This document provides information about the present simple passive voice and examples of its use. It also contains a reading passage about the London Eye Ferris wheel in England. Key details include: - The present simple passive is formed with "be" + the past participle of the main verb. Examples are given like "Bread is made of flour." - The reading passage discusses how the London Eye was designed, when a competition to organize it was held, how many people it can carry, and where its glass was produced. - Questions are provided to test comprehension of details in the reading passage, such as who designed the London Eye and when the competition was organized.

1. UNIT 10
The Cosmopolitans of the Third
Millennium

3. THE PASSIVE
to be + past participle of the verb

4. PRESENT SIMPLE PASSIVE
am/is/are + past participle
Ex:
Bread is made of flour.

5. bag
book
bowl
CD
credit card
curtains
necklace
sweater
TV
vase
watch
window
Ask and answer questions.

6. What is it?
• It is made of metal and
plastic.
• It is found in your
kitchen
• It is often used by your
mother.
• It is used for keeping
your food cold.

7. What is it?
• It is made of paper.
• It is found in your
classroom.
• It is used by students
and teacher.
• It is used for reading.

8. notebook chair pan paper clip
envelope pair of
scissors
keyboard T-shirt
bag spoon sofa mirror
It is used by ...
It is made of ...
It is found in ...
It is used for ...

10. was designed
was organised
wanted
are carried
designed built
worked
was built
was developed
made
were made
was produced

11. was designed
was organised
wanted
are carried
designed built
worked
was built
was developed
made
were made
was produced
Write the questions and find the answers in the reading text:
1. Who/ design the London Eye?
2. When/ competition/ organise?
3. How many/ carry?
4. Where/ wheel/ develop?
5. Who/ produce/ glass?

12. BRAD PITT BRAD PITT & ANGELINA JOLIE

13. 23 August 2014

14. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been married since August 2014.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been married for 2 years.

15. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been married since August 2014.
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have been married for 7 months.
Since + a point in time
For + a period of time

16. More examples

17. More examples

18. Decide if you need for or since with
these time expressions.
• last weekend
• ten seconds
• Christmas Eve
• a decade
• I finished school
• a couple of days
• my birthday
• a long time
• ten centuries
• the 70s
• I was a boy
• August
• the last month
• 15 years
• the accident
• then
• we bought this house
• last month
• a millennium
• I met you

19. Decide if you need for or since with
these time expressions.
SINCE
• last weekend
• I was a boy
• Christmas Eve
• August
• I finished school
• my birthday
• the accident
• the 70s
• then
• we bought this house
• last month
• I met you
FOR
• ten seconds
• a decade
• a couple of days
• the last month
• a long time
• 15 years
• ten centuries
• a millennium

20. Do we use for or since with the
following time references?
1. I haven’t phoned home ............... Christmas.
2. We’ve been here .............. nine o’clock.
3. I have worked for this company ............. more
than 8 years.
4. I haven’t visited my home town ............ I left
school.
5. I have studied non-stop ............... 2 hours.
6. He has had a driving license .................. 1999.
since
since
for
since
for
since

21. Activity 3b and 3c, page 96, English
Elements book 2.