Week 16
The Passive Voice: form and use.

What will we achieve today?

Session Objective: Formulates sentences in the passive voice (present and past simple) to emphasize the action or object rather than the agent.

Community Connection: We will connect this language structure to describe our own life experiences, family stories, and community realities in Popayán and the Cauca region.

Key Concepts

• Active vs. Passive: 'The police arrested the thief' (active) vs. 'The thief was arrested by the police' (passive).
• Structure: Object + verb to be (am/is/are/was/were) + Past Participle (verb in 3rd column).
• Journalistic use: Used when the doer of the action is unknown, obvious, or less important than the event itself.

Practical Challenge: Passive Converter

Convert 6 active voice news headlines into passive voice headlines (e.g., 'Floods damaged the bridge' -> 'The bridge was damaged by floods').

Reflection & Wrap-up

Self-assessment Question: Correct the mistake: 'The newspaper was publish by the class last Monday.'

Remember to register your findings and language achievements in your academic class portfolio.