2D Passive With Prepositions

Learning Unit 2. History, songs and environment (Level B1.
2/ Community)
Debate global environmental challenges (B1.2.6)

(April 15 – April 19)
● Passive with prepositions
Present continuous passive
Our water supply is being contaminated by toxic chemicals.

Our city streets are being damaged as a result of heavy traffic.
The roads aren’t being repaired due to a lack of funding.
Present perfect passive
Our community center has been closed because of high costs.

Many public parks have been lost through overbuilding.
● Practice activity 1. Listen to an announcement from an election campaign. What kinds of

problems does Grace Medina want to fix?
Which of these problems affect your city? Can you give specific examples?
● Practice activity 2. Match the photos of environmental problems with the sentences below.
Then rewrite the sentences using the passive and the prepositions given.
1. High emissions of carbon dioxide are causing climate changes. (by)
Climate changes are being caused by high emissions of carbon dioxide.
2. Rapid urbanization is depleting our natural resources. (through)

Our natural resources are being depleted through rapid urbanization.
3. Water pollution has threatened the health of people all over the world. (due to)
The health of people all over the world has been threatened dued to water pollution
4. Livestock farms have contaminated the soil and underground water. (because of)
The soil and underground
5. The destruction of rain forests is accelerating the extinction of plants and wildlife. (as a result of)
6. Oil spills are harming birds, fish, and other marine life. (through)
* The prepositions by, as a result of, because of, though, and due to have similar meanings.
They are used in sentences that describe cause and effect; they introduce the cause.
● Practice activity 3. Match the phrases (copy + paste) from each column to make sentences.
(More than one answer may be possible.)
Subject Effect Cause
1. The environment is being contaminated due to improper disposal of medical

waste.
2. Our soil is being harmed by deforestation to make paper

products.
3. Infectious diseases are being endangered due to hybrid cars.
4. Many different species has been affected because of the use of pesticides on
fruits and vegetables.
5. Our air quality has been reduced as a result the destruction of their
of habitats.
6. Smog pollution have been spread through climate changes like global
warming.
1. The environment is being harmed by climate changes like

global warming.
2. Our soil have been spread through the use of pesticides on

fruits and vegetables.
3. Infectious diseases
4. Many different species
5. Our air quality
6. Smog pollution
Course activities adapted from:
Richards, J. C with J. Hull & S. Proctor (2017). Interchange 2. Student’s Book/Work

Book/Presentation Plus. United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press
Learning Unit 2. History, songs and environment (Level B1.2/ Community)
Debate global environmental challenges (B1.2.6)

(April 15 – April 19)
● Passive with prepositions
Present continuous passive
Our water supply is being contaminated by toxic chemicals.

Our city streets are being damaged as a result of heavy traffic.
The roads aren’t being repaired due to a lack of funding.
Present perfect passive
Our community center has been closed because of high costs.

Many public parks have been lost through overbuilding.
● Activity 2D. Individual work. Write two sentences describing environmental problems in your
hometown, city, or country. Use the present continuous passive in one sentence and the
present perfect passive in another sentence.
You can write your sentences here
1. The forests are being destroyed by free felli
2. Natural habitats have been fragmented by infrastructure development
Activity Evaluation criteria Value

● Write two sentences with your own ideas.
● Use the present continuous passive in one sentence.

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● Use the Present perfect passive in another sentence.
● Upload by 14:00 hrs., Friday, April 19, 2024.

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Learning Unit 2. History, songs and environment (Level B1.

Debate global environmental challenges (B1.2.6)

● Passive with prepositions

Present continuous passive

Our water supply is being contaminated by toxic chemicals.

Present perfect passive

Our community center has been closed because of high costs.

● Practice activity 1. Listen to an announcement from an election campaign. What kinds of

1. High emissions of carbon dioxide are causing climate changes. (by)

Climate changes are being caused by high emissions of carbon dioxide.

2. Rapid urbanization is depleting our natural resources. (through)

The soil and underground

1. The environment is being contaminated due to improper disposal of medical

2. Our soil is being harmed by deforestation to make paper

3. Infectious diseases are being endangered due to hybrid cars.

1. The environment is being harmed by climate changes like

2. Our soil have been spread through the use of pesticides on

4. Many different species

5. Our air quality

Course activities adapted from:

Richards, J. C with J. Hull & S. Proctor (2017). Interchange 2. Student’s Book/Work

Learning Unit 2. History, songs and environment (Level B1.2/ Community)

Debate global environmental challenges (B1.2.6)

● Passive with prepositions

Present continuous passive

Our water supply is being contaminated by toxic chemicals.

Present perfect passive

Our community center has been closed because of high costs.

You can write your sentences here

1. The forests are being destroyed by free felli

2. Natural habitats have been fragmented by infrastructure development

Activity Evaluation criteria Value

● Use the present continuous passive in one sentence.

● Upload by 14:00 hrs., Friday, April 19, 2024.

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