The passive: present simple,Past simple,

present perfect and past perfect

PRESENT
1) Stories are relayedSIMPLE
across the world.

2) The Persian army had been beaten by the

Greeks. PAST PERFECT
PASToneSIMPLE
3) The earliest was invented in 1890.

PRESENThasPERFECT
4) Communication been transformed again.
Complete the rules and write them in your
notebook:

A)We form the passive with the

BE
verb__________________ and the
PAST
______________ participle of the main
verb.

B)When we want to mention the person or

the thing that performed the action, we use
BY
the preposition ___________
 T IC E
AC
PR

HAD BEEN

‘VE
BEEN
WAS
ARE
A MESSAGE HAS ALREADY BEEN SENT TO EVERYBODY.

TELEPHONES HAD BEEN USED FOR A LONG TIME

BEFORE THE INTERNET WAS INVENTED

WHEN AN EMAIL IS SENT, A COPY IS KEPT ON THE

COMPUTER.
 MY GRANDPARENTS WEREN’T TAUGHT
ABOUT COMPUTERS AT SCHOOL.

MY COUSIN IS SO LUCKY. HE’S JUST BEEN GIVEN A

NEW LAPTOP BY HIS PARENTS.

OUR POST IS DELIVERED AT ABOUT 11 AM EVERYDAY.

WE’RE NERVOUS ABOUT OUR EXAM RESULTS. THEY

HAVEN’T BEEN ANNOUNCED YET.
 LIS
TEN
ING

IT’S DELIVERED TO THE FLAT/ IT’S CONVENIENT.

THE NEWS IS MORE UP-TO-DATE.

THEY GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION AND YOU

HAVE MORETIME TO THINK ABOUT IT.
 A RY
C A BUL THE MEDIA
VO
SPEAKING
 ANNA ATE SOPHIE KICKED THE STUDENTS THE BLUE CAR
DAVID’S LAST SARAH. WATCHED THE PASSES THE
COOKIE. TEACHER. RED CAR.
DAVID LOVES THEY HAVE HE HASN’T THE POLICE
ANNA. JUST FINISHED REPAIRED MY HAS VISITED
THE EXAM. CAR YET. THE
APARTMENT
ACROSS THE
STREET TWICE
THS WEEK.
HAVE YOU DAVID HAD WHERE HAS THEY HAD
GIVEN THE CALLED JANE THE POLICE DONE MORE
BOOKS TO THE ON THE TAKEN THE THAN 5
STUDENTS PHONE. PRISONER? PROJECTS.
YET?