Say what something is made of and where it is usedقل مما يُصنع شيء وأين يُستخدم

The idea, simply

The present passive is is or are + past participle, used when the thing matters more than who does the action: This bag is made of leather. English is spoken in many countries. To name who does it, use by: The cars are made by robots. Do not drop is or are: say Rice is grown here, not Rice grown here.

Examples

• This bag is made of real leather.

• Arabic is spoken in more than twenty countries.

• These phones are made in Korea.

Lesson words

• made ofمصنوع من
  The table is made of wood.
• leatherجلد
  I want a leather wallet.
• growيزرع، ينمو
  They grow mangoes in Ismailia.
• produceينتج
  The factory produces cars.
• speakيتحدث
  French is spoken here too.

Lesson exercises

1. Put the words in the correct order.

   Words: bag / is / leather. / made / of / real / This

   Answer

   This bag is made of real leather.

2. Complete the gap: Cotton ___ grown in the Delta.

   Answer

   is

3. Choose the correct English sentence.

   • The rooms are cleaned every morning.
   • The rooms cleaned every morning.
   • The rooms are clean every morning by.
   Answer

   The rooms are cleaned every morning.

4. Why do we say Coffee is grown in Brazil instead of naming who grows it?

   • The coffee matters more than the farmers.
   • The sentence is in the past.
   • The farmers are not real.
   Answer

   The coffee matters more than the farmers.

   The passive puts the thing first because it is the topic; who does the action is not important here.

5. Describe a product without saying who makes it.

   Model answer

   This bag is made of real leather.

   Compare your answer with the model and check word order, capitals, and punctuation.