because it gives me challenge to work over there plus they will pay me higher than work in the office. All of this is just the beginning of my dreams. After I work for 4 or 5 years, i will have a lot of money by that time, i will quit my job and start a business. I will buy 3 or 4 shops and run my shops and have another business such as futsal court or restaurant and anything that have a good prospect. By that way I will make more money comparing than I work in the company. After I run my business, I am going to marry a beautiful woman. I will start to make a family and planned to have 2 children which are a boy and a girl. I will live in a big house which having a garden outside or maybe a pool so my children can play inside my yard because, if my children play outside, it will be a little risky. I just don’t want anything bad to happen to my family. And maybe if I have spare money, I want to take my family to Makkah for ’umrah’ or ‘hajji’. I think that is all I can say about my dreams. It is just a simple dream for a simple man like me.

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My name is Rivozanov. I have a lot of dreams. When I was a kid my dream is to be a pilot, and as the time goes by, I have other dreams, sometimes, I want to be a president, an army, doctor and other interesting dreams. But now I have grown up, now I know what I want to be. Now, i almost finish my studies in university. I will obtain Bachelor of Science Information. After I graduate, I want to work in one of the biggest oil company such as Chevron, Petronas, Exxon, etc. I want to be the staff manager or manager at least. I prefer working offshore because it gives me challenge to work over there plus they will pay me higher than work in the office. All of this is just the beginning of my dreams. After I work for 4 or 5 years, i will have a lot of money by that time, i will quit my job and start a business. I will buy 3 or 4 shops and run my shops and have another business such as futsal court or restaurant and anything that have a good prospect. By that way I will make more money comparing than I work in the company. After I run my business, I am going to marry a beautiful woman. I will start to make a family and planned to have 2 children which are a boy and a girl. I will live in a big house which having a garden outside or maybe a pool so my children can play inside my yard because, if my children play outside, it will be a little risky. I just don’t want anything bad to happen to my family. And maybe if I have spare money, I want to take my family to Makkah for ’umrah’ or ‘hajji’. I think that is all I can say about my dreams. It is just a simple dream for a simple man like me.

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My name is Rivozanov. I have a lot of dreams. When I was a kid my dream is to be a pilot, and as the time goes by, I have other dreams, sometimes, I want to be a president, an army, doctor and other interesting dreams. But now I have grown up, now I know what I want to be. Now, i almost finish my studies in university. I will obtain Bachelor of Science Information. After I graduate, I want to work in one of the biggest oil company such as Chevron, Petronas, Exxon, etc. I want to be the staff manager or manager at least. I prefer working offshore because it gives me challenge to work over there plus they will pay me higher than work in the office. All of this is just the beginning of my dreams. After I work for 4 or 5 years, i will have a lot of money by that time, i will quit my job and start a business. I will buy 3 or 4 shops and run my shops and have another business such as futsal court or restaurant and anything that have a good prospect. By that way I will make more money comparing than I work in the company. After I run my business, I am going to marry a beautiful woman. I will start to make a family and planned to have 2 children which are a boy and a girl. I will live in a big house which having a garden outside or maybe a pool so my children can play inside my yard because, if my children play outside, it will be a little risky. I just don’t want anything bad to happen to my family. And maybe if I have spare money, I want to take my family to Makkah for ’umrah’ or ‘hajji’. I think that is all I can say about my dreams. It is just a simple dream for a simple man like me.

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LISTENING PET

Here you have 2 more listening tasks.
By clicking on the links you'll be directed to the handout, the audio recordings (parts 1 and 3) and the answers as well as the listening transcripts, where you could read the whole recording AFTER you finish. 


LISTENING PET 2 - PARTS 1 AND 3 

AUDIO TEST 2, PART 1 

AUDIO TEST 2, PART 3 

ANSWERS AND TRANSCRIPT (PARS 1, 3)


If you have problems with the previous links, try these ones:

LISTENING PET 2 . PARTS 1, 3


AUDIO TEST 2, PART 1

AUDIO TEST, PART 3

ANSWERS AND TRANSCRIPT (PARTS 1, 3)

PUNS (SECOND PART)

As promised, here you have the second installment of puns.

Enjoy!




 

 



Control seems to be a recurrent word for puns....

 





And the last one (for the moment) just in case you didn't have enough.