Keep Calm and Carry On

You are going to

• practise the passive
• watch a clip about a famous poster
• do a listening comprehension practising the passive
• do a word-ordering sentence

1) Discuss

• Have you seen this poster before?
• What do you know about the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster?
• When and why was it designed?
• Who was it designed for?

2) Watch
Watch the video to find the answers.

Vocabulary. Before you watch check you know the meaning of these words -  commission   consider    design    distribute    hold in reserve    intend    issue    parody    reproduce    require    trivialize

Film, music, script, and narration by Temujin Doran.
Concept and production by Nation.
The original home of ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ – Barter Books







3) Watch again
Watch the clip again, listen carefully and answer the questions below.
All of the answers practise the passive (see guide below).

If you have any problems doing the exercise, you can read and listen to the full script here


Printable worksheet here

Create your own motivational poster here http://www.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/

4) Word order. Practise the passive
Drag and drop to order the words and make correct sentences in the passive.
Click "Next" for a new sentence. There are 15 sentences in total.
If you can't remember how to make the passive look at the guides below.

The Passive
Pronoun / Noun	+  Be	+  Participle
I You He She It We They Water Food Computers DVDs Books Posters…	am are is was were will / shall be can be could be may be might be must be should be ought to be has / have to be has /  have been will / can’t / could / may / might / must / should / ought to have been had been	bought commissioned considered designed distributed found held intended issued made produced reproduced required sold

Questions in the Passive. Change the order.
·       Present ·       Past	Be Is / Are Was / Were	+ Noun / Pronoun the books water	+ participle sold? distributed?
·       Future ·       Modals in the present	Will / Modal Will Can Could Must Should Can Might	+ Noun / Pronoun it food they	+ be + participle be sold? be distributed?
·       Present perfect ·       Past perfect	Has / Have Has / Have Had	+ Noun / Pronoun the DVDs Water	+ Been + Participle been sold? been distributed?
·       Future perfect ·       Modals in the past	Modal / Will Will Might Could Must Should	+ Noun / Pronoun the DVDs Water	+ Have been + Participle have been sold? have been distributed?