Patterns Open the door. – Don’t open the door. – Never open the door.

Email me. Text me. Close the window. Press the button. Listen to him. Drink it. Park your car here. Lock the door. Lean out of the window.

It is interesting. – It is interesting to watch films.

interesting/learn languages; dangerous/exceed speed while driving; impossible/weigh atoms or ions individually; necessary/learn rules; useless/discuss this point; nice/have a lot of friends; important/read instructions; necessary/attend classes; important/state your ideas clearly; it/not/a disaster/make a mistake; typical of him/be come on time; important/realize that…; important/understand the difference between a compound and a mixture.

Chemical engineers work to develop new products and processes in every field.

He went to London	to avoid traffic jams.
He stopped for a minute	to air the room
I left early	to bake a cake
We took a taxi	to listen to the news.
She opened the window	to learn English.
He turned on the radio	to rest
She bought some flour	to arrive at the station in time.

must be + V₃

must be done, must be closed, must be protected, must be fined, must be caught, must be involved, must be fed, must be seen, must be read, must be stopped, must be destroyed, must be said, must be considered, must be measured, must be weighted, must be resourced with, must be warn

the food we eat

the air we breathe, the clothing we wear, the materials with which we build our homes, the apple George left on the table, the man I saw yesterday, the bike my father gave me

Present Simple Passive = is/am/are+V3

What happens to a car when it is taken for a service? Look at the prompts and make sentences using the present simple passive.

1. the oil / change

2. the brakes / test

3. the filters / replace

4. air / put / in the tyres

5. the battery / check

6. the lights / test

7. broken parts / repair

8. it / take / for a test drive

9. the radiator / fill / with water

How is chocolate made?

1. the cocoa beans/put in piles to dry

2. they/take to the factory

3. they/wash and dry

4. the beans/roast in the ovens

5. liquid chocolate/make from the beans

6. the liquid chocolate /mix with cocoa butter, sugar and milk

7. sometimes/other ingredients/add

8. the chocolate/pour into shapes

9. when the chocolate is hard/it/wrap/to keep it fresh

10. the chocolate bars/deliver to the shops

Present Simple Active or Passive?

One hour is 60 minutes, which is 3,600 seconds. A lot can happen in that time! Read about some of the things that happen all over the world. Put the verbs in brackets into either Present Simple Active or Present Simple Passive.

1. Every hour the planet Earth (travel) 66,620 miles around the sun.

2. Eleven earthquakes (feel) somewhere in the world.

3. The world’s population (grow) by 9,300.

4. Your heart (beat) 4,800 times.

5. 12,540,000 cans of Cola (drink).

6. 916,500 McDonald’s hamburgers (eat).

7. 17,465 bottles of whiskey (produce) in Scotland.

8. 12,000 passengers (pass) through Heathrow airport.

9. 166 Volkswagen cars (make) in Germany.

10. 1,426,940 letters (send).

11. 250 babies (bear).

12. Every minute, four people in the world (contract) HIV.

13. Lightning (strike) the earth 6,000 times.

14. Your heart (pump) 83 gallons of blood.

15. 1.8 million “likes” (make) on Facebook.

16. Nike (make) $36,500.