2. Make sentences from the words in brackets. All the sentences are in passive.

Example: A: Is Marge popular?

B: Yes. (she/like/by everybody).

She is liked by everybody.

1. A: Last night somebody broke into our house.

B: Oh dear. (anything/take?) …

2. The cathedral looks very old. (when/it/built?) …

3. Where’s my bicycle? It’s gone. (it/steal) …

4. The room looks different. (it/paint/since I was last here?) …

5. There is a very popular television programme. (every week/it/watch/by millions of people) …

6. A: Did anybody call an ambulance to the scene of the accident?

B: Yes. (but nobody/injure/so/it/not need) …

7. Mr Kelly can’t use his office at the moment. (it/redecorate) …

8. What happens to the cars produced at the factory? (most of them/export?) …

2. A person who works in the Personnel Department is explaining how they select candidates in her company.

‘If there is a vacancy, I usually advertise it in-house first of all, and if I don’t find any suitable candidates, then we advertise the job in the papers. We ask applicants to send in their CVs, and we invite some of the candidates to an interview. After that, we draw up a shortlist and ask some of the applicants back for a second interview. We choose the best candidate, and then I check his or her references, and if everything’s OK, we offer the applicant the job.’

- Complete the sentences below to give a general description of the recruitment process. Use the Passive Voice.

1. The vacancy is advertised in-house.

2. If there is a suitable in-house candidate , …

3. The vacancy …

4. Applicants …

5. Some candidates …

6. A shortlist …

7. Selected candidates …

8. The best candidate …

9. The references …

10. The successful candidate …

c) Describe any other process or activity (production). Use Passive Voice.

2. A) Change the verbs in brackets into an appropriate active or passive form.

David Lee (recognize) world-wide as a leading scholar in the field of marketing. Since 1985, he (involve) extensively with foreign companies doing business with China. Mr. Lee (develop) invaluable expertise in setting up and operating in the People’s Republic. One of his latest articles ‘Business in China: Managing Culture Shock’ (publish) in last month’s issue of Harvard Business Review.

b) Read the following text about a British perfume business and put the b\verbs in brackets in the correct form, either the Present Simple Active or the Present Simple Passive. Put 10 questions to the text. Retell it.

The Lavender Farm

Prior Lavender is one of the largest producers of lavender-based products in the UK. We own a form of over 50 hectares and a distillery where the lavender oil is produced.

Our Products

In the past, picking lavender was a hard and time-consuming job. However, thanks to modern technology, the lavender (1) … (cut) by machine. Most of it (2) … (distil) with steam to produce lavender oil. This oil (3) … (use) to make soaps and perfumes. A small part of the lavender crop (4) … (not go) to the distillery. Instead, the flowers (5) … (dry) in a current of warm air. There dried flowers (6) … (use) to fill pillows and cushions.

In the early days, the farm produced mainly lavender oil. Now, however, we have a much wider product range which (7) … (include) air and clothes fresheners and a number of luxury bath and shower products. Our products (8) … (sell) in over 300 outlets in the UK and they (9) … (export) to more than 15 countries.

Staffing

As a result of this expansion, there has been a large increase in the workforce. Now we (10) … (employ) over 100 permanent members of staff . In addition, approximately 50 temporary workers (11) ... (take on) during the summer to help with the harvest. Despite this the company (12) ... (remain) essentially a family business. Our general manager, Charles Prior, is the great – grandson of Thomas Prior, the farm’s original founder and several other members of the family (13) … (work) on the farm.