openMind Level 2

Unit 11 Grammar 1

SIMPLE PRESENT
PASSIVE
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What can you tell me

about the new products?

They are made in the

U.K.
A marketing campaign
is planned for May.

no
1. Do we know who makes the new products?
2. Do we use past participles in the passive voice? yes
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Match the sentence halves.

1. This gadget is a. are used all over the

world.
2. Cell phones
b. be bought in any store.
3. Your tablet
c. made of plastic and
4. These batteries metal.
can
d. should be delivered
tomorrow.
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Look at the examples and complete the rule.

This gadget is made These gadgets are made

of plastic and metal. of plastic and metal.

These batteries can be

bought in any store.

Simple present passive forms:

• _a _m/ _a _r _
e / _i _
s + past participle
• modal verb + b _e _ + past participle
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Look at these sentences and answer the questions.

Your tablet should be Do we know who will

delivered tomorrow. deliver it?
no

Do we know who uses

Cell phones are used
cell phones?
all over the world.
yes (people)

Is it important?
no
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Complete the tables with the correct form of make.

Affirmative and negative statements
It is
_____ isn’t
_______
of cotton.
They are
_____ aren’t made
_______ _____
A decision will be
_____ quickly.

Questions
What _____
are they made of?
_____
When will a decision _____
be _____?
made
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We use the passive voice:

1. when we don’t know who or what does an action

(or when we don’t want to mention them):

Millions of phones are stolen every year.

2. when we are more interested in the action than the

agent:

Breakfast is served from 6 until 10 a.m. every day.

Your message can’t be delivered.
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Put a  or a  next to each sentence.

 1a. Spain visited by more than 60 million tourists

every year.
 1b. Spain is visited by more than 60 million
tourists every year.

 2a. Can be this question answered easily?

 2b. Can this question be answered easily?

 3a. English is spoken here.

 3b. English is speaking here.
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1. Complete the sentences. Use your own ideas.

This … is made of … Something should be

done about …

… is a product that is
made in my country.

2. Work in pairs. Talk to your partner.

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Grammar wrap-up

We use the passive voice when

the action is more important True
than the agent. True or false?

We can’t form the passive voice

with modal verbs (e.g., should). False
True or false?