Unit 2 Be sporty, be healthy
Grammar and usage
Once upon a time, there was an island. The three things that peole there liked to do is ...
Eating
Sleeping
Hitting Doudou
always
He is always hit by someone every day.
Every day
He was hit by someone yesterday evening.
Yesterday evening
And of course, He will be hit by someone tomorrow evening.
Tomorrow evening
What are common of these sentences?
He is always hit by someone every day.
He was hit by someone yesterday evening.
And of course, He will be hit by someone tomorrow evening.
They are all passive voice.
What about the tense?
He is always hit by someone every day.
He was hit by someone yesterday evening.
And of course, He will be hit by someone tomorrow evening.
simple present
simple past
simple future
Conclude the rules
passive voice:
be done
时 态
动 作
Try to finish the table
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The active voice
The passive voice
Simple present
Simple past
Simple future
present continous
Present perfect
do/does
did
will do
is/am/are doing
have/has done
is/am/are done
was/were done
will be done
?
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Exploring the rules
Frances is reading a leaflet about a sports centre.
Find the sentences in the leaflet that use the
passive voice in the present continuous and present perfect tenses and fill in the table.
Frances is reading a leaflet about a sports centre. Find the sentences in the leaflet that use the passive voice in the present continuous and present perfect tenses and fill in the table below.
Exploring the rules
Are you ready to get fit? We are happy to announce that the Community Sports Centre will soon be open to the public once again! Our facilities have been enlarged and redone, and our centre is now bigger and better than ever before. The finishing touches are now being put to a new swimming pool and our workout rooms have been updated with modern equipment. Come by and check them out!
There are a lot of fitness courses for you to choose from. In response to public interest, our aerobics class has been replaced with several fun options, including modern dance. You can find more details about all our courses on our website. Better still, we will update our fitness courses every few months so that more popular courses can be included. Weight training classes, for example, are being designed and will be added to our programme soon. We will invite professional athletes to be our coaches. We are confident that we have something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you here!
Weight training classes, for example, are being designed …
... and our workout rooms have been updated with modern equipment.
... our aerobics class has been replaced with several fun options ...
Working out the rules
We use the passive voice in the present continuous tense to talk about something that is being done right now. The verb form is ‘(1) ____________________’
We use the passive voice in the present perfect tense to talk about something that has been done. The verb form is ‘(2)_______________________’
Working out the rules
is/am/are being done
have/has been done
Make sentences with passive voice in the present continuous or present perfect tenses.
construct
The road ________________.
The road _________________.
Practice
is being constructed
has been constructed
repair
The car _____________.
The car ______________.
is being repaired
has been repaired
cook
The dish _____________.
The dish _____________.
is being cooked
has been cooked
The tree ________________.
The tree _______________.
decorate
is being decorated
has been decorated
Applying the rules
Rewrite the following sentences using the passive voice.
1. The city government is building a new community sports centre.
_______________________________________________________
2. Some workers are painting the walls in the workout rooms.
_______________________________________________________
A new community sports centre is being built (by the city government).
The walls in the workout rooms are being painted (by some workers).
Exercise 1 (P21 B1)
Rewrite the following sentences using the passive voice.
3. People have told me the new workout rooms are very modern.
______________________________________________________
4. Jenny’s PE teacher has asked her to make an exercise plan.
______________________________________________________
5. The teachers are testing students on their knowledge of fitness.
______________________________________________________
I have been told that the new workout rooms are very modern.
Jenny has been asked to make an exercise plan (by her PE teacher).
Students are being tested on their knowledge of fitness (by the teachers).
There is one mistake in each sentence. Correct them.
Exercise 2
1. Professor James will give us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where has not decided yet.
2. Would you please keep silent? The weather report is broadcasted and I want to listen.
3. His sister left home in 1998, and has not been heared of since then.
4. In the last few years thousands of films has been produced all over the world.
been
heard
being
have
Exercise 3 (P21 B2)
Frances has written a review of the sports centre. Complete the review with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.
I visited the new and improved Community Sports Centre. It looks amazing! It is not open to the public yet, but preparations (1)?____________________ (make) presently for the reopening.
Lots of new and modern facilities (2)?____________________ (put) in place. Some of the exercise machines (3)? ___________________ (test) by a group of energetic young people now. A whole new range of courses (4)?_______________________ (design) for people of all ages, including tai chi and boxing! I tried out the boxing class and I loved it! The coach, who was a boxing champion, was patient and professional. At the end of the one-hour class, I was sweating all over but felt relaxed.
Despite all these improvements, I have also found something that still needs to be done: so far no basketball court (5)?____________________ (build). I love playing basketball and I hope a basketball court will be built in the near future. I am sure it will make the sports centre more popular.
are being made
have been put
are being tested
have been designed
has been built
Exercise 4
Translate the following sentences into English by using passive voice.
1. 去年,我们有30项体育项目。我们正考虑(consider)今年加五个项目。
Last year, we had 30 medal events. Five more __________________ for this year.
2. 所有的设备准备就绪(put ...in place)了吗?
_____ all the equipment ____________ in place yet?
3. 设备正在准备中。
The equipment ____________________ for now.
are being considered
been put
is being prepared
Has
Homework
Finish exercise C on page 64 of the workbook.
2. Workbook’s grammar part.