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The silicon production process

Look at the pictures and use the notes below them to describe the silicon
production process. Use the passive form of the verbs and sequencers such
as: First, next, then, after that, and finally.

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Source: Adapted from "Bid for Power''

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DESCRIBING PROCESSES

A new tunnel similar to the Channel Tunnel, one of the most incredible pieces
of engineering,
will be built and is expected to be compíeted by 2019, after four years
of work. Descrjbe its
construction process using all the words given below. Use
FUTURE PASSIVE
CONSTRUCTIONS and add any necessary words and sequencers such
as "first, then, next,
after that and finally."

1) A number of surveys / do.

2) Shafts / dri/1
3) Geological samples / take I and test
4) The tunnel route / mar/<.
5) Excavation / start
6) Explosives / use to break up the rock.
7) Broken rock and spoil / remove.
8) Sections of concre te/ erectto line the tunnel.
9) Roof supports / fil
1O) Circular supports / build
11) Tunnel / open.

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2. List the things computers can do in the design and production of a car.

3. Complete columns A and B of the table below using all the words given.

A: How was it done in the past? B: How is it done now?

1. Designs were produced on paper. Designs are produced using CAD programs.
2. Dimensions / calculated by measuring.
3. M odels / made by hand.
4. Real cars / crash-tested.
5. Supplies / ordered by staff.
6. Welding / done by hand.
7. Painting / done by workers.
8. Cars / inspected by people.

4. Link each pair of statements, past and present, into one sentence.

Example: Designs were produced on paper, but now they are produced by CAD programs

Source: Technology 1, Student's Book, Oxford English for Careers.

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 4) Look at the pictures and write sentences as in the example to describe the main actions
carried out by the government last year:

Many factories were modernized.

Computers / install / at public Education projects / finance A-n oil field / explore
Schools

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A n,ew town / plan Cultural meetings / organize Government expenses/ reduce

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14 Language test
1 Write sentences using the Past Passive form of the verbs in brackets.
EXAMPLE 1971 First email (send)
The first email was sent in 1971.
1 1973 Ftrst mobile phone (produce)
2 1981 First space shuttle (launch)
3 1985 First version of Microsoft Windows (ship)
4 1990 First working version ofWorld Wide Web (complete}
5 1996 First clockwork radio (invent)

2 Change the sentences from active to passive.

EXAMPLE Befare pens, people wrote letters using feathers dipped in ink.
Befare pens, letters were written usingfeathers dipped in ink.
1 They completed the Akashi Kaikyo bridge in Japan in 1998.
2 People began work on the International Space Station (ISS) in 1998.
3 Space shuttles brought the first crew members to the ISS in 1999.
4 They flew the first supersonic aeroplane, Concorde, in 1969.

3 Match items from the past with contrasting items from the present.

Past Present

a Paint cars by hand 1 graphiteortitanium

b Carry phone messages by metal wires 2 inkjet or laser printers
e Maketennis rackets from wood 3 email and the Internet
d Print documents using dot matrix printers 4 computer-controlled spray
e Play music by mea ns oftape recorders 5 fibre-optic cables
f Send letters using postal service 6 minidisks, CDs, and iPods

4 Write sentences using information from the table. Begin:Jn the past ...
EXAMPLE In the past, cars were painted by hand, but now they are painted using
computer-controlled sprays.

5 Ask relevant questions using the question words in brackets. Do not repeat the
words in italics.
EXAMPLE The suspension bridge was built to link together two is/ands. (Why}
Why was the suspension bridge built?
1 The first telephones were installed in the 1880s. (When}
2 Radarwas first used on ships sailing through icebergs. (Where}
3 The first radios were powered by means of large batteries. (How)
4 Television was invented in the early 20th century. (When}
5 The space station was launched to a/low scientists to do experiments in space.
(Why)

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