Demystifying the Passive Structure: Walkthrough Deck

Section role: supports Section 3 while the teacher formalizes the grammar rules derived from the previous problem-based challenge and bridges them to social discourse. Slides: (1) Title — 'Demystifying the Passive Structure'; (2) The Core Formula — bullets: subject, conjugated 'to be', past participle; (3) Active to Passive Shift — bullets: moving the object to subject position, changing the verb; (4) Tense Comparison Table — named tenses including present simple and past simple with concrete examples; (5) The 'By' Phrase Dilemma — bullets: when to reveal the agent versus when agency is hidden in news and public statements; (6) Closing slide: 'When is it ethical to omit the agent in a news headline?' — handing control back to the teacher for a class discussion. This material is part of a English foreign-language class for students in Brazil learning English. Regardless of the material's language, the key terms and examples being taught must be written in English, not in the students' native language.