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    The document provides examples of environmental processes and events depicted in images and describes how to write sentences describing each image in the passive voice. For each of 9 pictures showing things like trees being cut down, windmills generating power, and oil spills, possible passive voice sentences are given that could correspond to the depicted actions or events, such as "Trees are cut down to make books, boxes and newspapers" or "Oil spilt by the tanker created an environmental disaster." The purpose is to use the pictures and one's imagination to write passive voice sentences describing what is happening in each image.

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    The document provides examples of environmental processes and events depicted in images and describes how to write sentences describing each image in the passive voice. For each of 9 pictures showing things like trees being cut down, windmills generating power, and oil spills, possible passive voice sentences are given that could correspond to the depicted actions or events, such as "Trees are cut down to make books, boxes and newspapers" or "Oil spilt by the tanker created an environmental disaster." The purpose is to use the pictures and one's imagination to write passive voice sentences describing what is happening in each image.

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    Passive For The Environment

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    Gloria Gòmez Bonilla
    The document provides examples of environmental processes and events depicted in images and describes how to write sentences describing each image in the passive voice. For each of 9 pictures showing things like trees being cut down, windmills generating power, and oil spills, possible passive voice sentences are given that could correspond to the depicted actions or events, such as "Trees are cut down to make books, boxes and newspapers" or "Oil spilt by the tanker created an environmental disaster." The purpose is to use the pictures and one's imagination to write passive voice sentences describing what is happening in each image.

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    Use the pictures & your imagination to write sentences in the passive voice for
    each picture.

    1 (cut down)
    2 (generate) 3 (spill)
    Trees are cut down to make books,
    boxes and newspapers.

    4 (pollute)
    5 (recycle) 6 (kill)

    8 (spray) 9 (throw)
    7 (shoot)

    Useful vocabulary

    bird, windmill, trash can, oil, ivory, crops,tanker, tusks, bin, factory, trees, paper,
    pollution, elephants, toxic waste, oil spills, pesticides, power,
    Writing passive voice (possible answers)

    2 Electricity is generated from wind power.

    3 Oil spilt by the tanker created an environmental disaster.

    4 The river was polluted by waste from the factory.

    5 Glass is recycled to make new products.

    6 Birds were killed by the oil spill.

    7 Elephants are shot by poachers for their tusks.

    8 Crops are sprayed with chemicals that kill pests.

    9 Trash is thrown in the bin.

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