Text Four

David:

The voice:

David:

This is Sergeant Robinson.

Central Post here.

Can you contact the hovercraft for me? The smugglers were in the castle, but they escaped by speed-boat.

Vocabulary:

to escape

a harbour

Good luck.

to assist

Peter:

Nancy:

David:

Harold:

Look, there’s another police-car.

And three policemen in it.

The Chief Inspector himself, too.

Well, that will help to catch the smugglers.

David:

Yes, sir, they are.

David:

Yes, sir.

David:

Peter:

Nancy:

Harold:

Thank you, sir.

The hovercraft.

Yes, here’s father.

That hovercraft makes plenty of noise, doesn’t it?

Nancy:

Father:

Harold:

Father:

Ben:

Father:

Ben:

Father:

Ben:

Nancy:

Peter:

Harold:

Ben:

Father:

Harold:

Father:

Ben:

David:

Father:

David:

Peter:

Harold:

Nancy:

Harold:

Peter:

All:

Hello, Father.

Hello, dear. You sit over there. All aboard? Hold tight! Which way?

The smugglers were talking about a ship called «The Dolphin».

«The Dolphin»? Ben?

Yes, sir.

Do you know a ship called «The Dolphin»?

Yes, she is lying about three miles from here.

Make straight for that ship, Ben.

Aye, aye, Sir.

I don’t think we’ll catch the speed boat. We’re too late.

Why? This hovercraft does sixty miles an hour. That’s much faster than a speedboat.

I can’t see any speedboat, can you?

Speedboat straight ahead, sir.

Harold, is that the boat?

Yes, that’s her.

All right, Ben. Dead slow.

Dead slow it is, sir.

We must stop them.

Use the megaphone.

Ahoy! Stop engines! Police here.

Hurray, she’s stopping.

Marvellous! What an exciting story!

And with a happy ending.

Yes, but not a happy ending for the smugglers.

And all this on my birthday!

Ha ha ha!

Notes. Forms and Patterns.

(a)

Forms:

am/is/are

was/were

has/have been

had been

am/is/are being

+

verb

+

ed

(past participle)

e.g.

Present Simple Passive:

Past Simple Passive:

Future Simple Passive:

Present Perfect Passive:

Past Perfect Passive

Present Continuous Passive:

Lunch is served from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

He was stopped by a policeman.

The door will be opened.

We have been woken by the birds.

The car hadn’t been washed by 3 o’clock.

Our meal is being cooked by Mrs Harris.

Drill 1.

They make combs of plastic.

• Combs are made of plastic.

1. They make glass of sand.

2. They make these shoes of leather.

3. They make these shirt of cotton.

4. They make these rings of gold.

5. They make this sweater of wool.

6. They make this necklace of silver.

7. They make doors of wood.

8. They make books of paper.

Drill 2.

They sell bread at the baker’s.

• Bread is sold at the baker’s.

1. They sell apples at the greengrocer’s.

2. They sell potatoes at the greengrocer’s.

3. They sell cabbage at the greengrocer’s.

4. They sell milk at the dairy.

5. They sell cheese at the dairy.

6. They sell meat at the butcher’s.

7. They sell poultry at the butcher’s.

8. They sell sugar at the grocery.

9. They sell salt at the grocery.

10. They sell cereals at the grocery.

11. They sell sweets at the confectionery.

12. They sell cakes at the confectionery.

Drill 3.

Paper is made of plastic. (wood)

• Paper isn’t made of plastic. It’s made of wood.

Drill 4.

Did they open the doors?

• Yes, the doors were opened.

1. Did they build the house?

2. Did they catch the thieves?

3. Did they kill the lion?

4. Did they sell the stamps?

5. Did they buy the ring?

6. Did they punish the boys?

7. Did they answer the question?

8. Did they burn the house?

9. Did they see the lights?

10. Did they do the work?

Drill 5.

Did they catch the thief?

• No, the thief wasn’t caught.

1. Did they paint the door?

2. Did she do the work?

3. Did you clean the car?

4. Did I punish the boy?

5. Did they sell the house?

6. Did she understand the question?

Drill 6.

When do you think the hotel was built?

• I think it was built in ____ .

1. When do you think your school was built?

2. When do you think the church was built?

3. When do you think the cinema was built?

1. When do you think the town hall was built?

2. And what about the puppet theatre?

3. What about the shopping centre?

4. What about the shoe factory?

Drill 7.

Will they kill the lion?

• Yes, the lion will be killed.

1. Will they answer the letters?

2. Will they open the doors?

3. Will they give the money?

4. Will they buy the house?

5. Will they see the pictures?

6. Will they sell the moped?

7. Will they make a test?

8. Will they sell the records?

Drill 8.

Have they built the church this year?

• Yes, the church has been built this year.

1. Have they built the house this year?

2. Have they sold the horse this year?

3. Have they sold the moped this year?

4. Has he discovered the island this year?

5. Has she accepted the plan this year?

6. Has she accepted the money this year?

Drill 9.

Are they mowing the lawn?

• Yes, the lawn is being mown.

1. Are they building the house?

2. Are they catching the thief?

3. Are they killing the wolf?

4. Are they selling the car?

5. Are they beating the child?

6. Are they buying the cottage?

7. Are they writing the letter?

8. Are they recording the song?

Drill 10.

People say that he is in prison.

• Yes, it is said that he is in prison.

1. People say that she lost all her money.

2. People say that they are very rich.

3. People say that he is guilty.

4. People say that I have done it.

5. People say that you are crazy.

6. People say that she is very lonely.

7. People say that he will die soon.

Drill 11.

Do you paint the doors yourself?

• No, I have the doors painted.