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8B. The passive (present simple and past simple)
1. Write the past participle of these verbs.
| 1. break 2. take 3. make 4. send 5. spend | 6. fly 7. try 8. show 9. grow 10. know |
2. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb be. ⇒ 8.1
1. I _____ mugged last summer in New York.
2. The museum _____ renovated two years ago.
3. Good food _____ served every night in our restaurant.
4. Nowadays, most food _____ made in factories.
5. The video clip _____ viewed over a million times that day.
6. Most newspapers _____ published online these days.
7. The first TV programmes _____ broadcast about 90 years ago.
8. Every year, we _____ invited to my aunt's house for New Year, but we never go!
3. Complete the description using the present simple passive form of the verbs in brackets. ⇒ 8.1
Our pizzas (1) _____ (make) freshly every evening from a recipe which (2) _____ (know) by only a few people. Only the finest ingredients (3) _____ (use). The tomatoes (4) _____ (grow) in the south or Italy and the cheese (5) _____ (produce) using only the finest buffalo milk. The pizzas (6) _____ (prepare) by our skilled pizza chefs. Then they (7) _____ (cook) in our traditional pizza ovens. They (8) _____ (serve) with fresh salad.
4. Complete the broadcasting facts. Use the past simple passive form of the verbs in brackets. ⇒ 8.1, 8,2
1920 The first radio broadcast (1) _____ (transmit) by KDKA in the USA.
1925 The first soap opera, The Smith Family, (2) _____ (broadcast) on the radio.
1928 A television image (3) _____ (send) from England to the USA for the first time.
1928 The first television set (4) _____ (sell).
1936 The first BBC TV programmes (5) _____ (make) in the UK.
1940 Colour TV sets (6) _____ (demonstrate) by CBS in New York.
1947 Baseball games (7) _____ (tetevise) for the first time.
1954 More money (8) _____ (earn) by TV broadcasters than by radio broadcasters.
1964 Colour TV sets (9) _____ (buy) by families across the USA.
1983 The final episode of the comedy series M*A*S*H (10) _____ (watch) by more than 125 million viewers.
1990 The first episode of The Simpsons (11) _____ (show) on Fox.
8D. The passive (present perfect, future and modal verbs)
5. Complete the sentences. Use the correct affirmative, negative, or interrogative form of the present perfect passive. ⇒ 8.4
1. My watch has been stolen (steal).
2. These socks _____ (not wash).
3. _____ your ticket _____ (check)?
4. A new road _____ (build) between Kingsbridge and Abbotsville.
5. The latest Avengers film _____ (not show) in our local cinema yet.
6. _____ your parcel _____ (deliver) yet?
7. They're going to cancel the concert because not enough tickets _____ (sell).
8. How many people _____ (invite) to Emily's party?
9. My homework _____ (not mark) by the teacher.
6. Complete the advertisement. Use the future passive form (will) of the verbs in brackets. ⇒ 8.5
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It's so easy! Simply select the files you want to store and they (1) _____ (upload) to SuperCloud. They (2) _____ (scan) for viruses and then (3) _____ (store) on our servers. Your files and photos (4) _____ (back up) automatically, so they (5) _____ (not lose). Remember, you (6) _____ (not charge) for the SuperCloud service. It's FREE! Click here to sign up. Once you sign up, an email (7) _____ (send) to you with full instructions. What are you waiting for?!
7. Rewrite the sentences. Use the present perfect passive, future passive or passive with modal verbs. Use by where necessary. ⇒ 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6
1. Robots will build the cars in the new factory.
The cars will be built by robots in the new factory.
2. We probably won't need desktop computers ten years from now.
3. Digital cameras have replaced celluloid film cameras.
4. Robots can help passengers with the check-in at the airports now.
5. Using this electronic dictionary may enrich your vocabulary .
6. They haven't invented computers that can think like humans.
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