GRAMMAR - UNIT 5 - PASSIVE VOICE

PASSIVE VOICE

In the active voice, the subject of the sentence DOES the action:

John painted the house last week.
Subject / verb / object

In the passive voice, the subject of the sentence RECEIVES the action.

The house was painted last week.
Subject / verb

Notice that the object of the active sentence (house) became the subject of the passive sentence.

PRESENT SIMPLE

Object + AM / IS / ARE + verb past participle (3rd column).

The school IS PAINTED.

PAST SIMPLE

Object + WAS / WERE + verb past participle (3rd column).

The school WAS PAINTED.

PRESENT CONTINUOUS

Object + AM / IS / ARE + BEING + verb past participle (3rd column).
The school IS BEING PAINTED.

ONLINE ACTIVITIES

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?02

https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive/exercises?present-progressive

VOCABULARY LIST - UNIT 3 - REPRODUCTION

Unit 3: Reproduction (Reproducción)

sex characteristics = caracteres sexuales

gametes = gametos

ovaries = ovarios

testicles = testículos

egg cell = óvulo

cytoplasm = citoplasma

nucleus = núcleo

membrane = membrana

sperm cell = espermatozoide

head = cabeza

tail = cola

DNA = ADN

uterus = útero

fallopian tubes = trompas de falopio

cervix = cuello del útero

vagina = vagina

menstrual cycle = ciclo menstrual

vas deferens = conductos deferentes

prostate = próstata

semen = semen

seminal vesicles = vesícula seminal

penis = pene

glans = glande

scrotum = escroto

urethra = uretra

foreskin = prepucio

ejaculation = eyaculación

fertilisation = fecundación

fetus = feto

embryo = embrión

zygote = cigoto

sexual intercourse = coito

pregnancy = embarazo

placenta = placenta

umbilical cord = cordón umbilical

amniotic sac = saco amniótico

amniotic liquid = líquido amniótico

in-vitro fertilisation = fecundación in-vitro

breech birth = parto de nalgas

amniocentesis = amniocentesis



ultrasound scan = ecografía

LETTER TO PARENTS - UNIT 3 - REPRODUCTION

Estimados padres o tutores:

Vuestro hijo/a va a comenzar la unidad 3 de su libro de Ciencias de la Naturaleza Oxford Think Do Learn! 6. Esta unidad tiene por título Reproduction (“Reproducción”), y en ella aprenderá:

• Cómo son las células reproductivas (óvulo y espermatozoide).
• Cómo funciona el aparato reproductor femenino.
• El ciclo menstrual.
• Cómo funciona el aparato reproductor masculino.
• El proceso de eyaculación.
• La fertilización y el embarazo. Procesos y partes implicadas.
• Qué ocurre durante el parto.
• El uso de avances médicos para ayudar en la reproducción humana.

Saludos,

Cristina

MIND MAP - UNIT 3 - REPRODUCTION