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SECTION 7 passives

grammar summary

When A does something to B, there are often two ways to talk about it:'active'and'passive'.
• We use active verbs if we want A to be the subject.
Mrs Harris cooks our meals. Andrew broke the window.

• We use passive verbs if we want B to be the subject.
Our meals are cooked by Mrs Harris. The window was broken by Andrew.

We make passive verbs with be (am, are, is etc) + past participle (cooked, broken etc).
Passive verbs have the same tenses (simple present, present progressive, present perfect etc) as active verbs.
For a list of active and passive tenses, see page 300.

'I'm afraid,
Mr Klesmerod,
that your blood
type has been
discontinued.'

Do you know? (Answers at the bottom of the page)

Which of these is used to boil water?
A a fridge B a sink C a kettle D a hot water bottle

Which US President was killed in a theatre?
A Lincoln B Kennedy C Eisenhower D Nixon

Which game is played with a racket?
A golf B cricket C football D tennis

If you are being served, where are you?
A in a shop B in a church C in the sea D in hospital

The Olympic Games have never been held in:

A Melbourne B Tokyo C London D Chicago
6 Which of these metals was discovered by Marie Curie?

A uranium B radium C gold D platinum

7 Which of these was not written by Shakespeare?
A Hamlet B The Sound of Music C Othello D Julius Caesar

8 Which country was governed by the Pharaohs?
A Sweden B China C Egypt D Japan

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