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Try to complete this table
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| Tense | Active | Passive |
| They speak English in India | English is spoken in India. | |
| Present Continuous | Our house is being painted by decorations. | |
| Past Simple | The police caught the thief. | |
| They were taking the dogs for a walk. | The dogs were being taken for a walk. | |
| Present Perfect simple | He has been arrested by the police. | |
| Past perfect simple | I had told her to arrive at nine o’clock. | |
| Future simple | The government will reduce taxes. | |
| Going to | They are going to sell the car. | |
| Modal present | The problem should be solved by the committee. | |
| Modal perfect | They may have sold the house. |
Rewrite these sentences in the passive form. Use by if the agent is important.
1. The tide washed the oil onto the beach.
2. In the programme we watched, they were killing the elephants for their tusks.
3. They are going to elect a new president soon.
4. In future, the officials will demand a fine if someone breaks the law.
5. Someone had released chemicals into the water.
Exercise 7. You’ve developed a potentially marketable invention. Write a letter about your invention and propose investors to invest it.
Exercise 8. Think about your top 10 inventions of all time. Try and narrow them down to your top 5, and place them in order of importance. Why do you think the ones you have chosen are so important?
1. Choose the right variant. We … to be polite and friendly to other people.
a) be taught
b) has taught
c) may taught
d) are taught
2. Choose the right variant. The exhibition … to the audience tomorrow morning.
a) will open
b) open
c) will be opened
d) is opened
3. Choose the right variant: I use the......... oven often. Some people say that it's not healthy because it uses radiation to cook and/or heat food. However, it's so convenient because it heats the food up so quickly.
a) steam
b) range
c) broiler
d) microwave
4. What is the name of the CalTech seismologist who invented the scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes?
a) Joshua Rumble
b) Hiram Walker
c) Giuseppe Mercalli
d) Charles Richter