UNIT 14 THE PASSIVE

TO DESCRIBE
SITUATIONS
And report opinions
Vocabulary: Herd
pathway
Drawback= disadvantage
Ailment = minor illness
Apparel = clothing
Alleged = supposed to be
true
Striking = something that calls attention
Comprehension questions
Where do the Asu live?
What is the sacred creature for the Asu?
What is the most common rac ailment?
What is the average lifespan of the rac?
Discussion topics
At what point did you realice that the
autor was talking the importance of the
car in american society?
What clues helped you understand?
Why did the author pretend to be an
anthropologist studying some primitive
society?
Grammar notes
What regions is Peru composed of?
Peru ___ ________ of three _____; the
Coast, the Andes, and the _____.
Where was the first capital located in Brazil?
The first ______ was _______ in Rio.
The passive here describes situations or
states. It is followed by prepositional phrases
Grammar notes
Examples of stative passives:
Be bordered by
Be composed of
Be connected to/with
Be divided by
Be found in
Be made up of
Be surrounded by
Grammar notes
how old are the Nazca lines?
It is assumed that they are from 450 AD.
What is believed about Atlantis?
It is believed that Atlantis was a city with an
advanced civilization.
The passive is used to report ideas, beliefs,
and opinions.The verbs that are used include:
allege, assume, believe,claim,say,and think
What is believed about Machu Picchu?
__ is ________that Machu Picchu was a
________ for the Inca elite.
What is claimed about the american space
program?
It is ______ that the U.S. astronauts never
went to the moon.
Another way to report ideas, beliefs or
opinions:
It is believed that Machu Picchu was a sanctuary
for the Inca elite.
Machu Picchu is believed to have been a
sanctuary for the Inca elite.
It is thought that Atlantis had an advanced
civilization.
Atlantis is thought to have had an advanced
civilization.


Try to transform these sentences in a
similar way
It is claimed that the Yeti really exists in
american forests.

It is said that fourteen Incas governed the
empire.