The passive voice is NOT a tense, it does not relate to time. You can

change the time by changing the verb ‘to be’.

• The house was damaged in the storm

• Many people have been taken prisoner

• Five people were killed in the accident

• My car is being repaired today

• More energy will be imported from Russia in the future

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Unit 10

Used to

A few years ago, I lived in a big city

Today, I live in the countryside. I used to live in a big

City.

Used to + verb (infinitive) àsomething I did in the past but don’t do

Today.

• I stopped smoking last year. I used to smoke twenty cigarettes a

Day.

• I used to like her a lot, but then she changed. I don’t like her very

Much now.

• Before we had children, we used to travel a lot, but now we don’t

Travel any more.

• You play the piano, don’t you? – I used to, but I don’t have much

Time these days.

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Unit 11

Get used to

In Europe, people drive on the right. In England, people drive on the left.

When I came to England for the first time, it was difficult to get used to

Driving on the left.

Get used to + verb (-ing) Something that was difficult at first, but

Becomes normal with time or practice.

• When you go to live in a foreign country, it takes time to get used to

Living there.

Be used to

If you have got used to doing something, you can say that you are used

To doing it

• My job was hard at the beginning, but I’m used to it now

Now

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Unit 12

I will do

Future 1

I have a shower every day. This morning I

Had a shower. Tomorrow, I will have a

Shower.

I go

you will/won't do

he/she be

We have

They ...etc

You

He she it

We

They

go?

say?

do?

be?

Etc.

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Will is used for the future:

• Tomorrow, I will be in Manchester on business

Going to

Planned/certain future (2)

Tonight there is a

football match on

television. I like

football.

Hi Jane, do you have

plans for tonight ?

Hi Jeanne, I’m going to

watch the football

match on television.

Past Present Future

I decide “I’m going I do it

to do to do it”

something

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I am

You are

She is

We are

They are

(not) going to

Do

Walk

Go

Make

etc…

If you have planned something for the future, you can say ‘I’m going to…’

• I’m going to cook Indian food tonight

• I’m going to talk to Ian about his attitude

We often use the present progressive to talk about future events:

§ What are you doing tonight?

§ I’m playing footballl

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Unit 14

I had done

Past Progressive

My train left at 8:00

I was late, I arrived at 8:10

When I arrived at the station, my trainhad left

Past perfect = had + past participle

Past Present

Action 1 Action 2

The past progressive is used to show that action 1 happened before action 2.

• I didn’t go to the meeting because it had been cancelled

Action 2 (simple past) Action 1 (past perfect)

• The streets were wet, so I knew it had been raining

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Unit 15

a/some

Nouns can be either countable or uncountable. We cannot make plurals

with uncountable nouns. We use ‘some’ before uncountable nouns.

Countable

Chairs, tables, sofas

Euros, dollars, pounds

Jobs, professions

Clouds, temperatures, winds

Loaves, baguettes

Articles, reports, stories

Uncountable

furniture

money

work

weather

bread

news

§ An apple, an orange, a banana, a pear=

Some fruit

A dollar

Some money

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Unit 16

some/any

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