4V CA unit 3 Revision Passive

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December 2021 4V

today's objective

* revision passive

Let's check out your knowledge about the passive first!

The suspects ............ by the police before they were released.

1. was interrogated
2. were interrogated
3. had been interrogated
4. have been interrogated

The article stated that Mike Tyson ....... of maltreatment.

1. had arrested
2. was arrested
3. is arrested
4. had been arrested

It is highly unlikely that Tata Steel ....... by a Russian company.

1. would be taken over
2. will be taken over
3. was taken over
4. takes over

The performance ...... favourably in yesterday's newspapers.

1. is reviewed
2. was reviewed
3. will be reviewed
4. would be reviewed

Shakespeare ....... to be lost for two years during his lifetime.

1. is said to be
2. was known
3. has been
4. had been known

Devil's Mountain ........ over 3 million years old.

1. has thought to be
2. has been thought to be
3. was thought to have been
4. was thought

Stories featuring Sherlock Holmes ..... by a lot of people.

1. were still read
2. had still been read
3. are still read
4. have still been read

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ........ by a large number of MPs in the House of Commons last week.

1. is questioned
2. is to be questioned
3. were questioned
4. was questioned

The previous PM Theresa May had to resign because she ...... by the members of her Cabinet.

1. had no longer supported
2. had no longer been supported
3. was no longer supported
4. were no longer supported

Almost all exam candidates hope that the finals ........ (cancel) this year.

David Bowie ........ (consider) to be one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.

Do you think that this year's summer holiday ....... (shorten)?

Make the following active sentences passive:

Yesterday I bought Nike running shoes.

My friends have met my brother and sister only once.

Tomorrow the Prime Minister will hold another press conference concerning the recent curfew.

The Russian authorities arrested Navalny after he had arrived at the airport.

Complete Advanced

read introduction ex. 1 p. 33

then read the text 'The nest step in brain revolution' p. 34

and do ex. 2 & 3 p. 34/35

Tomorrow's homework:

learn OWS unit 17 and do ex. 1,2,4,5 p. 52/53

CA  ex. 1-3  p. 33-35