Unit 10. Conservation

Unit 10: Conservation
Period 5: Language Focus
Pronunciation
Book s Pen


/b/
/p/
Pictures showing the way to pronounce /b/ and /p/
/p/ /b/
1.Close your lips hard
Push air forward in your mouth.
2. Then open your lips quickly
First practise p
Use your voice to make b
Listen and repeat
/b/
bee
ban
bad
cab
bright
back
/p/
pea
pan
cap
provide
power
Practise these sentences
Pat buys Bill big pad of paper.
A black bee is picking some pollen.
Put the blouses in the paper bags.
Paul borrowed a book about puppies from the library.
The beautiful carpet is my brother’s present.
Is this picture painted on pupils’ caps.



Passive Voice




1. Presentation







* Form: Be+ Past Participle
Active : Jane cleans the floor every day .
Passive : The floor is cleaned by Jane everyday .
S V O
S + IS / AM / ARE + PP + (BY O )
Simple present :
Active : Jane is cleaning the floor now .
Passive : The floor is being cleaned by Jane now.
Present continuous
S + IS / AM / ARE + BEING + PP
Simple past
Active : Jane cleaned the floor yesterday .
Passive : The floor was cleaned by Jane yesterday .
S + WAS / WERE + PP
Past continuous
Active :Jane was cleaning the floor when I arrived .
Passive:The floor was being cleaned by Jane when I arrived .
S + WAS / WERE + BEING + PP
Present perfect
Active : The floor looks nice . Jane has cleaned it.
Passive : The floor looks nice . It has been cleaned by Jane .
S + HAS / HAVE+ BEEN + PP
Past perfect
Active : The floor looked much better . Jane had cleaned it .
Passive : The room looked much better . It had been cleaned by Jane.
S + HAD + BEEN + PP
Simple future
Active :The floor looks dirty . Jane will clean it tomorrow.
Passive : The floor looks dirty . It will be cleaned by Jane tomorrow.
S + WILL + BE + PP


Future perfect Active
Active: The floor looks dirty . Jane will have cleaned it tomorrow.
Passive : The room looked much better . It will have been cleaned by Jane

S + WILL + HAVE BEEN
S + WILL + HAVE BEEN
* Meaning: Passive
* Use: The passive is used in many main ways:
* When people want to focus on a thing that happened not who or what did it.
Ex: The trees were uprooted last week.( We only concerned about the trees).
* When we do not want to take responsibility for something or someone.
Ex: The vase was stolen.
* When people do not know exactly about the subject.
Ex: The form has to be signed.

* When we are more interested in the action than the doer.
Ex:: This road was being repaired.
* However, the passive voice is not used when we want to focus on the person or thing that does the action.
Ex: You should do exercise ( Not : This exercise should be done.






2. Practice
1. The children were reported (reported/were reported ) to be homeless.
2. Trees grow ( grow/ were grown) well in this soil.
3. Can English be spoken (be spoken/ speak ) at the club?
4. I am not invited ( am not invited/ don’t invite ) to parties very often.
5. Many new roads are being build ( are being build/ are building ) in this city.

Exercise 1: Choose the right form of the verbs in brackets.
Exercise 2: Put the verbs in the correct form.
1. When they came (come) the meeting had started (start ) They were ten minutes late.
2. He is standing ( stand) in front of a large audience. He is being photographed ( photograph )by many journalists.
3. Have the students been told (tell) about the changes of their timetable yet?
4. At that time the table was being laid ( lay ) and I decided ( decide ) not to come in.
5. Where will these young coconut trees be planted ( plant)
Exercise 3: Fill each blank with the correct form of a verb in the box.
- How was the holiday?
- Oh, it was fantastic. Everything was organized so well. As soon as we arrived at the airport, we were met and taken to the hotel. All the rooms had been cleaned well and fresh flowers had been put on the table.
- Oh how lovely! And what about the food?
- It was excellent. They freshly prepared it all in the hotel and they even made .The bread in the hotel kitchen. The bread rolls were served hot every morning for breakfast.
Homework
I . Give correct form of the verbs : passive or active:
1. English is spoken( speak) all over the world.
2. I wasn’t allowed ( not/allow) go out last night.
3. The students were doing ( do) the exercise when I came.
4. Ho Chi Minh City is called ( call ): The Pearl of The Far East”.


II. Change the following sentence in passive voice.
1. They have searched all the cars and trucks.
All the cars and trucks have been searched.
2. They sell a special kind of tea here.
A special kind of tea is sold here.
3. His parents will meet me tomorrow.
I will be met by his parents tomorrow.
4. The dog bites the man
The man is bitten by the dog.
Thank you very much