GRAMMAR
3.1a Past Simple and Past Continuous
Go to Wednesday's blog for a practice website.
Extra interactive practice past continuous
3.1b Pronunciation of "...ed"
Go to the practice websites posted earlier this week.
3.2 Past Perfect
Extra interactive practice past perfect
3.3 Past Simple, Past Continuous, and Past Perfect
We did not correct the homework in class. You will have to correct your own.
3.4 Past Passive
Do the exercises and check your answers with the answer page.
Do "26 Passive sentences (2)". Check your answers to "26 Passive sentences (2)"
Do 42.1,2,3,4 The Passive. Note: This may be too difficult. Do not do it if this is true for you.
Check your answers 42.1,2,3,4 The Passive.
Website information on the passive
Interactive practice of the passive
More interactive practice of the passive
Also, look at the passive sites on the right-hand side of this blog.
Note: The passive voice is used in all tenses,
so most of the information online and in books use all tenses.
STRUCTURE
3.2 Compound Sentences
Practice compound sentences. Check your ANSWERS to compound sentence practice.
3.3 Complex Sentences
Practice writing sentences with all the words starting with "when/while/as", etc. (from Exercises)
Examples of previous student answers.READING
Practice understanding what you read: Natural Disasters: Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Do not forget to study Unit 3 vocabulary for the test.