Working with the Passive

Hello LINC 7 Students!

In our inquiry into the passive, we start with the basics, which you probably learned in LINC 6.

Here's a great review website.

But we have to remember that some verbs CANNOT be put into the passive form!

Here are some of the most common "intransitive" verbs -- which don't allow passive form:

arrive become belong collapse cost depend die emerge exist go

happen laugh occur rise sit sleep stay swim jump have

For example, you can't say or write: "We were arrived at nine o'clock." WRONG

For example, you can't say or write: "It was happened yesterday." WRONG

For example, you can't say or write: "She is died in a car accident." WRONG

For example, you can't say or write: "The meal was cost $42.56." WRONG

Summary Practice

Hi LINC 7 Students,

Here's some online work to practice summarizing information contained in an article.

Just click on the links below:

1. Vocabulary preparation

2. Reading to summarize
NOTE:  Please write your summary on paper.  DO NOT try to type it in the box on this webpage. Please double space your summary so that I can give you feedback.

Vancouver's 6 acre green roof

Hi LINC 7 Students,

Here's the link to the video on the green roof we'll visit on Monday.

Listen and complete the handout.

Convention Centre Field Trip

Hello LINC 7 Students!

In preparation for our field trip to the Vancouver Convention Centre, here's the link to the video advertising the Centre to the world. This video says, "Come to Vancouiver!"


Here's the link to the video about the Centre's "living roof" - which you read about in the handout and which we will see in person on Monday during our field trip!