Unit 12: Fashion forward
Active and passive voice
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- 1 Pop-ups
- 2 Hidden talents
- 3 Can't buy me love
- 4 Travellers' tales
- 5 The colleague from hell
- 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7 Career changes
- 8 Art
- 9 Project management
- 10 The dog ate my homework!
- 11 The diary of a double agent
- 12 Fashion forward
- 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14 Extreme sports
- 15 Food fads
- 16 Me, my selfie and I
- 17 Endangered animals
- 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19 I'm really sorry...
- 20 Telling stories
- 21 Fakes and phrasals
- 22 Looking to the future
- 23 Becoming familiar with things
- 24 From rags to riches
- 25 Against the odds
- 26 Our future on Mars?
- 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28 Dodgy dating
- 29 Annoying advice
- 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
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Session 1
3 ActivitiesIrregular verbs
20 Jul 2015Eat, ate, eaten... Verbs in English don't always follow the -ed pattern, so we're focussing on irregular verbs in this session. Listen to 6 Minute Vocabulary, and then do some activities to show off your verb skills!
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Session 2
3 ActivitiesActive and passive: to do or to be done?
21 Jul 2015How is honey made? This sentence is an example of the passive voice in English. In this session we take a look at when to use the passive and how it is formed.
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Session 3
2 ActivitiesHigh heels
22 Jul 2015Shoes - most of us wear them, in all shapes and sizes. But researchers say there can be a high cost to your health as well as your bank account. Practise your reading skills with this article.
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Session 4
1 ActivityOn the road with your old clothes
23 Jul 2015How does a shirt you've stopped wearing end up in a completely different country? We follow the journey your clothes make, and practise using active and passive sentences to describe a process.
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Session 5
1 ActivityDrama: The Importance of Being Earnest
24 Jul 2015Algernon and Jack reveal they both lead double lives. But can Jack win the heart of the woman he really loves?