The Circus
This was the name of the man who invented the modern circus.
Who is Philip Astley?
Active or Passive?
The man who ate the hamburger was tall.
Active
Embedded Question?
It has snowed for three days, right?
Nope - that is a completely normal question.
Compete the sentence with the correct words:
Susan is ___________ strong __________ a female.
Susan is both strong and a female.
What is a phrasal verb?
A verb made up of more than one word which gives a new meaning to each of the words.
This is the name of the most famous and most popular circus on Earth today.
What is Cirque du Soleil?
Passive or Active?
Apples are grown in China.
Passive
Embedded question?
I am not sure if you know what you are talking about.
Yes, that is an embedded question.
Complete using the present perfect continuous:
Edmund _______________ (talk) to the white witch for too long.
Edmund has been talking to the white witch for too long.
Complete with the correct phrasal verb:
Since they did not know what most people thought of the novel, the decided to ________________.
ask around
This is one of the countries of the ancient world that had circuses before the modern circus.
Turn this into passive:
People in the west buy too much food.
What is:
Too much food is bought by people in the west.
Create a question using this sentence:
You should call my mother.
What is:
Should you/I call my/your mother?
Complete using the correct words:
_________ Lucy ___________ Peter were happy to stay in Narnia by the end of the novel.
Both Lucy and Peter were happy to stay in Narnia by the end of the novel.
Complete with the correct phrasal verb:
I thought I had bought more ketchup last week but at dinner we ________________.
ran out
This is the city that hosted the birth of the modern circus.
What is London?
Turn this into the passive voice:
Marco Polo brought pasta to Italy first.
What is:
Pasta was first brought to Italy by Marco Polo.
Replace the modal verb with another modal verb without changing the meaning:
Do you have to call her today?
Do you need to call her today?
or
Must you call her today?
Complete using the present perfect continuous:
Susan ___________ (defend) her family for years.
Susan has been defending her family for years.
Complete with the correct phrasal verb:
In order to buy the nice watch that she really wanted she had to __________________ her savings account.
...she had to dip into her savings account.
This is the year that the modern circus was first seen.
What is 1768?
Turn this into the passive voice:
Cheese makers had made the cheese with cow's milk.
What is:
The cheese had been made with cow's milk by cheese makers.
Double Jeopardy:
Give one example of an embedded question.
(I wonder if...)
(Can you ...)
(I am not certain whether...)
Complete with the present perfect continuous:
_______________________ (you -- eating) some Turkish delight?
Have you been eating Turkish delight?
Double Jeopardy:
Create a sentence using this phrasal verb:
to go without
i.e. We were fasting last week, so we went without food.
or
He will go without electricity for a month while camping with his dad.