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Write about an important Memory

B Look at the chart. Find each example of passive voice in the text in exercise A. Is the agent
in the text or not? Check the correct column and complete the information. Then look at
paragraph 1 of the text again, and add two more examples to the chart.

Agent in text Agent not in text
Passive Voice
(necessary information) (clear from context)
1. fountain pens were used ✓ (by people)
2. his name was engraved
3. his mother was killed
4. he was raised
5. his stories can . . . be enjoyed

C Complete the chart with information from the text in exercise A. Discuss your answers with a
partner.

Event: Receiving gift from grandfather
What is the memory? Receiving a special pen from my grandfather

Why is this event important?

Details

2 BEFORE YOU WRITE. Decide on an event from your past to write about. Make a chart like
the one in exercise 1C in your notebook. Complete the chart with your own ideas.

WRITING FOCUS Writing Strong Concluding Sentences
It is important to end each paragraph with a strong sentence. This lets the reader know
the paragraph is ending and a new idea is coming. A good concluding sentence often
states an opinion or makes a summary statement about the ideas in the paragraph.
Notice the examples from the text.
It seems he was rarely without his pen.
His stories can now be enjoyed by people all over the world, including me.
It is one of the most important memories of my life.

3 WRITE two or three paragraphs about the memory you selected. Use the information from
your chart in exercise 2 and the text in exercise 1A to help you.

4 SELF ASSESS. Read your paragraphs and underline examples of the passive voice. Then
use the checklist to assess your work.

I used the passive voice correctly. [15.1, 15.2]

I used the passive voice with the by phrase correctly. [15.4]
I used the passive voice with modals correctly. [15.3]

I used present and past participial adjectives correctly. [15.5, 15.6]

I wrote strong concluding sentences. [WRITING FOCUS]
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