Nature in action

Say each word aloud. 🌿

Change the focus

Passive pattern: object + is/are + past participle

Say the passive form.

1. People protect forests.
2. Farmers grow vegetables.
3. Scientists study whales.
4. People recycle glass.
5. Schools collect paper.
6. Rangers feed injured birds.
7. People use solar energy.
8. Volunteers clean beaches.
9. Factories produce pollution.
10. Students plant trees.

Describe people, animals, and things

Choose the describing word

Connect each noun with the best word to introduce extra information.

Build nature descriptions

Read each completed phrase as one sentence.

Make environmental actions passive

Change the active sentence into the present simple passive form.

1. People clean the beach every week.

The beach [___] every week.

1. A factory makes paper from trees.

Paper [___] from trees.

1. Scientists protect endangered animals.

Endangered animals [___] by scientists.

1. Volunteers collect plastic bottles.

Plastic bottles [___] by volunteers.

Complete the description

Use a relative word. Animals and things can use which or that; people can use who or that.

1. The elephant [___] lives in this zoo is rescued.
2. The people [___] protect the forest are volunteers.

Check the grammar choices

Decide if the statement is correct

Select the correct passive form

1. Solar energy [___] in many homes.
2. Plastic bottles [___] every day.

Look closely at relative clauses

1. The whale [___] lives near the coast is endangered.
2. The volunteers [___] recycle paper help the environment.

Check the passive pattern again

Ecology mastery check

Key patterns

Quick check

Say a complete answer.

1. Make a passive sentence about paper.
2. Complete: “The animal ___ is protected is endangered.”
3. Change this sentence: “People recycle bottles.”
4. Say one ecology sentence with a passive form, a relative clause, or both.

Connect the grammar idea