COLEGIO FRANCISCO DE MIRANDA

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Profesor Wilson Olivares M.

Asignatura Inglés

Curso 4° Medio……….

Fecha September,…………

Objective
To demonstrate the use of passive voice in a communicative form.
To identify tenses to make active sentences into passive ones.

I.- REPHRASE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES BEGINNING THEM AS SUGGESTED:

1. Pollution affects the environment in many ways.

The environment is affected by pollution in many ways

2.The greenhouse effect causes serious climate changes around the globe.

Serious climate changes are caused by the greenhouse effect around the globe.

3. Most countries ratified the Kyoto Protocol in November 2001.

The Kyoto Protocol was ratified by most countries in november 2001.

4. Leonardo DiCaprio listed several environmental issues in his Earth Day speech.

Several environmental issues were listed by Leonardo DiCaprio in his Earth Day speech
NOW IT’S YOUR TURN TO REPHRASE THESE SENTENCES

5. Some farmers overuse chemicals in their crops.

chemicals are overused by some farmers in their crops.

6. Environmentalists saved endangered species after the oil spill.

endangered species were saved by environmentalists after the oil spill.

7. Climate changes have caused the rise of temperature in many areas.

The rise of temperature has been caused by climate change in many areas.

8. Deforestation has destroyed some rainforest ecosystems.

Some rainforest ecosystems have been destroyed by deforestation

9 . A hybrid gas-electric car will solve many economic and environmental problems.

Many economic and environmental problems will be solved by a hybrid gas-electric car.

II.- READ THE FOLLOWING INVENTION AND COMPLETE THE PARAGRAPH WITH PRESENT AND
PAST PASSIVE.

For centuries, people had local games where teams competed with a ball, but the rules
of our modern game of football (1) were not written (not write) until 1863 in England.
Today this exciting and skilful sport (2) is enjoyed (enjoy) all over the world. Every
four years thirty-two countries (3) are allowed (allow) to compete in the World Cup.
The 2015 World Cup (4) was hold (hold) in Brazil, and the matches (5) were watched
(watch) by a TV audience of over thirty billion people. The sport (6) isn't played (not
play) only by men. Women’s football is quickly becoming more popular. The first
Women’s World Cup took place in 1991 in China, where the competition (7) was won
(win) by a team from the United States.
III.- LOOK AT THESE EXAMPLES. FIND 5 NEW IMAGES AND DESCRIBE THEM BY USING PASSIVE
VOICE AS IF THEY WERE A PIECE OF NEWS.

Welcome and these are the today’s news!!!

Many refugees were taken to USA,

they’re escaping from Taliban
threatening

80% of Chilean people have been

vaccinated against COVID -19. The
authorities have declared that
restrictions will be diminished.

Thousands of trees have been

destroyed by a violent fire. Firemen
authorities were told that these ones
were caused intentionally.
24 people were hurt in a new bombing in afghanistan.

A potential new targeted treatment for

incurable bowel cancer has been identified by
researchers.

Thousands of reports and specimens of dead

frogs have been received by researchers in
australia.

The drying up of funds is feared by Haiti's aid

workers as global compassion starts to set in.