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Unit10: Conservation
Lesson 5: Language focus
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Pronunciation
bin
ben
bear
cab
pub
bobby
pin
pen
Pear
cap
pup
poppy
/b/
/p/
I. Pronunciation:

/ b /: bring, bill, cable,….
/ p /: protect, power, display,….
Notes:
Silent b: comb, climb, doubt,…
Silent p : psychology, pneumonia,empty
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
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.
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.

II. Grammar: The passive voice

* Modals in passive:
S + modal verb + be + PII
Ex: The poor should be taken care of.

III: PRACTISE
I. Underline the correct form active or passive of the verbs in brackets
1. Some new equipment (has ordered -has been ordered ) by the company.
2. Somebody (calls -is called ) the President everyday .
3. These artificial flowers (make -are made) of silk .
4. Nothing (has done-has been done) .
5. A lot of money (spends -is spent) on advertising .
6. This room (uses -is used) only on special occasions .
7. The old theatre (is being pulled - pulls ) down .
8. My bicycle (stole -was stolen) yesterday .
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The student…. (do) the exercises when I came.
 were doing
Clothes and food (just/carry) to the flooded area
 have just been carried

I (not/ allow) to go out last night
 wasn’t allowed

More money…( spend) on food now than it (spend) years ago.
 is being spent/ was spent


A new school (build) in this town next year.
 will be built
Congratulation!
You get 10 marks
1970
They built this building in 1970.
Building / build
This building was built in 1970 .
Mr Brown
Picture
Mr Brown has already drawn a picture .
A picture has already been drawn by Mr Brown .
Sofa
They are moving a sofa to the next room .
A sofa is being moved to the next room .
Workman
The workman repairs cars everyday .
Cars are repaired by the workman everyday.
Car
-Do exercise on your textbook.
-Learn the expressions by heart.
-Prepare for the next lesson
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have a nice day !!!