THE PASSIVE VOICE REVISION B2 I. LEAD-IN 1. Underline verbs in the active sentences and circle them in the passive ones. Have a look at the passive se...
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THE PASSIVE VOICE REVISION B2 I. LEAD-IN 1. Underline verbs in the active sentences and circle them in the passive ones. Have a look at the passive sentences. How do we construct the passive voice? 1. The house consists of three irregular volumes. 2. Many buildings have been rebuilt since the earthquake in 2011. 3. Rome has never had a regular plan. 4. Numerous European cities are based on a plan of a Roman military camp called castrum romanum. 5. Brasilia's master plan was created by Lucio Costa. 6. Oscar Niemeyer designed all public buildings in Brasilia. 2. Have a look at the pairs of sentences. Is there any difference in meaning? When can we omit the agent (by...) 1. a. O. Niemeyer created all public buildings in Brasilia. b. All public buildings in Brasilia were created by O. Niemeyer. 2. a. The buidling was designed by Alejandro Aravena. b. The building was designed by an architect. 3. a. Adobe shelteres can be built by unqualified workers. b. Adobe shelteres can be built by people. 3. Transform the sentences into the passive ones. ACTIVE They are building a house of pre-fab concrete units. They build most houses of concrete these days. They have just built a new house on the adjacent lot. They built more than 200 houses last year. They were building new houses despite economic decline. They had started a new project when they finished the previous one. They will probably develop the entire area with residential houses in five years. They are going to build another shopping mall in our neighbourhood. They might build another house on the empty lot. They have to follow a building code while constructing new houses.
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II. PRACTICE 1. Read the text about the super adobe technology. What applications does it have? Do you think it is useful? Read it again and use the verbs in brackets in the correct, active or passive form. SUPER ADOBE EMERGENCY SHELTERS Super adobe is a technology ........................ (develop) by Nader Khalili in order to provide cheap and durable shelters for victims of man-made or natural disasters. Its name ................... (refer) to adobe bricks which ....................... (make) of mud, clay and chopped straw ........................ (mix) with animal dung. Then the mixture ..................... (form) into blocks and ................ (dry) in the sun. The similarities between these two methods ............ (lie in) using easily available, local and cheap materials. In Khalili's technology, on-site earth or rubble ........................ (use) to fill extra long sand bags, which .............................. (wind) into spiralling form and ................................ (place) on top of each other. Insted of mortar, a barbed wire ......................... (fix) between the layers of the sandbags to prevent them from dislocating. The walls might ................................. (leave) unfinished or they can ................................ (plaster). A house can .............................. (build) in a day by a family of four. It can .................. (last) decades if cement ............................... (add) to the soil mix or if the exterior ............................... (plaster). 2. Translate the sentences into English. Use the passive voice whenever it seems more natural. 1. Plan Brazylii przypomina z lotu ptaka orła. 2. Brazylia została zbudowana od zera według planu Lucio Costy. 3. W Brazyli, mieście nastawionym na ruch samochodowy, bardzo niewiele budynków użyteczności publicznej jest w zasięgu pieszym. 4. Pomimo tego, że budynki publiczne zaprojektowane przez O. Niemeyera budzą zachwyt, nie tworzą one przyjaznych przestrzeni publicznych. 5. Columbia powstała na wzór miasta-ogrodu - XIX-wiecznego konceptu wymyślonego przez Ebenezera Howarda. 6. Columbia składa się z kilku "wiosek", które z kolei są stworzone z kilku sąsiadujących osiedli zamieszkałych przez 300 - 500 rodzin. 7. Columbia powstała jako całkowicie zaplanowana społeczność. 8. Każda z 9 wiosek tworzących miasto jest samowystarczalna. 9. Wiele miast średniowiecznych zostało zbudowanych na planie ortogonalnym (szachownicowym). 10. Rzymianie zburzyli mnóstwo podbitych miast aby zbudować je na nowo według planu opartego na obozie warownym.