Arbeitsblatt: passive voice

Passive Voice 1. Read the article about Hurricane Sandy Hundreds of people, living on Americas east coast, were made homeless and at least 62 people were killed by Hurricane Sandy. Thousands of homes were destroyed and left without electricity. Subways and tunnels in New York City were flooded by the water of the superstorm. Schools were closed as the hurricane brought the seasons first snow. Emergency shelters were built and hot meals were given to the people by the American Red Cross. Politicians say that the topic climate change was brought back by this Hurricane. President Barack Obama was impressed by thousands of volunteers who helped where they could. 2. Answer the questions! was/were 3rd form 1) What happened to the people of Americas east coast? 2) What happened to their homes? 3) What happened to the subways and the tunnels in New York City? 4) Why were the children not at school? 5) What was built? 6) Which important topic was brought back into peoples minds? 7) What was the President of the United States impressed by? 3. Find out the words that are described in the text of #1! people who do not have home to live in source of power that makes e.g. computer work . public transportation which is under the ground . an extremely strong wind plus bad weather . an organization that helps people long-term change of weather conditions someone who works/helps and does not want money for it . Passive Voice 4. Find out the 3 forms of the verb. made kill destroy brought flood closed build gave been go taken leave run 5. Look at the pictures and write sentence to each one in your exercise notebook! Passive Voice 6. Extra: Find newspaper article about hurricane, an accident etc. and write sentences in Passive voice, saying what happened to the people and things.