Unit 10 conservation language focus

Unit 10
Conservation
Language focus


Unit 10

Conservation

language focus

I. Pronunciation:
Read the sentence:
Yesterday, Peter bought Ben a big pocket
of peas.
What sounds are we going to learn today?


Unit 10

Conservation

language focus
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.

Unit 10

Conservation

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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?


Unit 10

Conservation

language focus

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.


Unit 10

Conservation

language focus

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.


Unit 10

Conservation

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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.


Unit 10
Conservation
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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


Unit 10
Conservation
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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


Unit 10

Conservation
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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?


Unit 10

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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?


Unit 10

Conservation

language focus

Summary
* The sounds / b / and / p /
** The passive voice

Unit 10

Conservation

language focus

Homework
Make five sentences using the
passive voice.