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Module Twelve1. The PassiveThis section introduces the passive voice, which is used a lot in formal English such as reports andnewspaper articles. This is quite a difficult structure for Southeast Asian students, as most regionallanguages do not have a similar structure. The focus of this introductory section is:• the use of the passive in past and present simple tenses• forming positive and negative sentences and questions in the passive voice.• the differences between active and passive structures1.1 Who did it?A. Pre-teach article (a story in a newspaper or magazine), arrest, blow up, expel, parcel, explode,charge (v) (when police formally accuse someone of committing a crime, before the trial), attempt (v)(to try to do something), vandalism (destroying or damaging property) and trial (n). Students quicklyread the article and order the events.Answer: 2, 1, 4, 3B. Students answer the questions.Answers:1. we don’t know2. we don’t know – perhaps the school board, school committee or the head teacher.3. the article doesn’t say, but probably the police.4. the article doesn’t say, but probably the police.5. Kevin. In questions 1 and 2 we don’t know who did these things, and in 3 and 4 it is obviouswho did them (the police), so there is no need to mention them.C. Students look at the sentences. Make sure they know the meaning of subject and object. Studentsanswer the questions.Answers: 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. bD. Students try to complete the grammar and usage rules. Let them work in pairs or groups if necessary.Answers:1. past participle, tenses2. not3. interestedE. Students identify three more examples of the passive in the article (not the ones mentioned in C).Answers:1. Coffee Mate is used to make tea and coffee white.2. …Mr Lomax was taken to Toronto Central Police Station…3. …he was charged with attempted vandalism.58 Module 12