Present Simple Passive I
The tree ___ _____ (cut) by Ilya every night.
The tree is cut by Ilya every night.
The car ___ _______ (wash) by you every week.
The car is washed by you every week.
Recycle
Reciclar
True or False: Around 27,000 trees are cut down every day.
True.
The policeman arrested the thief.
The thief ___ _______ by the policeman.
was arrested
The underground system __ _____ (use) by 2 million people a day.
is used
The British museum __ _______ (visit) by thousands of people every day.
is visited
Pollute
True or false: Paper from trees can be recycled 6 times.
True.
Somebody built this house is 1930.
This house ____ _____ by someone in 1930
was built
Make this passive:
She always saves her money.
Her money is always saved by her.
Make this passive:
He never wastes food.
Food is never wasted by him.
Preserve
Conservar/preservar
True or false: the garbage dumped in the ocean is about 6.5 million kgs.
False. 6.5 billion kgs!
Make this passive:
Beethoven composed 9 songs.
9 songs were composed by Beethoven.
A lot of trees ___ ________ (destroy) every year
are destroyed
The teacher ___ _________ (not/understand) by the students.
The teacher isn't understood by the students.
Waste
desecho
Which country recycles the most?
Germany
Make this passive:
Someone turned off the lights.
The lights were turned off by someone.
German and Italian _______ (not/speak) in Russia
German and Italian are not spoken in Russia
Make this passive:
People play football all over the world.
Football is played all over the world.
Reduce &
Reuse
reducir & reutilizar
Which country pollutes the most?
First, China
Second, USA
Make this passive:
She did not write the book.
The book was not written by her.