Train Derailed by Sheep!
All the sheep except one died in the crash. The lucky
survivor was rescued by a police officer and is now
called Lucky Lucy. The local farmer who owned the
sheep has no idea how the accident happened. ‘I have
lots of sheep and they are kept in a nearby field which
is surrounded by a fence. I don’t know how these sheep
got out.’ How this accident happened is a mystery.
THE DAILY NEWS / Monday 1 November
C. Read again and write T for True, F for False or NM for Not Mentioned.
1. The train crashed in the tunnel because it was travelling too fast.
2. There were 28 passengers on the train altogether.
3. The firefighters took a long time to arrive.
4. Not all of the train was on fire.
5. The train driver did nothing to stop the accident.
6. Trains will be able to use the tunnel within a few days.
7. The damage to the train is about 2 million pounds.
8. Only sheep were killed in the accident.
9. Lucky Lucy was returned to the local farmer.
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D. Find words in the text that have the same meaning as the ones below.
1. came off the tracks (para. 1):
2. a group of (para. 1):
3. hurt (para. 1):
4. save (para. 2):
5. a very sad event (para. 2):
6. stop from burning (para. 2):
7. somebody who survives (para. 4):
8. an area of land in the countryside (para. 4):
2.VOCABULARY
Complete with the words in the boxes.
WORDS EASILY CONFUSED
3.GRAMMAR
A. Read the examples below. Do the sentences in the Active Voice
have the same meaning as the ones in the Passive Voice?
Which ones focus on the person doing the action? Which ones
focus on the action?
PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT SIMPLE - PAST SIMPLE)
Grammar Reference p. 131
The train driver drives the train.
We took the passengers to
hospital.
ACTIVE VOICE
Complete with the Present Simple
Passive or the Past Simple Passive
of the verbs in brackets.
1. Every year an end-of-year dinner
(organise) by
the students.
2. The furniture
(deliver) to our house last Saturday.
3. My friend Salim
(hit) by a car, but luckily, he
(not injure).
4. Nowadays, mobiles
(use) by almost everyone.
5. Mandarin
(speak) in China.
6. All the people
(rescue) from the burning building,
but the building
completely
(destroy).
7. The cough medicine
(keep) in a cupboard in the kitchen.
4.PRACTICE
LOST CLIMBERS FOUND BY RESCUE TEAM
5.SPEAKING
Talk in pairs or small groups. Read
the newspaper headlines below and
use your imagination to describe what
happened in each of the situations.
A group of climbers were hiking in
the Alps when there was a terrible
storm and they got lost. Luckily,
three days later they were found by
a rescue team.
MANY INJURED IN BUS ACCIDENT
10 PAINTINGS DESTROYED IN FIRE
MISSING CHILD FOUND AT ZOO
STUDENTS SAVED BY TEACHER
STORM DESTROYS 20 HOUSES B. Read the examples again and complete the rules.
damaged injured
survived rescued
look watch notice
5. Thousands of people around the country this
football match.
6. I always take a window seat on the train. I
outside and think while travelling.
7. Did you the size of their house?
1. One of the players was in the match and was taken
to hospital.
2. The school was by the fire.
3. Only two people the plane crash.
4. Luckily, the boy who fell in the river was by his brother.
The train is driven by the train driver.
The passengers were taken to hospital.
PASSIVE VOICE
ACTIVE VOICE
Subject + Main Verb + Object
PASSIVE VOICE
Subject + Verb + Past Participle of Verb (+by...)
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All the sheep except one died in the crash. The lucky
survivor was rescued by a police officer and is now
called Lucky Lucy. The local farmer who owned the
sheep has no idea how the accident happened. ‘I have
lots of sheep and they are kept in a nearby field which
is surrounded by a fence. I don’t know how these sheep
got out.’ How this accident happened is a mystery.
THE DAILY NEWS / Monday 1 November
C. Read again and write T for True, F for False or NM for Not Mentioned.
1. The train crashed in the tunnel because it was travelling too fast.
2. There were 28 passengers on the train altogether.
3. The firefighters took a long time to arrive.
4. Not all of the train was on fire.
5. The train driver did nothing to stop the accident.
6. Trains will be able to use the tunnel within a few days.
7. The damage to the train is about 2 million pounds.
8. Only sheep were killed in the accident.
9. Lucky Lucy was returned to the local farmer.
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D. Find words in the text that have the same meaning as the ones below.
1. came off the tracks (para. 1):
2. a group of (para. 1):
3. hurt (para. 1):
4. save (para. 2):
5. a very sad event (para. 2):
6. stop from burning (para. 2):
7. somebody who survives (para. 4):
8. an area of land in the countryside (para. 4):
2.VOCABULARY
Complete with the words in the boxes.
WORDS EASILY CONFUSED
3.GRAMMAR
A. Read the examples below. Do the sentences in the Active Voice
have the same meaning as the ones in the Passive Voice?
Which ones focus on the person doing the action? Which ones
focus on the action?
PASSIVE VOICE (PRESENT SIMPLE - PAST SIMPLE)
Grammar Reference p. 131
The train driver drives the train.
We took the passengers to
hospital.
ACTIVE VOICE
Complete with the Present Simple
Passive or the Past Simple Passive
of the verbs in brackets.
1. Every year an end-of-year dinner
(organise) by
the students.
2. The furniture
(deliver) to our house last Saturday.
3. My friend Salim
(hit) by a car, but luckily, he
(not injure).
4. Nowadays, mobiles
(use) by almost everyone.
5. Mandarin
(speak) in China.
6. All the people
(rescue) from the burning building,
but the building
completely
(destroy).
7. The cough medicine
(keep) in a cupboard in the kitchen.
4.PRACTICE
LOST CLIMBERS FOUND BY RESCUE TEAM
5.SPEAKING
Talk in pairs or small groups. Read
the newspaper headlines below and
use your imagination to describe what
happened in each of the situations.
A group of climbers were hiking in
the Alps when there was a terrible
storm and they got lost. Luckily,
three days later they were found by
a rescue team.
MANY INJURED IN BUS ACCIDENT
10 PAINTINGS DESTROYED IN FIRE
MISSING CHILD FOUND AT ZOO
STUDENTS SAVED BY TEACHER
STORM DESTROYS 20 HOUSES B. Read the examples again and complete the rules.
damaged injured
survived rescued
look watch notice
5. Thousands of people around the country this
football match.
6. I always take a window seat on the train. I
outside and think while travelling.
7. Did you the size of their house?
1. One of the players was in the match and was taken
to hospital.
2. The school was by the fire.
3. Only two people the plane crash.
4. Luckily, the boy who fell in the river was by his brother.
The train is driven by the train driver.
The passengers were taken to hospital.
PASSIVE VOICE
ACTIVE VOICE
Subject + Main Verb + Object
PASSIVE VOICE
Subject + Verb + Past Participle of Verb (+by...)
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