Grammar
1. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs. Use the simple present passive.
1. Tea (not grown) in northern countries where the climate is too cold.
2. The sun’s energy (use) to heat the school swimming pool.
3. The buses (not clean) after each trip.
4. In supermarkets, milk (not sell) in glass bottles anymore.
5. Different movies (show) at our local movie theater every week.
2. Rewrite the sentences. Use the simple past passive. Include the by phrase.
1. My mom didn’t decorate our bedrooms.
2. My favorite author wrote those books.
3. A boy from our school won the competition!
4. A famous movie star wore that dress.
5. My sister didn’t take that picture.
3. Write questions using the simple present passive or simple past passive.
1. when / your house / build / ?
2. when / the Olympic Games / play / in China / ?
3. most smartphones / make / in Asia / today / ?
4. who / television / invent / by / ?
5. that picture / paint / by your uncle / ?
4. Circle the correct answers.
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My house built in the 1980s. It isn’t energy efficient because solar
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energy much in those days. The walls made of bricks,
so they don’t keep us cool in the summer or warm in the winter. Today, a lot of
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houses are designed architects who specialize in green technology. For
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example, solar panels are used people save money on heating
bills.
1. a. is b. did c. was
2 a. wasn’t used b. isn’t used c. didn’t use
3.. a. was b. are c. have been
4. a. from b. of c. by
5. a. help b. to help c. was helped
Vocabulary
5. Label the pictures with the correct words for materials.
1. 2. 3.
4. 5.
6. Circle the correct words.
1. It’s almost impossible not to consume / build energy these days.
2. The architect saved / designed plans for an eco-friendly house.
3. It’s a good idea to discover / reduce the amount of water we use.
4. Will you help me install / reduce these solar panels in my house?
5. They’ll build / change a house with glass walls.
7. Circle the correct answers.
How can you and your family help the environment? One thing you can do is reuse
old items instead of throwing them away. Old clothing made of 1 can be
reused to make scarves and bags. Tires are made from 2 . The inside of an
old tire is called an inner tube. It floats on 3 and can be used to play in a
pool or lake. If you like doing something creative, you can make jewelry from 4
spoons and forks. Don’t throw away old shoes and boots! Make containers for 5
out of them!
1. a. water b. cotton c. glass
2. a. paper b. rubber c. cement
3. a. plastic b. wood c. water
4. a. metal b. bricks c. cotton
5. a. rubber b. plants c. cement
8. Complete the conversation. There is one more word than you need.
change consume discovered designed reduce save
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Jen: Can you help me the light bulbs?
Ed: Why would we do that? Our old ones are still good.
Jen: Well, I 2 these new energy-efficient light bulbs. They’ll 3
the amount of electricity we use.
Ed: Hey, that’s great. I’m all for using less energy.
Jen: Yeah. They should help us 4 quite a bit of money each year.
Ed: We do 5 a lot of energy. Every little bit helps!
Useful language
9. Complete the five conversations. Circle the correct answers.
1. A: Dan, you completely forgot about my a. Don’t you remember?
birthday! b. I’ll be there. I promise.
B: c. I’m really sorry.
2. A: You promised to come over yesterday. a. I forgot. My apologies!
B: b. I didn’t mean to come over.
c. Yes! I’ll be there.
3. A: Why didn’t these plastic bags go to the a. I didn’t mean to reuse them.
recycling center yesterday? b. What happened to you yesterday?
B:
c. It was my fault.
4. A: I can’t believe you forgot about the a. I didn’t mean to forget.
concert! b. I didn’t mean to call you.
B: c. I didn’t mean to buy the tickets.
5. A: You hurt my feelings when you didn’t a. I sent you a text to remind you.
come to my party. b. My apologies!
B:
c. We’ll do it again next weekend.
David I live out in the country with my family, and we all try to use our bikes or public transportation instead of cars. People ask us ho
Alice We don’t buy anything that comes in plastic bottles, but we ask all our friends to give us their old bottles. We cut off the to
Reading
Josh We live near a forest, so we’re very lucky because we can go out and look for branches that have fallen off the trees. We woul
Julia We’re 10. Read this
vegetarians. onlinewe
However, forum.
keep chickens for their eggs and we eat those. We feed the chickens our leftover food every
Peter In my family, we try to consume as little energy and water as possible. We always turn off the lights when we’re not in the room
Match each person (1–5) with what they would say (a–g). There are two more
answers than you need.
1. David a. We don’t waste any food.
2. Alice b. We’ve discovered how to find free food.
3. Josh c. We’re creative with how we reuse containers.
4. Julia d. Living without a car won’t be a problem.
5. Peter e. We cut down enough trees to heat our house.
f. We heat our home for free.
g. We’re careful not to waste energy and water.
