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Vocabulary Unit 3
Synonym
Passive 1
Passive 2
Concept Check
100

to take someone's attention away

to distract

100

yearly

annual

100

Active or passive?


The company is making watches for sale.

active

100

Identify the TENSE and VOICE:


Diamonds are frequently being mined by large, independent operators.

TENSE: present continuous 

VOICE: passive

100

S + V + O is which tense and voice?

Present simple and active

200

causing feelings of fear

scary

200

mixture/ mix

combination / combine

200

Active or passive?


Many people are moving out of the country.

active

200

Change the sentence to passive:


Everyone was eating delicious food at the royal gala.

Delicious food was being eaten at the royal gala.

200

S + to be + being + V3 is which tense and voice?

Present continuous passive

300

Clearly defined by reason or fact

specific

300

meeting

gathering, assembly, conference, congregation






300

What is the formula for present simple passive?

S + to be + V3 + by + agent

(Note that S is the object that was in the active)

300

Change this to active voice:


The fire drill was being prepared for by the school.

The school was preparing for the fire drill.

300

S + V2 + O is which tense and voice?

Past simple active

400

Any of the world's large lands that has many countries (Example- Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America, Australia, Antarctica).

continent

400

risk

  • threat, danger, hazard, menace


400

Make this sentence passive.


Students aren't doing their homework.

Homework isn't being done by students.

400

Make a sentence: Past continuous passive

Subject: My parents

Verb: drive

Object: to the mountains

The mountains were being driven to by my parents.
400

S + to be + not + V3 + O is which tense and voice?

Past simple (negative) passive

500

to think carefully about something

​REFLECT, FOCUS, CONCENTRATE​
500

ban

---CLUE- to stop the use of something

prohibit, forbid

500

What is the formula for present continuous passive?

S + (am/is/are) + being + V3 + (by + person)


The house is being painted by Marcos.

500

Make a sentence: past simple passive

Subject: iron

Verb: melt down

Object: in the forest

Iron was being melted down in the forest.

500

To be + S + being + V3 is which tense and voice?


Clue- Was the child being carried away? 

(yes or no question)

Past continuous passive (Y/N question)