6 Viewpoints

GRAMMAR H C3 6.2 Listen again. Complete the sentences with the

correct form of the verb (active or passive).

•M Read the grammar box. Complete the sentences (1-4) with 1 When ..KÍ^.!f.e...^.^h5..tM.^.^. (they/take)?

It was the first time I .tó?..C.4.

the correct passive form.
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1 How could their hidden worid (try) water-skiing.
h?-.^.V).C.v..W.>.ÍiIv.\\4..^;í:í?¿^. (successfully / show) 3 I .lí:|0:l,..fcCí.'..i.£:.í.^.!:.Í..^Sí ípick) up by
on the screen? the boat!
2 Every detail of the creatures' lives
4 I ..!.4..C.^...l.f..í...'2í!'.í:^....0„;.^lí;!..?r. (never/make) to
Í.^..U;>£.\.s>i.?..d , (capture) on film. look such a fool in my life!
3 Squirreis ?.^£„^?.^.:)^ (say) to
be very hard-working creatures. 5 I had to ...!0^...!r>^^.?íA (help) out
of my wetsuit.
4 Before 'r?íí;.'./.?..^...Ll!l!!.'.:^ (film), the
animáis' daily lives had been largely a mystery. 6 Icouldn't í^e;^ {get)itoff
by myself,

explore g r a m m a r H Read the text and choose the correct forms to complete it.

|the passivel Getting the

We use the passive when w e are interested in the a c t i o n o r rejo iv perfect shot /
rather than who did it. The passive is aiso used in more
formal texts.
Ay>re';pn1; roptinM^..<^
These creatures are constantly either hunting or being
hiunted.
B ( p a s t continuousj
As this necessary background Information was being
qathered, the next step was . . .
C^/ng form^
Heve you ever dreamt about being chased by something
huqe and more powerful than you?
D Gtodal verbs w i t f í the passivg)
The correct shots .could be filmed without a lot of time-
wasting.
Note: W e use]bv\if we want to show who is doing the
action. W e don't need to use by when the person doing
the action is obvious, unknown or unimportant:
The mouse is being chased by this monster from the sky.
Miniature cameras were used to film the action
Speak up
sequences.
E(jt is saidlbelieved/thou^ht thgtT^
Hawks are said to have powers
of v i s i ó n that are eight times
as good as humans.
B 0 1 L i s t e n to t w o friends discussing
some photos. Did the boy enjoy the
activity? W h y / W h y not?
^
It ^has nevar done / has never been done\
before! What? Surf photography? Well, it has -
but maybe not at night! Those were Jeff Bautista's
thoughts one day as he faced the ocean in H a w a ü .
Jeff ^had given / T í a d been given a GoPro camera when
he was in his early teens and 'had immediately started /
had immediately been started taking photos o í his friends
in the surf. However, Jeff then decided to experiment with
night-time surf photography. Certainly this meant that the
risk factor increased quite considerably, but Jeff found that'
quite exciting. He put in many hours trying to get the rjght
shot but ¡t wasn't easy! The shot had to *take Abe taken]
right at the point when you ^ ^ u l d see / could be seen
through 'the tube': that long hollow just as the wave was
breaking. The scary thing was that the wave wasn't visible
until it was almost on top of him!
Choose t w o or three of your favourite photos and describe
them to your partner. Say when and where they were taken
and why you like them.
g a m e on
Write three statements about yourself on a piece of paper
without your neme on. Use different passive tenses. In
groups or as a class, colicct the papers and then distribute
them to the class or group. Guess who wrote the statements.

u think this is true?