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Unit 15 mar The passive / the causative / direct and indirect objects The passive Passive [anv pst par anonasare grow pica oreo. — ices |themeat eased ina egant ring oom. eres SRPRN ee a beng prepared |ithefoadbed been ete yh time oot here +e past path ‘eurptzo wi be devredin fry inate be + past parc going tobe sued oeneightcsomers Iwi have + been + pas partite the grapes wil ave been harvested bythe endo be» pstparicple ste Should be brushed with ciandthen ie shaves been past participle should have been delivered yr ple idl tad rt dine ithe Use Example When we don know he does og iy have been olen! When t's ebvious who does/dd vomathing Wen i's nat important who dos/dd something When we want to emphasise new formation or use a formal syle out ‘Aboy was arrested in town yesterday for stating on appt | TheFiench bistros beng knocked down Thepotatowas brought to Europe by Sr Woe Raleigh ‘We do not normaly use verbs in the passive in the present perfect continuous past perfect ‘oninaous tare cotruous or fue perfect continuous tenses teas we ue erent phrase 1" Theresturont hor been under constuction our yous Prov Y Baar et (© we ony norma use to say whe dh ore yoo id someting whenitisimpetannforation 4, Mergarine wes vented bya frend ce % Thebestpazesaremadeby the toons x {© Wousually use wit hen weak abou the hing wsedto do sorting. % (© Some ves are not normaly use int 1 Thesaup shold hen destired witha p00 Fhesaup shodhen bested ape spo0n— thopassecTey include inonsiv verbs without objec), Suchas appeal dh and some common tani stb sch os hove et lackete. ‘he pun te curate / ec snd indret bats Unit 15 Active People think hes great che People belleve he war sretchat People lai he has had ninfnce on many athe che People ay be hasbeen making the best cheezn the ereatoroverthyyers People estimated has restourant was worth over stomiion People have suggested iat els. great he have my rors delivered bythe superar once week Weare having ane coserpurin omar. “Toshow that someone arangestorsomeone | Wehad alee wedngcokemade. ete do something for them awe ou hod yourkitchendecorted? there going to have reload torte porymadey 2 coteing “Toreler oan unpleasant suation which ast beenaranged Can yougo and get hisrecipe photocopied forme? © We can also use gt somebody to do an have somebody do when we want 1 refrtothe person we ‘yrange to do something fr us hy don't you get te chef to prepare you vegetarian meal? Wy don't ouave the chet prepare you avegetarian mel? Viocan pu theindiee objec ether ined aterthe very or at the endo the sentence th Brepostion tft et). ‘tiendgavemy ster this cookery bok, ‘atiend gavetns cookery book tomy ster Unit 15 camer ‘A. Choose the correct word or phrase, 11 Theprime minister was /has criticised for his recent actions. 2 When! walked past the Wilsons house thet new sofa was/has being delivered. 3 Ourteacher was /has told us take our favourite book to school tomorrow, 44 think my mobile was/ has been stolen! 5 Jonathan was/ has chosen to play the ead rolein the school ply. {6 sleeping downstairs because my bedroom is being painted /has been painting. 7 This picture was /has probably taken during the winter. 8 Youressays must be /have handed in on Friday morning, 9 Someone was /hasleft their wallet on the oor. 10 Did you hear about the bank being /having robbed? 11 Treasure sland was /has written by Rober Louls Stevenson ¥2 _Itwasarealshock when my dad was/has fred from his job. 13. Thevikings had visited America befor it was /has discovered by Columbus. 114 When we got tothe airport we learned that our ight was /had been delayed, 115 Was /Has your ticket for the concert tomorrow pa forby you or your parents? 'B Complete using the correct passive form of the verbs in brackets. 1 The rth yo naesnnnue nee (hol) by the gravity ofthe Sun and orbits around it. 2 Thefst feature-length comedy fl anne (rate) by Challe Chaplin, 3 The avard for best vd nem namnnen-—nnn(PRBSOMY [te this evening, 4 Bythe time you 0 this, (RFE for murder, 5 don't know whether OUT tS nae (MAH) YOU NOL 6 aio WAVES eee COVEN By MO. 7 You would think to 10K at him NO, BU CK nme uly when he wasat schoo. 18 Your application .—-—n-—-»-—-e-~ eonsider) and we wil let you know as soon 38 weve made adedision. 9 Theso0f ofthe Ca EM ooo nen HOWE) By pressing this button here, YO Our te onnemnnmnnens (Blow) over in the night by the wind, V1 Chess... (lay for around wo thousand years now, 12 Twomen me (question at this moment by police in connection with the burglary C Write sentences inthe passive. 1 Qurcar/ service /a mechanic atthe moment. 2 Aman/ shoot /an airgun / outside the petro station lastnight. 3 Gunpowder invent the Chinese. 4 tthe sugery yesterday / examine / Peterson / and give / prescription, 5 Twentto seeit because |/tell/itwas.a good fim /al my rend.

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