2015-05-12 Evening: sports and passive

Greg Malivuk
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Homework: p. 92-94, reading and questions in parts A, B, and C
p. 92 part A: 2 is the main idea
p. 93 part B
1 b “substantial numbers of students with less than top academic credentials”
2 c (They claim to shun, but the author thinks “the admission systems at those colleges have lost their bearings”.)
3 c (“Leave aside” a, because b is also a problem. The reason for both problems is c.)
4 a “much more significant than being the child of an alumnus or a...racial minority”
5 c (now they segregate themselves (i.e. they don’t add to the “stew”) and are less successful than musicians or journalists, but “this was not always the case”) (“Some argue...but” = this author doesn’t agree)
6 a
7 a (“College officials say they recruit top athletes to please alumni and spur their donations.”)
8 b (“consistently listed athletics toward the bottom” = they didn’t think it was very important)
p. 94 part C (which one is NOT similar?)
1 beliefs
2 mingle
3 seek
4 objective
5 made some serious mistakes (“bearing” = direction, originally in a ship)
6 unfair
7 delight
8 problem
9 curb (a curb prevents you from going somewhere, as a verb it means to slow you down or change your direction)
10 recipients
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p. 94-95 part A
a - opinion 2, academic achievement
b - opinion 1, art
c - opinion 1, corruption / value
d - both, value / corruption
e - both, academic achievement / corruption
f - opinion 1, art
g - opinion 2, value
h - opinion 2, art
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Passive Voice: [be] + past participle

The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. (passive, simple past)
Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa. (active, simple past)

Soccer is played all over the world. (passive, simple present)
People play soccer all over the world. (active, simple present)

John’s car was stolen last night. (passive, simple past)
Someone stole John’s car last night. (active, simple past)

They were building the bridge when you visited last time. (active, past progressive=continuous)
The bridge was being built when you visited last time. (passive, past progressive)

They have been working on this bridge for years. (active, present perfect progressive)
(rare) This bridge has been being worked on for years. (passive, present perfect progressive)

modal forms = [modal] + base form
perfect = [have] + past participle
progressive = [be] + present participle (= verb+ing)
passive = [be] + past participle

future perfect passive: The painting will have been finished by that time.

You should have finished your homework last night. (active)
Your homework should have been finished last night. (passive)
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Homework: p. 99-100 - change the sentences to active voice (you will need to choose a subject for each one)