Unit 2 Lessons in Life Grammar学案 2023-2024学年高二英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第四册

【学生版】Unit 2 Period 2 Grammar 【学习目标】 Learning Objectives 1 To review the usage of passive voice 2 To use the passive voice correctly 【学习过程】 Learning activities 目标一: To review the usage of passive voice Activity 1: Look at the sentences from the reading passage and match them to the reason why the passive voice is used. a On discovering that Morrie is being weakened by a severe illness, b... Tuesdays with Morrie is just made up of a collection of over-emotional thoughts and messages, ... c A box of tissues will be needed to get through this book! 1 The subject is not known, is unimportant, or is “people in general” and can be omitted. 2 The focus of the sentence is on the recipient of the action, not on the subject of the sentence. 3 The subject goes with lengthy expressions that are better put at the end. Activity 2: Now look for more sentences with the passive voice in the reading passage and talk about why it is used. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Activity 3: Convert the active voice in different tenses into the passive voice in different tenses. The active voice in different tenses The passive voice in different tenses ... do ...did ...will do ...be doing ...have/has done ...had done was/were doing 目标二: To use the passive voice correctly Activity 1: Rewrite the paragraph using the passive voice where appropriate. Since ancient times, storytelling has been a way to share and pass on wisdom. One important early work that did so was Aesop’s Fables, a collection of stories that history credits to Aesop, a Greek storyteller. People believe that he lived in Ancient Greece between 620 BC and 564 BC. Most of the characters in his stories are animals, the qualities of which Aesop used to reflect human traits and wisdom. Each fable teaches a life lesson that Aesop summarises in a short phrase at the end of the story, called a m