Unit 12 - Passive

Unit 12 Planet Earth– gr a mma r The passive Grammar in use 1. Look at the cartoon. a. What do you think the text will be about? b. Can you identify any of these things on these pages? Rubbish debris space satellite spacecraft Orbit rocket 2. Answer these questions 1. What is it about? 2. How has the situation been created? 3. Why is the situation dangerous? 4. What will happen in the future? Answers: 1. Rubbish/ debris in space. 2. By satellites and parts of satellites/ rockets being left behind or dropped in space. 3. Because spacecraft have been damaged and an astronaut could be hurt. 4. A satellite will be destroyed by a piece of rubbish and create much more debris. 3. What do you think should be done about the situation in the text?  How can you stop people leaving things in space?  Who should be responsible for cleaning up?  How can the things be recovered?  How can we stop the situation getting worse? Rule • Complete these sentences from the text. Answers: • was launched • have been sent • are put • is being polluted 5. would be killed 6. Will be destroyed Rules: S + V + O. S + be + V (PII) + by + … Example: The present simple tense. S + V + O. → S (o) + is/ are/ am + V PII + O (s) Eg: Ann writes a letter. A letter is written by Ann. Look at sentences: He repairs his car. → His car is repaired by him Rules: 1. The present simple tense. S + V + O. → S (o) + is/ are/ am + VPII+ O (s) 2. The present continuous tense S + is/ am/ are V + O. → S (o) + is/ are/ am + VPII+ O (s) Practice 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple passive 1. is built 2. is tested 3. is taken 4. is prepared 5. are launched 6. are dumped 7. is put 8. are fired 9. is moved 10. is left Answers: Practice 2. Look at this text about Skylab. Listen (12.1), and check Answers: 1. Was launched 2. were sent 3. Was abandoned 4. Was destroyed 5. Was scattered 6. Was hit 7. Was hurt 8. Were found 9. Were sold 3. Change these sentences from the active into the passive, keeping the same tense. 1. A camere was dropped by the American astronaut, Michael Collin. 2. Eventually an astronaut will be hit by a piece of debris. 3. The astronaut would not be protected by a normal spacesuit. 4. Communications satellites are being damaged by rubbish. 5. More rubbish will be created by today’s satellites. 6. One of the space shuttle’s window was cracked by a piece of debris. 7. Some satellites have been brought back to Earth by the space… 8. 186 marks were found by scientists on one satellite. 9. 166 of te marks were caused by sace debris. 4. Rubbish is a problem on Earth, too. Discuss these questions. [...]...Homework: • Learn new words by heart • Do exercise 1 – 2 in Workbook • Preparing: Vocabulary in unit . Unit 12 Planet Earth– gr a mma r The passive Grammar in use 1. Look at the cartoon. a. What do. VPII+ O (s) Practice 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple passive 1. is built 2. is tested 3. is taken 4. is prepared 5. are launched