北师版英语必修1U3 Celebration--Lesson 1 Festivals(ppt).ppt

Put the verbs in brackets into the Passive. Use the Present Simple or Past Simple tense. Every year in April, the Water Festival (1) ____________ (celebrate) among the Dai people in Xishuang banna. is celebrated During this festival, water (2) _________ (splash) everywhere to wash away the old and welcome the new. Buckets of water (3) __________ (carry) around the streets and people attack each other by splashing anyone and everyone. is splashed are carried Tourists (4) ________ (tell) that they are welcome to join in but they cannot splash citizens, small children and police on duty! The festival marks the Dai New Year and (5) ________ (relate) to Buddhist traditions. Over three days, Buddha are told is related statues (6) _________ (wash), dragon boats (7) ________ (race) and rockets (8) ___________ (launch) in celebration. are washed are raced are launched In pairs, change the following sentences into the Passive. Pay attention to the tense. 1. Stress is affecting my health. My health is being affected by stress. 2. They are moving people out of he houses. 3. He has already invented the mini-helicopter. People are being moved out of the houses. The mini-helicopter has already been invented by him. 4. They have put out the forest fire. 5. He was repairing the car when I got there. The forest fire has been put out by them. The car was being repaired when I got there. 6. They were decorating the house when the accident happened. The house was being decorated when the accident happened. Choose the words below and complete the sentences. The room _____ by dozens of candle. is lit burn down, celebrate, mark, light, decorate, include, boil, take part in 2. Tom ____________ his room with some photos of sports stars. has decorated A firework display was organised to______ the Queen’s birthday. mark 4. The party is for students to _______ their graduation with family and friends. 5. I ___________ in the