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THE PASSIVE ~ ANSWER KEY |G Grammar exereives a | Bie widely wed ie viewed 4 are evaluated 5s Sin considered 7 collects 8 ravele 9 beleve 10 oocar 11 in prevented 12 help B ‘1 were constructed 2-be used 3 weighed 4 be canted Badvanced 6 beheld 7 became / had become 8 was banned 9 sugges / has suggested. 10 has not discouraged 1 predict / are predicting 12 will be conducted 2-2 His name is Robin, bu he is called Bobby by his fiends. 3 (oo passive) We might instead use We had the procedure demonstrated 1015 4 The news willbe announced to saff later today. ‘5 Thave been offered neve job in Hungary. {6 He was seen to push the goalhreper just before he scored. ‘(or He was seen to have pushed .) 7 The surgery has been dectared a complete ruccest (hy the ‘medical af). 8 (oo passive) 9 (oo passive) We might intend use f had the idea gated 10 This necklace was bought for me by my uncle when he was in Zimbabwe, 3 tha / gorber handbag soten 2 ma / gor woken hr ben eget ‘3 hed / got his har eu; Hod / got his ocket cleaned 4s Gx) owned geting broken into 5 got it caughr; be / get infected (be suggests ther the speaker ‘hinks ie fe infected nove; gre suggests thatthe speaker thinks i amighe become infected in tho fue) ote: The alternatives with ge are more informal.) 42 we were made wo ran ‘sha seemed tobe supported by many of her colleagues 4 no pesive (there sno panlve form of want object» m: Infinitive) 45 remember being sked not to have been picked / not having been picked / that she hada't been picke / chat she wasn’ picked 7. he came tobe liked by most ofthe children in the class 8 He was cough tying 9 likes being teed / Hikes to be rckied 10 without having been ashe / widhout being asked 111 She was heard 10 remark ‘12 no passive (there is no pasive form of need + object + 1o- infinitive) 13 Over 10,000 demonstrators are expected to march

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