What’ve you been up to lately?

 I’ve seen that one.

A. Differences between passive and active voice

Passive voice Active voice

That one was filmed in Peru. They filmed that in Peru.

No famous actors were involved. They didn’t involve famous actors.

The actors were paid very little. People paid little to the actors.

Some of the actors were offered a new contract. They offered a new contract to some of the actors.

The soundtrack was recorded after the film was shot. They recorded the music after they shot the film.

The soundtrack is sold everywhere. Stores sell the soundtrack everywhere.

Diferencia:

Mary sells cakes

Cakes are sold

B. Uso de la voz pasiva
 Probablemente hayas oído hablar de las diferencias entre la escritura formal e informal. Estas son las dos formas en que las personas pueden
escribir en inglés. La voz pasiva se usa más comúnmente en inglés escrito formal. Se utiliza a menudo en periódicos, informes académicos y
redacciones que intentan ser menos personales. La mayoría de las oraciones pasivas no tienen un agente: el enfoque de la oración no está en
el autor de la acción, sino en su receptor.

ACTIVE: I broke my laptop. → PASSIVE: My laptop was broken.

They mine gold in the western coast. Gold is mined in the western coast.

We study languages in order to preserve them. Languages are studied in order to be preserved.

People eat popcorn at the movie theatres. Popcorn is eaten at the movie theatres.

My family bought the tickets for the film. The tickets were bought.

 The technician added potassium and mixed it in. The technician heated the solution to 80°C and
then allowed to cool.

Potassium was added and mixed in. The solution was heated to 80°C and then allowed to cool.

 Woody Allen filmed The purple rose of Cairo in 1985.

The purple rose of Cairo was filmed in 1985.

 Somebody took my money.

My money was taken.

 Someone broke the window.

The window was broken.

Verb Past participle
Awake Awoken

Begin Begun

Break Broken

Bring Brought

Choose Chosen

Do Done

Eat Eaten

Feel Felt

Go Gone

Have Had

Keep Kept

Know Known

Make Made
See Seen

Speak Spoken
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Vocabulary:

Genres
Horror

Action

comedy or romantic dramas

musicals

science fiction

catch the latest movie

trailer

director actors
Vocabulary:

Tittle The name of the book

 Chapter A section of the book

Theme General overall topic

Setting Where the story takes place

take out

pick

engrossed

rom cover to cover.

bedtime reading.

Plot Story line

Issues Important ideas the book explores

Character The person the story is about

Climax The big moments of the story

In order to talk about a book you could use some of the expressions and words that are listed under.
 To be engrossed in: to be completely focused on one thing.
 To be heavy-going: difficult to read.
 The central character: the main person in a book.
 To flick through: to look quickly through a book.
 A page turner: a book that you want to keep reading.