to native English speakers, who use them all the time.

　　While going over the text, try to recognize the collocations, treat them as single blocks of language and copy them out into your Collocation Book.

　　Now go to page 13. Work in pairs to finish the three exercises in 10 minutes.

3. Learning about the passive voice

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE TENSES CHART

SIMPLE PRESENT and SIMPLE PAST

The active object becomes the passive subject.

am/is/are + past participle

was/were + past participle Active: Simple Present

The movie fascinates me.

The movie bores Jack.

The movie surprises them. Passive: Simple Present

I am fascinated by the movie.

Jack is bored by the movie.

They are surprised by the movie. Active: Simple Past

The movie bored me.

The movie fascinated Jack.

The movie surprised them. Passive: Simple Past

I was bored by the movie.

Jack was fascinated by the movie.

They were surprised by the movie.

PRESENT and PAST CONTINUOUS (PROGRESSIVE)

Passive form:

am/is/are + being + past participle

was/were + being + past participle Active: Present Continuous

I am helping Shannon.

June is helping Su and Ling. Passive: Present Continuous

Shannon is being helped by me.

Su and Ling are being helped by June.