7: LANGUAGE FOCUS - Passive: past, present and future | Tiếng Anh 9 (Friends Plus) | UNIT 7: ON THE STREETS - Lớp 9 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

1 Complete the passive sentences with the words in the box. Then answer questions 1-5 below.

a Many ancient things............ accidentally by ordinary people.

b The skeleton............ by experts.

c They hope it............ in a museum one day. 

d Richard III............ by a soldier.

e It's amazing to think of the treasures that............ under your feet.

f The ship............ yet.

1 Which sentence is in the present simple?

2 Which two sentences are in the past simple?

3 Which sentence is in the present perfect?

4 How are future and modal passives formed?

5 When do we use by?

2 Complete the sentences with the verbs in brackets.

1 Locals believe that treasure...................... near here. But no one has found it yet. (bury)

2 The Lascaux cave drawings...................... by children who fell into a hole. (find)

3 DNA tests...................... out by Dr Stevens next month. (carry)

4 The ship.

because it is under a pub. (can/ not remove)

5 The site yet. (not excavate)

6 The treasure (not display) until next year.

7 Ancient treasure house. (may/hide) under your

8 Viking ships like this England 1,000 years ago. (not build) in

3 🔊2.13 PRONUNCIATION: Sentence stress Listen to the sentences. Which auxiliary verbs are weak? Which are strong? Listen again and repeat.

1 The remains were discovered in 2016.

2 The ship hasn't been moved yet.

3 Many treasures aren't found by experts.

4 Nothing has been found at the site yet.

4 Complete the newspaper article. Use past, present and future passive forms of the verbs in the box.

5 Study the passive questions a-f and answer questions 1 and 2.

a How was the ship located?

b Was the skeleton found by builders?

c Has the ship been removed yet?

d When will the ship be restored?

e Where is the treasure buried?

f How can ancient objects be dated?

1 Which questions are in the present simple, past simple, present perfect and future?

2 Where do we put be in questions in future and modal forms?

6 USE IT! Write questions about the text in exercise 4. Then ask and answer with a partner.

1 discovered/the/was/how/treasure/?

2 taken/where/the/were/jug and coins/?

3 the/made/coins/all/of/are/gold/?

4 been/the/have/yet/dated/coins/?

5 are/where/now/jug and coins/kept/the/?

6 the/what/labelled/treasure/be/will/?