I.- Read the text and underline the verbs written in passive voice. Then write the verbs in the chart below.
Verbs in passive voice
THE TITANIC
II.- Read the text again and answer the following questions. 1.- What’s the text about? a) Titanic’s building The Titanic was built in 1912. It was designed in a new way and it was thought to be unsinkable. Because of this, it wasn’t given enough lifeboats for the passengers and crew. The hull was damaged by a collision with a huge iceberg and it sank very fast. A total of 1,513 people were drowned that day. Because of this disaster, a lot of magazines were printed in many languages , new international safety laws were passed and Ice Patrol was established . In 1985 the wreck was located on the sea bed and the ship was explored. Several successful films have been made about the Titanic since then, and the most recent was released in 1997.
b) The creation of international safety laws c) Titanic’s sinking 2.- When was the Titanic built? ____________________________________ 3.- The ship was thought to be unsinkable. What were the consequences of it? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 4.- How was the hull damaged? _____________________________________ _____________________________________ 5.- What happened with the ship after the collision? _____________________________________
III.- Write T if the sentence is true and F if the sentence is false. Justify your answer. a) A total of one thousand, five hundred and thirty people were drowned. _____ ___________________________________________________________________________ b) A lot of magazines were printed in many languages after the disaster _____ ___________________________________________________________________________ c) The disaster didn’t affect international safety laws. _____ ___________________________________________________________________________ d) Ice Patrol existed before the disaster. _____ ___________________________________________________________________________ e) The wreck wasn’t located. ______ ___________________________________________________________________________ f) Films have been made about Titanic’s sinking. ______
Famous Quotes:
Rose: “You jump, I jump, right?” Rose: “But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson
and that he saved me... in every way that a person can be saved” Old Rose: “It's been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint.
The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was”