Innovation - Passive Voice

Welcome!

With this webquest you will learn about different inventions

and practice how to use the passive voice. 

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REMEMBER!

We use the passive voice:

• To talk about events in history
• To emphasise WHAT was done, rather than WHO did the action

Hi class! 

During this unit we will talk about INNOVATION.

In pairs, look at the poster and analyse the sentence

"Innovation is Great (Britain)"

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Write a definition of INNOVATION.

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Share your ideas with the class. 

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Watch this video and check your answers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Uh1KxcpWz0

Hi guys! Please, do the following activities:

1- Write on your notebooks the inventions that you think are from Britain.

the television set  -  iPod design  - the camera  -  the car  - the motor racing circuit  -  the bypass  -  the computer  - Formula One

2- Watch this video and check your guesses. Take notes of the years they were invented.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNNoPoWLpjI&feature=player_embedded

2-Do the following true or false. 

The first vaccine for smallpox was discovered in 1798 by Edwadr Jenner.

The telephone was created in 1879 by Graham Bell. 

The motor racing circuit was constructed in 1908 by Locke-King.

The TV set was invented by Logie Baird in 1925. 

The World Wide Web was invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990. 

4- On your notebooks, write sentences using the passive voice about the inventions that appear in video, but were not mentioned in the previous exercises.

5- Which are some of the Argentinean Inventions?

Research and prepare a video. Include:

• Name of the invention.
• When
• By whom

REMEMBER!

In order to evaluate your work, I will take into account: 

Thanks everybody!

For extra practice you can see the following link: 

http://missolif.blogspot.com.ar/2013/10/passive-voice-exercises-home-fu…

Rotovich Micaela