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Interchange 3 – Unit 7: What can we do?


General objective: discuss environmental problems and solutions to social problems.
Part A: discuss environmental problems using the present continuous passive and present perfect passive tenses
and prepositions of cause.
En la parte A de esta lección, describiremos problemas medioambientales y sociales utilizando el “present
continuous passive” y el “present perfect passive” junto a preposiciones para indicar la causa.
GRAMMAR FOCUS: use the present continuous passive and the present perfect passive to describe problems; use
by, because of, due to, through, and as a result of to describe causes.
1 • Present continuous passive
• The present continuous passive describes an action that is in progress right now.
• Let’s see how to form the present continuous passive: → subject + is/are being + past participle

1 = Subject 2 = Present continuous of BE 3 = Past participle


Our fresh water supply is being contaminated
Our city streets are being damaged
The roads aren’t being repaired
Too many trees are being cut down right now/these days.

2 • Present perfect passive


• The present perfect passive describes something that started before the present (the exact time isn’t important).
• Let’s see how to form the present perfect passive: → subject + has/have been + past participle
1 = Subject 2 = Present perfect of BE 3 = Past participle
Too many trees have been cut down recently/in the last few years.
Our community has been closed
Many public parks have been lost

• Prepositions to describe the cause of a problem:


• We can use the prepositions: by, because of, due to, through, and as a result of to indicate the causes. They are
used before the cause. These words have similar meanings
• By: por
• Because of: a causa de O debido a
• Due to: debido a
• Through: a través de
• As a result of: como resultado de O a raíz de

• Let’s see how to change an active sentence into a passive sentence.


1 • Active: Air pollution is threatening the health of people.
2 • Present continuous passive: The health of people is being threaten by air pollution.
Describing problems
The . . . are being . . . by . . .
(The) . . . is being . . . because of/due to . . .
The . . . have been . . . through . . .
(The) . . . has been . . . as a result of . . .

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Part B: discuss what they can do about problems using infinitive clauses and phrases.

En la parte B de esta lección, daremos soluciones a diferentes problemas medioambientales y sociales utilizando
expresiones con “infinitive clauses and phrases”

NOTA: En la parte A, hemos visto como describir diferentes problemas medioambientales y sociales al igual que
indicar la causa. Ahora podemos ver como ofrecer posibles soluciones a estos problemas.

GRAMMAR FOCUS: use infinitive clauses and phrases to describe solutions to problems.

• FORMULA: (One way/Another way) + infinitive + is/are + infinitive

Offering solutions

• One thing to change things is to . . .


• Another way to stop them is to . . .
• The best way to help is to . . .
• One way to _______ is to _________
• Another way to __________ is to ___________

Examples:

• Problem: global warming = calentamiento global


• Solution: The best way to stop global warming is to reduce deforestation.

• Problem: Poverty = pobreza


• Solution: One way to fight poverty is to create more jobs.

• Problem: Government corruption


• Solution: The best way to fight government corruption is to make politicians accountable for decisions.

Describing problems
The . . . are being . . . by . . .
(The) . . . is being . . . because of/due to . . .
The . . . have been . . . through . . .
(The) . . . has been . . . as a result of . . .

Offering solutions

• One thing to change things is to . . .


• Another way to stop them is to . . .
• The best way to help is to . . .
• One way to…

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