Sports
The sport where you move a boat through water by pushing against it with oars
ROWING
A long, thin piece of wood used in playing various sports
STICK
What verb do we use for sports that don't involve a ball or team, and for workouts/martial arts?
DO
In what tense does the main verb go in a passive sentence?
PAST PARTICIPLE/3RD COLUMN
The activity of swimming with your face underwater using a tube that you hold in your mouth to help you breathe
SNORKELLING
A rectangular piece of material made from string, used to separate the two sides in various sports
NET
An ability to do an activity or job well, especially because you have practised it
SKILL
What other verb apart from the main one do we need to form the passive voice?
VERB TO BE
Make it active: The Eiffel Tower was built by Gustav Eiffel in 1887.
Gustav Eiffel built the Eiffel Tower in 1887.
The sport of fighting with long, thin swords
FENCING
A type of large, flat rubber shoe used for swimming, especially underwater
FLIPPERS
The narrow track along which balls are rolled during a game of bowling
ALLEY
How do we know in what tense should the VERB TO BE go in the passive voice?
We use the tense of the main verb in the active sentence.
Say the passive question: Did your sister take the book?
Was the book taken by your sister?
The art or sport of shooting arrows
ARCHERY
In basketball, a metal ring with an open net hanging from it that players throw the ball through to score points
HOOP
The fact of playing according to the rules and not having an unfair advantage
FAIR PLAY
When is it not necessary to add the agent in a passive sentence?
When it is unknown, obvious, not important or the subject in the active sentence is people, one, somebody, they, etc.
Say the active question: Were we invited to the party by John?
Did John invite us to the party?
A game played on ice in which special flat, round stones are slid towards a mark
CURLING
A small, light object with a rounded end to which real or artificial feathers are fixed, that is hit over the net in the game of badminton
SHUTTLECOCK
Not wearing any shoes or socks
BAREFOOT
When do we use passive voice?
When the action is more important than who does it. Change of focus.
Turn this into the passive sentence and the passive question with "who":
Gaudà designed the Sagrada Familia.
The Sagrada Familia was designed by GaudÃ.
Who was the Sagrada Familia desgined by?