Unit 10 conservation language focus

Unit 10 Conservation Language focus... Grammar: The passive voice * Modals in passive: S + modal verb + be + PII Ex: The date of the meeting can be changed again.. Unit 10 Conservation l

Unit 10 Conservation

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I Pronunciation:

Read the sentence:

Yesterday, Peter bought Ben a big pocket

of peas.

What sounds are we going to learn today?

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I Pronunciation:

/ b /: bring, bill, cable,….

/ p /: protect, power, display,….

Notes:

Silent b: comb, climb, doubt,…

Silent p : psychology, pneumonia,

* Listen and repeat

* Practise the sentences.

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II Grammar: The passive voice

Ex:

Our environment is being seriously polluted

A lot of trees are cut down every year

Everything has been prepared so well

The boy was named Peter

What is the form of the passive voice?

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II Grammar: The passive voice

* Form: S + be + past participle ( PII) + by…

* Tenses:

+ Present tenses: is/ are / am + PII

is / are / am + being + PII

have / has + been + PII

Ex: The children are taken to school everyday The hospital is being repaired

He has just been given a gift for his birthday

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II Grammar: The passive voice

* Form: S + be + past participle ( PII)

* Tenses:

+ past tenses: was / were + PII

was / were + being + PII

had been + PII

Ex: The house was painted green

The cat was being fed when we came

Before it rained, the seeds had been planted

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II Grammar: The passive voice

* Modals in passive:

S + modal verb + be + PII Ex: The date of the meeting can be changed again The poor should be taken care of

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II Grammar: The passive voice

Exercise 1 Choose the right form of the verbs in brackets.

1 were reported

2 grow

3 be spoken

4 am not invited

5 are being built

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II Grammar: The passive voice

Exercise 2 Put the verbs in the correct form

1 came, had started / had been started, were

2 is standing, is being photographed

3 Have ( the students) been told

4 was being laid, decided

5 will ( these young coconut trees ) be planted

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II Grammar: The passive voice

Exercise 3 Fill each blank with the correct form of a verb.

1 was organized

2 arrived

3 were met

4 were taken

5 had been cleaned

6.( had been) put

7 was

8 prepared

9 made

10 were served

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More practice

* Put the sentences into passive voice.

1 The keepers feed the animals at the zoo twice a day.

2 No one has watered the plants in the garden for

a long time.

3 We should use earth to put out the campfire.

4 They made him open the handbag.

5 They are going to build another zoo.

6 Did a monkey attack him when he was standing near the bars?

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1.The animals at the zoo are fed twice a day by the keepers.

2 The plants in the garden haven’t been watered for a long time.

3 Earth should be used to put out the campfire.

4 He was made to open the handbag.

5 Another zoo is going to be built.

6 Was he attacked by a monkey when he was

standing near the bars?

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Summary

* The sounds / b / and / p /

** The passive voice

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Homework

Make five sentences using the passive voice.