ENGLISH 12.

UNIT 4
EDUCATION SYSTEMS
STRESS IN THREE-SYLLABLE WORDS
PASSIVE VOICE
PRONUNCIATION
STRESS IN THREE-SYLLABLE WORDS
Say these words with the correct
stressed syllable underlined
Notice these stress patterns:
1. Primary stress just before suffix- IC
statistics, pandemic, historic, phonetics, …
2. Primary stress just before suffix- ICAL
physical, medical, musical, chemical, …
3. Primary stress just before suffix- ORY / ARY
history, primary, dentistry, compulsory, …
4. Primary stress just before suffix- TION / SION
eruption, emission, pollution, prevention, …
5. Commonly mispronounced words in stress patterns.
Interesting, television, fascination, agriculture, polite, police,
service, hospital, …
SENTENCE STRESS
The primary stress in content words ( nouns, verbs, adjectives
and adverbs) come together to make a statement sound like
musical rhythm, known as SENTENCE STRESS. Practice saying the
following sentence with stress-timed rhythm.
• GRAMMAR
• THE PASSIVE VOICE
• To emphasize something done rather than someone doing it.
• BE + PAST PARTICIPLE

• BE IN THE 12 TENSES ( Present / Past / Future )

Ex. A new bridge is being built over the river.

• MODAL + BE ( CAN/ COULD / MAY / MIGHT / MUST BE …)

Ex. Endangered species must be protected by law.
1. BE IN THE 12 TENSES
Simple present: AM / IS / ARE + PP
Simple past: WAS / WERE + PP
Simple future: WILL BE + PP
Present progressive: AM / IS / ARE BEING + PP
Past progressive: WAS / WERE BEING + PP
Future progressive: WILL BE BEING + PP
Present perfect: HAS / HAVE BEEN + PP
Past Perfect: HAD BEEN + PP
Future Perfect: WILL HAVE BEEN + PP
Present perfect progressive: HAS / HAVE BEEN BEING+ PP
Past Perfect progressive : HAD BEEN BEING+ PP
Future Perfect progressive : WILL HAVE BEEN BEING+ PP
Study the examples of the passive voice in the 12 tenses
1. Classrooms are cleaned twice a week.
2. The classrooms are being disinfected at the moment.
3. All the test papers were marked last week.
4. At this time yesterday the test papers were being marked by a scanner.
5. More lesson plans will be posted onto the Internet.
6. This time next week the classroom block will be being repainted.
7. The new syllabus for English has been approved.
8. The national curriculum has been being revised for months.
9. By this time yesterday the preparation for the national exam had not been
completed yet.
10. By 11.00 pm. Last night, test papers had been being marked for 10 hours nonstop.
11. By 2 pm. Tomorrow, I expect, all the exam papers will have been marked.
12. It will take long. By the end of the year the groundwork will have been being done
for 6 months. And it will take much longer.
2. MODAL + BE + PP
Animals MUST / SHOULD BE protected by law.
The earth MAY / MIGHT BE destroyed.
The whale CAN / COULD BE saved.
All children WILL / WOULD BE educated.

Schools HAVE TO / OUGHT TO BE built.

More hospitals are GOING TO BE innovated.
Most of the farm work USED TO BE done by hand.
Circle the correct word related to the passive voice in each
sentence
Why simple present?
It’s a permanent yearly
activity!
Different tenses and
modals
1. Simple past
2. Simple past
3. Be going to
4. Present
progressive
5. Simple past
Shakespeare’s tragedies have been …

A new primary school has just …

English will …

The floor has not …

The house will …

Time >> Tense
1. Simple past
2. Simple past
3. Present perfect
4. Present modal CAN
Present simple facts