The digital revolution

Week 4
 Tuesday –
Wedenesday
Regular Class

Important
Thursday: Speaking
information

Friday: Exam 1st

term
 Passive voice
Get passive
First exam
Mixed conditionals
grammar
topics… Conditionals with even if, unless,
only if
suffixes and prefixes
Double possessives
Subject and object questions
Types of advebs
Types of nouns
Types of verbs
 Objective
Grammar: Identify the different kinds of verbs.
Writing: Produce a text related to “the digital revolution”
 What is a verb?

Warm up
What is the verb's role
in a sentence?
Types of verbs
ACTION HELPING LINKING
 Run
What is the Paint
difference
betwwen these Be
verbs? Seem
Have (aux)
Action Verbs

Are verbs that expresses a physical or mental

action.
•Run
•Paint
•Talk
•Jump
•Walk
•Fix
 Transitive verbs Intransitive Verbs

• Are verbs that express an • Are verbs that express an

action towards a person or action that does not have a
thing (direct object) receiver.

• Write = I am writing a • Run = I’m running in the park

book • Walk = I usually walk in the
evening
• Hit = He hit the ball
Linking Verbs

Are verbs that express a state of

being. They link the subject to the
complement. These verbs include:
"be" verbs, feel, taste, smell,
stay, sound, seem, remain, look,
grow, appear, and become.
 I feel tired

You sound sad

this icecream tastes awesome

More The eggs smell rotten

examples …
The flowers smell good

You look tired

You seem happy

Helping Verbs

It does not form a

sentence all by itself.
Instead, it hooks up with
a main verb and helps it
show various tenses or
conditions or states.
Let’s play
• https://wordwall.net/resource/4622104/action-linking-or-helping-ver
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Activity

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5eaf67aa2d95ee001b6a4f75/s
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Writing section
LET’S WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxOshY-KjDM&ab_channel=Clayt
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Pre- task
• (1) What is the digital revolution?
• (2) What is so revolutionary about it?
• (3) Are we at the beginning, in the middle or
at the end of the digital revolution?
WRITING AN OPINION ARTICLE
What is an opinion article:
• It is a text in which  the writer states his opinion
and supports it with facts, evidence and
examples but he doesn’t try to convince the
reader.
 Top tips to write an opinion article effectively
1 Basic do’s when
writing an opinion
essay
• Introduce each paragraph
with a topic sentence,
outlining the main ideas.
• Do not write about
advantages or disadvantages
or points for or against.
• Write in formal style.
2. Basic don’ts when 4. Organise your essay
writing an opinion into clear paragraphs.
essay 3. Decide whether you • Introduction: Introduce the
• Don’t use colloquial agree or disagree with topic and give your opinion.
expressions. the title. Try to think of Say whether you agree or
disagree with the statement.
• Don’t use short forms. at least two or three
• Don’t use emotive
• Body: 2 or 3 paragraphs. For 5.  There is a process to
good reasons to each paragraph give a reason
vocabulary. writing. Try to follow it.
support your opinion, to support your opinion.
• Conclusion: Summarize your It will help you a lot
including examples of
ideas and repeat your opinion
why you think the using different words.
alternative point of
view is wrong.
Writing Task

Answer the following questions and write a text (250 –

300 words) based on your discussion highlighting with
a different color the verbs that you use.
1. How has the digital revolution changed your life?
2. Has the digital revolution been good or bad for
the world?
3. What is the most important event so far in the
digital revolution?
4. What invention do you think would benefit
society nowadays?
 Objective
Can technology solve our big problems?
 Warm Up

What are some of

the breakthroughs
(in the 21st c.) that
have solved huge
problems and made
our life easier:
Activity https://wordwall.net/resource/16300137/vocabulary

Convenient Suitable Obsolete

Cutting-edge Very Antique/ancient/usele
modern – all the ss/old
newest features Outdated Old/out of
Handy Useful date
Impractical Not Powerful Strong
useful/doesn’t work State-of-the-art Very
Indispensable modern/the best
Necessary Useless Obsolete
 the Internet

the telegraph

look at the the typewriter

inventions Facebook

below – Bicycles
how useful the train
are they? the light bulb

film cameras
 Without it/them, we wouldn't be
able to ...
It's/They've become
indispensable/totally outdated ...
We couldn't manage without
Describe them it/them.
using these I think we can get by without
expressions… it/them.
It's/They're no longer considered to
be ...
It's/They're still considered to be ...
It/They used to be considered ....,
but it's/they're now ...
Task
You are going to read an article on Google Glass. Study the list of features
and uses below and tick the ones that are mentioned in the text.

mapping guidance ✷
voice recognition ✷
medical advice ✷
live translation ✷
appointment booking ✷
video/image transfer ✷
video player ✷
music recognition ✷
weather updates ✷
Create 2 comprehension questions to be answered
by your classmates
 1. What are the
2. Would you
advantages and
like to wear
disadvantages
Google Glass?
of Google
Why/why not?
Glass?
3. Do you have
4. Do you like
a smartphone?
to keep up-to-
What are the
Discussion most useful
date with the
latest gadgets?
apps?
5. Can
technology
solve our
biggest
problems?
• https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_pontin_can_technology_solve_our
_big_problems/transcript
SPEAKING: HOW HAS TECHNOLOGY
CHANGED OUR LIVES?
• CREATE 2 QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE TOPIC TO BE ASKED IN CLASS
TO YOUR CLASSMATES.
• BE READY TO ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTIONS AND SOME QUESTIONS
THAT YOU TEACHER WILL ASK YOU!
Review
Grammar topics we covered …
Conditinals
Passive Mixed with even if,
Get passive
voice review conditionals unless, only
if
Subject and
suffixes and Double Types of
object
prefixes possessives advebs
questions

Types of Types of
nouns verbs
Passive voice
• I wrote a book.
• Passive: a book was written by me.

• The contractors are repairing my house.

• My house is being repaired by the contractors.

• My mother always makes my bed.

• My bed is always made by my mom.
Get passive
• "The get-passive is sometimes considered informal, and its use has, for this
reason, been discouraged. It can, however, be a useful way of making clear
that the meaning of the construction as a whole involves an action or event,
rather than a state.

• Surprising - I got hired by the company

• Negative - I got hit by a car this morning
• I got lost on my way here.

• Become,
• I was going to meet my friend in downtown San Francisco. I don't know how it happened, but I ___ lost. 
• I called my friend on my mobile phone and was listening to his directions, when suddenly the connection 
___ lost, and I heard just the dial tone. I didn't know what to do, so I returned to my hotel.
• Later that night, I received a call from my friend who told me that I ___ invited to go to a party at the Greek
Embassy where he worked.
• I told him I couldn't go because I ___ selected by my boss to give a presentation early in the morning, so I had a
lot of work to do.
• He assured me that we wouldn't be out too late, so I quickly ___ dressed and left the hotel.
• Fortunately, I ___ given a map before I left the hotel.  I was planning my route as I was leaving the hotel, when I
almost ___ hit by a taxi.
• At the embassy, I had to go through a metal detector. I ___ stopped because I had keys in my pocket.
• After I ___ cleared by the security guards, I went in and joined the party.
• It was a fun party. I ___ introduced to a lot of very interesting, and talented people.
• A beautiful, young woman was walking by me with a glass of wine in her hand. Suddenly, she tripped on the edge
of the carpet and I ___ splashed with the red wine from her glass.
• The woman ___ embarrassed and apologized to me.  I assured her it wasn't her fault.
• I ___ cleaned up in the restroom and was able to wash off some of the wine and cover up the rest with my jacket.
• Later, that night I ___ seated next to the same woman who had spilled her wine on me. We talked for a long time
and had a great time.
• Six months later, we ___ married.
Mixed conditionals - unreal -
Condition -> result
Past -> present
If I had won the lottery, I would be rich.
If I had taken English when I was in highschool, I would have
more job opportunities.

• https://www.examenglish.com/grammar/mixed_conditionals.htm
• Past condition-> future result

• If had bought the tickets, I would go to Mexico next month

• If I had gotten the job, I would be moving to Medellin.
• Present condition -> past result

• If I were rich, I would have bought that watch I saw on the internet
yesterday

• If I spoke Russian fluently, i would have accepted the job as a

translator

• If I didn’t have so much work, I would have gone to the party.

Suffixes and prefixes
• https://www.eltbase.com/quiz/008_05.htm
Double possessives https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5c9e7315a87327001a47db6c/double-genitives
• Of possessive pronoun • Carlos is a Colleague of Maria
maría ‘s

• Determiner (a/the)
• She one of my students
• Sophia is one my Friends • She is a student of mine.
• Sophia is a friend of mine

• Carlos is one of Maria’s Colleagues

• Carlos is a colleague of María‘s
Whose ?
• Mine
• Yours
• Hers
• His
• its
• Ours
• Theirs