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Present passive
9 Recognizing tenses
Read the text. Find examples of the Simple Present and Present
Continuous, active and passive, and complete the chart.
Simple Present active (x3)
Present Continuous active (x3)
are imported
are
)
owned.
Simple Present passive (x6)
is employed,
Present Continuous passive (x1)
imports.
Office life
Put the verbs in parentheses in the Simple Present passive.
1 In 54% of offices, employees
(ban)
from using social networking sites such as Facebook.
THE U.S. ECONOMY
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The U.S. economy is based on the goods and
services industries insurance, banking, tourism,
government, and retail. With globalization and the
communications revolution, goods, services, and
finance move freely and easily around the world.
and this is playing a big part in changing the U.S.
The U.S. exports industrial supplies, motor
vehicle parts, food, and beverages. It imports raw
materials, cars, gas, and oil. Most of its electrical
and electronic goods are imported from China,
Canada, and Mexico. Only 17% of the working
population is employed in manufacturing. 83% is
employed in service-producing industries.
Many businesses in the public service sectors
such as water, electricity and gas, railways, and
airports, are owned privately.
Americans are being taxed at a local, state, and
federal level. The proportion of time that Americans
spend working is falling. Young people are staying
longer in education. More women are employed
than men. 6.5% of women are unemployed.
compared to 7% of men.

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