8. Put the verbs in the Present Perfect passive

Lord Retlaw … for drunk driving. (arrest) 2. An old paining from a school in Wales … for 250.000 by an American museum. 3. An 18-year-old soldier … in an accident in Devon. (kill) 4. The two lost children … alive and well in a London park. (find) 5. An unknown actor … to star in the new film of ‘Macbeth’. (choose) 6. The old hospital in the town centre … (close). 7. ‘What’s the problem?” “My bicycle … (steal) 8. I … to write something for the local newspaper. (ask) 9. All the papers for next week’s meeting … (lose). 10. Everybody in the class … to Stacey’s party. (invite)

9. Internet exercise. Use a search engine (e.G.Google) to find short sentences with the following verbs. Write the sentences.

1. Are made ______________________________________________________________

2. Is spoken _______________________________________________________________

3. Will be spent ___________________________________________________________

4. Are being built __________________________________________________________

5. Have been seen _________________________________________________________

6. Were given _____________________________________________________________

7. Were sent ______________________________________________________________

8. Was arrested ____________________________________________________________

The passive voice. Sentence structure

1	The telephone	Was invented by Was written by	A	the Wright brothers
2	The dynamite		B	Charles Dickens
3	The airplanes		C	Alexander Graham Bell
4	The light bulb		D	Jonathan Swift
5	Oliver Twist		E	Alfred Nobel
6	Alice in Wonderland		F	Walter Scott
7	Gulliver		G	Lewis Carroll
8	Ivanhoe		H	Thomas Edison

Ex. 1 Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable passive voice.

1. These CD players are very reliable. They ____ (make) in Japan. 2. I can’t give you lift to work. My car_____ (damage) last night. 3. We needn’t stay late at work. The meeting ____ (cancel) by the managing director. 4. The conference will have ____ (postpone). 5. Dr. Grey isn’t available at the moment. He _____ (interview). 6. When I got back to the car park, my car wasn’t there. It _____ (steal). 7. The news is going ____ (announce) tomorrow. 8. I couldn’t use the photocopier this morning. It _____ (repair). 9. Tomorrow the ship will arrive at the next port of call. Don’t worry, all the letters ____ (send) then. 10. All travel expenses for the training course must ____ (pay) by employers.

Ex.2 make these sentences into general questions. Give short answers.

1. My car isn’t being serviced today. 2. The money is changed into dollars at the bank. 3. She hasn’t been invited to the party. 4. The driver had to be fined for excess speed. 5. A new supermarket was being built last month. 6. Nothing could be done about that. 7. The executive director was killed last night. 8. The company staff hadn’t been told the news. 9. The new motorway will be opened next summer. 10. Every detail must be reproduced faithfully.

Ex.3 Ask alternative questions with the following words. Give the answers.

1. Jack/ be born/in July/in June? 2. Millions of cars/be exported/from Japan/from Germany? 3. The house/ be sold/before they moved to a new place/ after that? 4. Two problems/only one/be discussed/ so far? 5. He/be interviewed/by Italian/by Russian/television at 6 o’clock yesterday? 6. Mr. Murphy/ Mr. Digby/be appointed/ a new marketing manager/ next Friday? 7. His suit/ raincoat/be cleaned/ at the moment? 8. The boss/ must/be told/ the news/ now/later?

Ex.4 Ask questions about information in italics.

1. The cake was made with dried fruit. 2. Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928. 3. My parents’ fence was blown in the storm. 4. Computer Science, Linguistics and Psychology were included in the curriculum. 5. The garage is being built at the moment. 6. I was hit by an old tramp. 7. We have been sent the wrong tickets. 8. Amy hasn’t been invited to the party because nobody likes her. 9. A lot of interesting subjects are taught at school. 10. Only a few photos were taken when we were on holiday in Greece.

Ex. 5 Write the correct tag to these sentences

1. The house is being painted at the moment, ___? 2. The 9.15 train hadn’t been cancelled, ___? 3. These letters aren’t going to be sent tomorrow morning,___? 4. Millions of trees are destroyed by pollution, ___? 5. The 1990 World Cup for soccer wasn’t played in Russia, ___? 6. My car will be towed to the garage on Monday, ___? 7. The company hasn’t been sold, ___? 8. The traffic lights were being repaired yesterday, ___? 9. Something must be done to stop the terrorists, ___?