Tuesday's assignment

The geography of the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, covers an area of 630 km² (243 sq mi) and is bounded by Lake Ontario to the south, Etobicoke Creek and Highway 427 to the west, Steeles Avenue to the north, and the Rouge River to the east. In addition to Etobicoke Creek and the Rouge River, the city is trisected by two minor rivers and their tributaries, the Humber River in the west end and the Don River east of downtown. Both flow southward to Lake Ontario at Humber Bay and Toronto Harbour respectively, which are part of the longerWaterfront. The concentration and protection of Toronto's ravines allows for large tracts of densely forested valleys with recreational trails within the city. Approximately 26–28% of Toronto is covered with over 10 million trees,^[1] a fairly high percentage within a large city in North America and there are ambitious proposals to double the coverage.

Passive verbs : pas  (bounded----trisected-----coverd)
Active forms: (bound-----tisect------cover)

1. Check out the grammar in the  paragraph:  


1. Identify all the passive verbs there. 
1. Discuss with your partner why the verbs are in the passive:                                     because the subject of an action is not important as what the subject did 
2. Compare them with the actives:                                                                                             you can see those  above. 
2. Now identify all the prepositions there:                                                                                                         to . the. in. by. of.for,with 
1. Discuss what each preposition is used for :                                                                               to the north. in addition. allows for. part of the longer waterfront. by two minor rivers.                      
2. What verbs are associated with each preposition?                                                          passive verbs
3. What nouns come after each one?                                                                                          
2. Check out the meaning and pronunciation of the paragraph.
1. Write down and discuss your list of the 10 hardest words to read/understand with a partner.                 1.addition
2. trisected
3. densely
4. approximately 
5. recreational
6. ambitious 
7. proposal
8. tributaries 
9. .............
10. Write down and discuss your list of the 10 hardest words to pronounce.                      
11. Take turns reading it to each other.
12. Write a True/False quiz of 5 statements on your blog.
13. Have your partners put their answers in the comments.