Some experiences help gifted students in grade 8 to studay and do passive exercises better

mention the issue.“ Some experiences help gifted students in grade 8 to studyand do passive exercises better”II.RESEARCH PURPOSE The status of teaching and studying passive voice has bee

A INTRODUCTION

I THE REASON TO CHOOSE TOPIC

English plays an important role in our lives English is the most popular andcommon language in the world, it is a tool to facilitate integration with theinternational community and region It helps us integrate and access tointernational information about science and technology, education, culture,health, industry, agriculture

In periods of economic integration with the world Learning language isreally essential in each country Especially in Vietnam, learning English hasbecome a necessity of life Today in the world and in many countries in theregion have regarded English as a second language along with their nativelanguage to use in life and economic development, such as Singapore, thePhilippines

Our country has renovated gradually, we are committed industrializedcountries to modernize and expand relations with other countries Especiallyafter Vietnam joined the WTO, English is used more and more widely, even inthe main in Vietnam Thus the teaching and learning of foreign languages andespecially English are considered important and serious teaching in schools.Recognizing the importance , himself a teacher of English at secondary levelhas the responsibility to equip students with basic knowledge so that they canlearn English well at secondary level Teaching skills are very important to thestudents but Teaching grammar is also less important Especially, giftedstudents In the book of level 8,9,there are many important grammartical topicssuch as reported speech, conditional sentences, wish sentences and passiveform Passive form is a part of vital knowledge in the examinations, so thestudents have to grasp it In the framework of this article I would like to

mention the issue.“ Some experiences help gifted students in grade 8 to studyand do passive exercises better”

II.RESEARCH PURPOSE

The status of teaching and studying passive voice has been applied for manyyears and finding the best solutions helps gifted students to study and dopassive exercises better

III RESEARCH METHODS

- Documentary research method

- Practical teaching method

- Pedagogical experimental method

- Coordinative and cooperative method

IV OBJECT AND RESEARCH SCOPE

- Gifted students in grade 8 of Tran phu secondary school, Nong Cong district, Thanh Hoa province

- Some experiences help gifted students in grade 8 to study and do passive exercises better

I RATIONALE

English is the global language and also a subject that has been led first ininnovation in high schools The Ministry of Education and Training hasdeveloped a project to improve the quality of teaching and learning foreignlanguages throughout the country It is possible to speak English in particularand foreign languages in general are focal points which are concerned anddeveloped strongly Renovation and improvement of the quality of learningforeign languages need many solutions that must first reform the teaching andlearning methods However, in order for students to improve their Englishlanguage skills, in addition to provide them with an abundant vocabulary,teachers also need to build a solid grammar foundation And from this, they willdevelop their ability to communicate in English Students generally think thatEnglish grammar is very mysterious, difficult to understand, so that they feelheavy, bland and become reluctant, afraid when they learn them Therefore, It isvery necessary to teach the subject matter in a systematic, logic and it makesstudent easy to understand It is very important for each teacher to teach thissubject

II STATE OF THE PROBLEM

1 The states of teaching and studying English at Secondary School.

We can not negate that passive English is one of the most importantgrammatical parts It is commonly used not only in literature but also ineveryday communication Passive knowledge, however, is sparsely distributed

in textbooks from English 8 to 9, which makes it easy for the students to forgetand make mistakes Even some students do not understand why to use passivesentences while we have active sentences Especially, some special passivesentences From that fact, I have put the content "Passive in English" into

teaching students 8th grade with a duration of 12 periods to help children havethe ability to apply passive in many different situations.

2 Result and effect of state.

By examining the quality of the academic year 2015 - 2016 in grade 8 with learning result as follow.

III.help gifted students to study and do passive exercises better.

Passive voice is a vital and complicated part in English grammar The passivesentence in English is used when we want to emphasize the action in thesentence, the agent causes the action, no matter who or what is not important.The passive voice is taught in English 8 It is not an easy problem for theteachers and the students when the students do passive exercises They maketoo many mistakes because they don’t understand sentence transformationclearly They don’t grasp the theory of passive voice thus, When I teachpassive sentences I usually pay attention to the theory of passive voice as suchusage, form and sentence transformation, some special passive forms andanother kinds of exercises I usually divide passive voice into two parts :Passive voice in tenses and special passive voice In order to study and do

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passive sentences better, I have to distinguish active and passive voice This makes students understand active and passive voice.

1 Difference between active and passive

voice a Active sentence:

* Using: Active sentence is the sentence used when the subject himself is

reminded to take action

For example: Mary did her homework yesterday

* Normal form of active sentence:

- Passive sentences are used when the subject himself can not take action

For example: My money was stolen yesterday

* Form of passive sentence.

be + VpII

be: verb "to be"

VpII: Verb conjugated from two

2 Passive forms in tenses and special passive forms

a Structure is used to change from active sentences into passive

sentences Active: S + V + O

Passive: S + be + VpII + (by + O)

When we change active sentence into passive sentence, we have to make following steps

- Determine S,V,O and tense of verb in the active sentence

- Change object of active sentence into subject of passive sentence

- Alter main verb in active sentence into verb (past participle)in passive

sentence

- Add “tobe” before verb (past participle) in the passive sentence ( “ tobe “ depends on tense of main verb )

- Write other factors down and unchange them

- Change subject of active sentence into object of passive sentence and place before “by”

b Passive forms in tenses

+ Present progressive tense

Eg : He is learning a book now

-> A book is being learned by him now

Form : S + am/is/are + Ving + O -> S + am/is/ are + being + V(pp)…by + O

+ Past progressive tense

Eg: Nam was preparing the meal at that time

-> The meal was being prepared by Nam at that time

Form : S + was/were + Ving + -> S + was/were + being + V(pp) ……by + O + Present simple tense

Eg : She arranges the books on the shelf every weekend

-> The books are arranged on the shelf by her every weekend

Form : S + V(infi) / V(s/es) + O -> S + am/ is/ are + V(pp) + …… + by O + Past simple tense

Eg : He bought a lot of books yesterday

-> A lot of books were bought by him yesterday

Form : S + V(ed) + O -> S + was/were + V(pp) + ….+ by + O

+ Present perfect tense

Eg: She has seen Nam recently

-> Nam has been seen by her recently

Form : S + has / have +V(pp) -> S + has/ have + been + V(pp) + + by + O + Past perfect tense

Eg: I went out after I had finished my homework

-> Iwent out after my homework had been finished

Form : S + had + V(pp) + O -> S + had + been + V(pp) + ….+ by + O

+ Future perfect tense

Eg : I will have taken an English course by the end of this month

-> A English course will have been taken by me by the end of this month

Form : S + will / shall have + V(pp) + O

-> S + will / shall have + been + V(pp) + ….+ by + O

+ Simple future tense

Eg: He will meet his mother tomorrow

-> His mother will be met tomorrow

Form : S + will / shall + V(bare infi) + O

-> S + will / shall + be + V(pp) + ….+ by + O

+ Near future tense :

Eg: He is going to play tennis tomorrow

-> Tennis is going tobe played by him tomorrow

Form : S + am/is/are + going to + V(bare infi) + O

-> S + am/ is / are + going to + be + V(pp) + ….+ by + O

+ Modal verb:

Eg: He must do his homework today

-> His homework must be done today

Form : S + modal verb + V(bare infi) + O

-> S + modal verb + be + V(PP) ………by + O Note : If No is placed before subject in the active sentence, we have to change

into negative in the passive sentence

Eg: Nobody has used this bike for two years ->

This bike hasn’t been used for two years

c Special passive voice

When I teach passive voice,I pay attention to special passive voice for giftedstudents.This passive voice is applied in the examination for gifted students and

it is difficult for them to understand and do exercises correctly Therefore I havetaught this part carefully and give many kinds of different exercises to helpstudents to distinguish them more clearly

* Passive voice with verb of two objects : send Bring, buy, give ………

Eg1 : He gave me a new watch yesterday

-> I was given a new watch by him yesterday

-> A new watch was given to me by him

yesterday Eg2 : She bought me a new book last week

-> I was bought a new book by her last week

-> A new book was bought for me by her last week

Form : S + V + O(io) + O(do)

-> O(io) + be + V(pp) + O(do)

-> O(do) + be + V(pp) + to / for + O (io)

Note :

- Kinds of verb with preposition “to” : send, bring, give, show………

- Kinds of verb with preposition “for” : buy, get, make, do, save ………

*Passive voice with verb : need /

make + Need

Eg: You need to water flowers.

=> Flowers need watering/to be

Form: S.O + need to + V(infi) + O

=> S(thing) + need to be + V(pp) / S+ need + Ving

+ Make

Eg : He made me do my homework

=> I was made to my homework by him

Form : S + make s.o do s.th =>S.o+ be made + to do s.th

* Passive voice with causative form : have / get

Eg1: She had him repair her car every day

-> She had her car repaired every day

Form : S + have + O1 ( person ) + V(bare infinitive )+ O2( thing)

=> S + have + O2( thing ) + V(pp)

Eg2 : Minh got lan to wrap her book

-> Minh got her book wrapped by Lan

Form : S + get + O1 (person) + to infinitve + O2(thing ) => S + get +

O2 (thing) + past participle

* Passive voice with verbs of perception : See, watch, hear,

smell, taste…

Eg: She saw him come in

-> He was seen to come in They saw

the man running away

-> The man was seen running away

Form : S + V + O + bare infi / Ving => S +

be + V(pp) to inifi/ Ving

* Passive voice with verbs of opinion: say, think, believe,

report,rumour,know, claim, assume,estimate, report,annouce,

expect,hope

Eg1: They say that he isa good doctor

Method 1 : It is said that he is a good doctor

Method 2 : He is said to be a good docto

Eg2 People said that he had left for London

Method 1: It was said that he had left for London

Method 2: He was said to have left for London

Eg3 : Mamy people believe that the army is crossing the frontier

Method 1 : It is believed that the army is crossing the frontier

Method 2 : The army is believed to be crossing the frontier

Form : S + V + ( that) + Clause ( S2 + V2 + O )

=> It + be + said +(that) + clause (S2 + V2 +

O )

S2 + be + said + to - infi

+ to have + V(pp)

* Passive voice with imperative sentences

Eg1: Write your name here

-> Let your name be written here

+ (S) + let +sb+ do + sth

-> S + be + let +V(bare infi)

-> S + be + allowed to + V(bare infi)

Active commands can also be turned into passive with

SHOULD/ MUST in some situations:

Eg3 : Don’t use the car in case it breaks down

–> The car shouldn’t be used in case it break down

Eg4 : Don’t let the others see you

- > Don’t let yourself be seen

Form :

Don’t let + Sb + V + you

–> Don’t let + yourself + be + P.P2

*Passive voice of To - infinitive: : like, hate, love, want, wish, prefer,

hope + object + to-infinitive

Eg: He wants someone to take photographs

→ He wants photographs to be taken

Form : S + V + O + to + V* + O*

=> S + V + O* + tobe + V* (pp)

+ If object of verb “ to – infi “ is the same subject as the subject of the sentence, the passive form is formed without the object.

Eg : He likes people to call him sir

-> He likes tobe called Sir

Form : S*+ V + O + to + V* + O => S*

+ V + tobe + V* (pp)

* Passive voice of Gerund: love, like, dislike, enjoy, fancy, hate, imagine,

regret, mind, admit, involve, deny, avoid etc

Eg: I like you wearing this dress

> I like this dress being worn by you

Form : S + V + O + V*ing + O*

=> S + V + O* + being + V* (pp)

+ If object of verb “ to – infi “ is the same subject as the subject of the sentence, the passive form is formed without the object.

Eg : He doesn’t like people laughing at him

He doesn’t like being laughed at

Form : S* + V + O + Ving + O*

S* + V + being + V(pp) + …………

* Passive voice with to – infi / gerund + object

Some verbs: advise, agree, insist, arrange, suggest, propose, recommend,

determine, decide, demand, etc

Ex: He decided to sell the house

→ He decided that the house should be sold

Form : Subject + verb + to-inf/ V-ing + object

=> Subject + verb + that + subject + should be +

pp * Passive voice with fake subject

Eg: It’s very difficult to study English

=> It’s very difficult for English to be studied

Form : It + be + adj + to-V + O …

–> It + be + adj + for O + to be + P.P2 ….

* Passive voice with some adjectives : possible/ important / essential/

necessary

Eg1: It’s possible to grow roses in this land -> Roses can be grown in this land

Form : It is + possible + to V + O (có thể/không thể làm gì) necessary

Impossible -> S + can / can’t + be + V(pp)

Eg2: It’s important to save water ->Water must be saved

Form : It’s + important + to + V + O (cần thiết/quan trọng phải làm gì)

Essential

-> S + must + be + V(pp)

Eg 3: It’s necessary to protect the environment

->The environment should be protected

Form : It’s + necessary + to + V + O(cần thiết/không cần thiết phải làm gì)

unnecessary -> S + should / shouldn’t be + V (pp)

* Passive voice with it’s +possessive adjective+

duty Eg: It’s your duty to clean the floor

-> You are supposed to clean the floor

Form : It’s + possessive adjective + duty to + V + O (trách nhiệm của ai phải làm gì)

-> S + ( be ) + supposed + to + V + O (ai đó buộc phải làm gì)

3 Guide students to practice doing exercises

I guide students to apply the knowledge which they have learned to do exercises

in order to help them understand the theory more clearly and know how to use them more accurately

Ex1 : Change into passive form

1 He often prepares the meal

2 She writes a letter to me

3.He is listening to music now