26554 passive voice speaking lesson

I4 VIDEO ACTIVITY PART I - SPEAKING I Discuss in pairs Do you think the sentences below are true for our society? Why or why not? Can you think of examples to illustrate it ? Are they true for you? Why or why not? Can you think of examples? a When we buy a product, we don’t think about the process that brought it to us b We have more stuff, but less time to the things that really makes us happy c In our society, the primary way our value is measured is by how much we can buy d TV commercials make us feel like we need to buy more things PART II – VOCABULARY II Number the steps in the order they happen in the materials economy system a ( ) Distribution b ( ) Production c ( ) Extraction d ( ) Consumption e ( ) Disposal III Now, write the right name for each stage described below a. A fancy word for natural resource exploitation: chopping down trees, blowing up mountains to get metals, using up the water, etc b We use energy to mix toxic chemical in with the natural resources to make toxic contaminated products c _ Selling all the toxic contaminated junk as quickly as possible d _ The heart of the system, the engine that drives it Having people buy things e _ Throwing the products away Watch the video and check your answers PART III – LISTENING COMPREHENSION IV Watch the video and check the incorrect information a ( ) The current materials economy is a system in crisis b ( ) The reason why it’s in crisis is it’s a linear system and we live in a finite planet c ( ) The government works for the people in this system d ( ) If we all consumed as much as they in the U.S.A, we would need to planets’ resources e ( ) If you don’t own or buy a lot of don’t have value in the system V Answer the questions in pairs: stuff, you a What’s planned obsolescence? b What’s perceived obsolescence? c What’s their importance in the system? PART IV – GRAMMAR A In the ACTIVE VOICE sentences below, write the corresponding number for each verb tense Present simple Past simple Present perfect Past participle a We ( ) call this system materials economy b In extraction, people ( ) exploit natural resources c How the system worked ( ) intrigued her d In the 1950, television ( ) exposed people to fewer commercials e In the past three decades, we ( ) have consumed 1/3 of the planet natural resources f People ( ) have tested only some of the chemicals used in industries B Do the same to these corresponding PASSIVE VOICE sentences a b c d e f This system ( ) is ( ) called materials economy In extraction, natural resources ( ) are ( ) exploited She ( ) was ( ) intrigued by how the system worked In the 1950s people ( ) were ( ) exposed to fewer commercials In the past three decades, 1/3 of the planet resources ( ) has been ( ) consumed Only some of the chemicals used in industries ( ) have been ( ) tested Compare the sentences in pairs and try to figure out how passive voice works Then, change these sentences to passive voice: They chop down trees _ They use up all the water _ They design products to last for a short time _ They have used many chemicals in industry _ Television tells us to buy more and more _