1) Turn these sentences into passive ones:
A- Exercise 1
B- Exercise 2
2) Choose the correct answer, ACTIVE or PASSIVE:
3) More exercises about active and passive if needed on this page:
4) WRITING TASK - Write an article using passive forms and other idiomatic expressions we encountered in the news forms we studied.
PRESENTATION MATTERS! 150 words minimum - Think of your headline, if you use a picture add a caption underneath.
The journalist: you
The newspaper: The Guardian, The Times, The Washington Post, The Telegraph... take your pick! (you choose)
Publishing date: use today's date
Topic: a natural catastrophe (your pick: an earthquake, a hurricane, a flood...)
Place: Vancouver in Canada, Glasgow in Scotland, Dublin in Ireland or Darwin in Australia...
Witnesses: Margaret Jones, 54 years old, a tourist, and David Wong, 33 years old, a nurse - You have interviewed these people and need to report what they told you.
Explain what happened, the number of victims if any, the extent of the damages. You must remain as precise and as objective as possible.