📝 Daily Practice
🎯 Lesson Goal
This lesson helps you understand how to use the passive voice in reporting information about recycling systems. You will learn useful expressions for sharing facts, explaining processes, and discussing environmental topics with correct passive structures.
🧠 Grammar Focus
The passive voice is used to focus on the action or result rather than who performs it. In recycling systems, it is common to share information where the doer is unknown or unimportant. Use the passive voice to report processes and facts clearly. Common situations include describing how materials are recycled, stating official reports, or explaining procedures. The structure is: subject + form of ‘be’ + past participle. Example: ‘Plastic is collected separately.’ In passive reporting, use the passive to emphasize the recycled materials or processes. Example: ‘The waste is sorted at the facility.’ This makes communication clear, especially in formal or informative contexts.
📖 Short Reading
In many cities, recycling systems are carefully designed to reduce pollution. Plastic and paper are collected separately to avoid contamination. The collected materials are then transported to recycling centers where they are sorted by machines. At these centers, glass is cleaned and broken down for reuse. The process is monitored regularly to ensure that standards are met. Environmental reports show that more waste is being recycled than ever before. Public awareness campaigns are often held to encourage recycling in communities. It is said that waste reduction programs have positively affected the environment. Recycling bins are provided in most public places, so recycling is made easy for everyone.
✏️ Exercise 1 – Fill in the Blanks
1. Plastic and paper ____ separately in most recycling systems. (is collected / are collected / is collecting)
2. The collected materials ____ to recycling centers by trucks. (is transported / are transported / were transporting)
3. Glass ____ carefully cleaned before it is reused. (is / are / be)
4. The recycling process ____ monitored regularly. (is / are / be)
5. Environmental reports ____ by experts every year. (is written / are written / wrote)
6. Recycling bins ____ in public places to encourage participation. (is placed / are placed / placed)
7. Public awareness campaigns ____ to educate people about recycling. (is held / are held / held)
8. Waste reduction programs ____ positive effects on the environment. (are reported to have / report to have / are reporting)
🔗 Exercise 2 – Matching
1. Plastic and paper
2. Materials
3. Glass
4. Processes
5. Environmental reports
6. Recycling bins
7. Awareness campaigns
8. Programs
✅ Exercise 3 – Multiple Choice
1. How are mixed recycling materials handled? They ____ sorted to prevent contamination.
2. Who monitors the recycling process? It ____ monitored by trained staff.
3. What happens to glass bottles after collection? They ____ cleaned and prepared for reuse.
4. How often are environmental reports produced? They ____ created once every year.
5. How are recycling bins made accessible? They ____ placed in convenient public locations.
6. How are public campaigns conducted? They ____ organized by local councils.
7. How are waste reduction programs described? Their effects ____ reported as mostly positive.
8. What happens to paper after collection? It ____ recycled into new products.
📝 Writing Practice
1. Write 3-5 sentences explaining how recycling systems in your city or country are organized. Use passive voice to report what is done in these systems.
📚 Key Vocabulary
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pollution | harmful substances in the environment |
| collected | gathered or picked up |
| contamination | dangerous or dirty substances mixed in |
| transported | moved from one place to another |
| recycling centers | places where materials are processed for reuse |
| sorted | separated into groups |
| monitored | watched or checked regularly |
| standards | levels of quality or rules |
| environmental | related to nature and the earth |
| reports | documents that give information |
| awareness | knowledge about something |
| campaigns | organized efforts to achieve a goal |
| programs | planned activities or projects |
| bins | containers for waste or recycling |
🔎 Answer Key
- exercise_1_fill_blanks: 1.are collected 2.are transported 3.is 4.is 5.are written 6.are placed 7.are held 8.are reported to have
- exercise_2_matching: 1.Plastic and paper – are collected separately 2.Materials – are transported to centers 3.Glass – is cleaned and broken down 4.Processes – are monitored regularly 5.Environmental reports – are written annually 6.Recycling bins – are placed in public areas 7.Awareness campaigns – are held for education 8.Programs – are reported to affect nature
- exercise_3_multiple_choice: 1.are 2.is 3.are 4.are 5.are 6.are 7.are 8.is
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