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English Grammar IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

42. Passive one (is done/was done)

Written report this example:

This firm was built in 1961.

Was built is passive.

Compare agile and passive:

When we employ an agile verb, we say what the subject does:

· My grandfather was a architect. He built this house in 1961.

· It's a big company. Information technology employs two hundred people.

When nosotros use a passive verb, we say what happens to the subject:

· 'How one-time is this firm?' 'Information technology was built in 1961.'

· 2 hundred people are employed by the visitor.

When we utilize the passive, who or what causes the activity is ofttimes unknown or unimportant:

· A lot of coin was stolen in the robbery. (somebody stole it, but we don't know who)

· Is this room cleaned every day? (does somebody clean it?- it's not important who)

If nosotros want to say who does or what causes the action, we utilize by :

· This house was congenital by my gramps .

· Two hundred people are employed past the visitor .

The passive is exist (is/was etc.)+ past participle (done/cleaned/seen etc.) :

(exist) washed (be) cleaned (be) damaged (be) built (be) seen etc.

For irregular past participles ( done/seen/known etc.), meet Appendix one.

Study the active and passive forms of the present simple and by uncomplicated:

Present simple

Past elementary

Agile make clean(due south) I run into(s) etc.

Passive am/is/are + cleaned/seen etc.

· Many accidents are acquired by devil-may-care driving.

· I '1000 non invited to parties very frequently.

· How is this word pronounced ?

Agile cleaned/saw etc.

Passive was/were+ cleaned/seen etc.

· We were woken up by a loud noise during the dark.

· 'Did you go to the political party?' 'No, I wasn't invited .'

· How much money was stolen in the robbery?

EXERCISES

42.1

Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form, present or past:

~~cause~~ damage hold invite make

overtake prove surround interpret write

1	Many accidents _____are caused ______ by unsafe driving.
2	Cheese ___________ from milk.
3	The roof of the building __________ in a tempest a few days ago.
four	You ____________ to the wedding. Why didn't yous get?
5	A picture palace is a place where films _______________.
6	In the Usa, elections for president _________ every iv years.
vii	Originally the book __________ in Spanish, and a few years agone it ______ into English.
eight	Although we were driving fast, nosotros _____________ by a lot of other cars.
9	You tin't see the business firm from the road. It ______________by trees.

42.2

Write questions using the passive. Some are present and some are past.

1	Inquire almost glass. (how /brand?)	____ How is glass made ________
2	Inquire near tv set. (when /invent?)	___________________________
3	Ask well-nigh mountains. (how /class?)	___________________________
4	Ask about antibiotics. (when /observe?)	___________________________
5	Ask near silver. (what /use for?)	___________________________

42.3

Put the verb into the right form, present uncomplicated or by simple, active or passive.

1	It'south a big factory. Five hundred people ____ are employed _____ (employ) there.
2	_____ Did somebody clean _____(somebody /clean) this room yesterday?
3	H2o _______ (embrace) most of the earth's surface.
4	How much of the earth'south surface __________ (cover) by h2o?
v	The park gates _______________(lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.
half dozen	The alphabetic character _____ (send) a week ago and it (get in) ___________ yesterday.
vii	The boat hit a rock and ________ (sink) quickly. Fortunately everybody_______ (rescue).
8	Robert'south parents ________ (dice) when he was very young. He and his sister ______ (bring up) by their grandparents.
9	I was built-in in London, but I ______(grow up) in Canada.
x	While I was on vacation, my camera _________ (steal) from my hotel room.
11	While I was on vacation, my camera ____________ (disappear) from my hotel room.
12	Why _________ (Sue /resign) from her job? Didn't she enjoy it?
xiii	Why_________(Ben /fire) from his job? Did he do something wrong?
14	The visitor is non contained. It _____________(own) past a much larger visitor.
15	I saw an accident last night. Somebody ______ (telephone call) an ambulance but nobody ______ (injure), so the ambulance ________(not /need).
16	Where ______ (these pictures /take)? In London?________ (you /have) them, or somebody else?
17	Sometimes information technology's quite noisy living here, but it'south not a problem for me - I _____ (not /bother) by information technology.

42.3

Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody, they, people etc. write a passive sentence.

i	Somebody cleans the room every day.	______The room is cleaned every day ___________
ii	They cancelled all flights considering of fog.	All __________________________
three	People don 1t use this road much.	________________________________
iv	Somebody defendant me of stealing money	I _______________________________________
five	How do people learn languages?	How ____________________________________
6	People warned us not to go out alone.	__________________________________________