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Unit 12: In the news

Teacher: Mr. Guillermo Chamorro

OBJECTIVE : Talk about news events using the simple past passive.Talk about natural disasters using the simple past passive + by. Use expressions like Guess what? to tell news.

Grammar: Simple past passive In sentences with active verbs, the subject is the “doer” and the object is the “receiver” of an action. Use active verbs to focus on the “doer” or cause.

In sentences with passive verbs, the subject is the “receiver” of the action. Use passive verbs to focus on the “receiver” or when the “doer” or cause is not known or not important. A student found a bad on a bus. A bag was found on a bus. The authorities closed the airport. The airport was closed. A teenager saw two bears in a yard. Two bears were seen in a yard. The accident didn’t injure the passengers. The passengers weren’t injured.

1

A 500-pound bear was found (find) asleep in a basement on Tuesday morning. The bear was woken up (wake up) by a workman, who said he “freaked” when he realized it was a bear. Wildlife officers were called (call), and the bear was taken (take) to a state park.

2

A sporting goods store was broken into (break into) yesterday and 50 bicycles were stolen (steal). A white truck was seen (see) outside the store around 5:00 a.m. However, security cameras were damaged (damage) during the break in, so thieves were not caught (not catch) on camera.

3

Millions of stolen banknotes were found (find) in a police raid this morning. Police believe the money was stolen (steal) from a city bank two years ago.

4

The highway was closed (close) for several hours last night after a car was hit (hit) by an oil truck. Hundreds of gallons of oil were spilled (spill) onto the highway. Two passengers in the car were taken (take) to the hospital. The driver of the truck was not injured (not injured).

Lesson B: Natural disasters The island of Puerto Rico was hit by Hurricane Calvin.

Electric power was temporarily disrupted.

Many homes were damaged by heavy rains and strong winds.

Quebec was hit by severe thunderstorms yesterday.

Three families were rescued by emergency workers.

Homes were damaged by flash floods.

10, 000 acres of forests were completely destroyed by catactrophic wildfires.

Trees were struck by lighting.

A shopping mall was badly damaged by a tornado last night.

A nearby town was later hit by a freak hailstorm.

Cars were struck by hailstones the size of gold balls.

No one was seriously injured by the tornado.

A small town was struck by a minor earthquake this morning.

Aftershocks were felt in several towns.

Vocabulary

Grammar: Simple past passive + by + agent When the “doer” of the action –the agent – is important, you can use by to introduce it.

Adverbs with the passive

Three families were rescued by emergency workers

A mall was badly damaged.

The fires were caused by careles campers. A shopping mall was damaged by a tornado.

No one was seriously injured. The forest was completely destroyed. Power was temporarily disrupted. Homes were partially destroyed.

Lesson C: Did you hear about?

Strategy plus: The … thing is / was Use The … thing is / was to introduce ideas.

The thing is / was … (to identify a key issue) The other thing is / was … (to add another issue) The only thing is / was … (to raise a problem) Add adjectives to introduce other ideas. The best thing is / was … The funny thing is / was … The scary thing is / was …

Lesson D: Reporting the news

Reading tip After you read, ask yourself questions, for example, What did I learn? Do I agree? What can I take away from this article?

Help note

Writing about statistics 80% of the students are interested in the events. 80% of the class is interested in the news. Approximately 20% of us get the news from TV. The majority of students have access to the internet. About half of the class is interested in current events. Four out of ten students read a newspaper.