4 Read the Learn this! box. Complete the rules.
(Đọc phần Learn this! Hoàn thành các quy tắc.)
LEARN THIS! The passive
1 We form the passive with the verb 1 ____ and the 2 ____ of the main verb. The object of an active verb can become the 3 ____ of a passive verb.
They haven't found a cure for colds yet. (a cure = object)
→ A cure for colds hasn't been found yet. (a cure = subject)
2 If we need to mention the agent, we use 4 ____
Enormous public baths were built by the Romans.
3 We use the passive:
a when we do not know (or do not want or need to say) who does something.
b for more formal language, e.g. for processes.
First, the coffee beans are dried. Then they are roasted
c when we want to focus on the person to whom the action is done, not the person doing the action.
4 We use the 5 ____ and past continuous forms of the passive, but we do not use other continuous forms.
Hygiene is being improved.✔
→ Hygiene has been being improved. X
→ They have been improving hygiene.✓
Các bài tập cùng chuyên đề
Choose the best answer.
Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony _______next weekend.
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Our children _______to school by bus every morning.
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I hate_______ personal questions by nearly acquainted friends.
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“Those eggs of different colors are very artistic.” “Yes, they_______ in Russia”
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Simon is going to visit his mother on his work next week.
=> Simon’s mother ______ on his work next week.
Choose the best answer.
The postman will deliver newspaper next week.
=> Newspaper _______ by the postman next week.
Choose the best answer.
Jim was painting her picture with his patience at 8pm last night.
=> Jim’s picture _______ with her patience at 8pm last night.
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They chose him as the best actor of the year.
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Someone will pay you in ten days.
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The teacher always advises us to study harder on the second term.
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The cat has broken many bowls and dishes.
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A new museum _____ in this land before we came to live in Vietnam in 1999.
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They_______ time and money doing such a thing.
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These students _______so much that they feel very tired and bored.
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The waiter brings me this dish.
Cách 1: This dish ________ by the waiter.
Cách 2: I _________ by the waiter.
Choose the best answer.
Our friends send these postcards to us.
Cách 1: These postcards _____ by our friends.
Cách 2: We _______by our friends.
Choose the best answer.
You didn’t show me the special cameras.
Cách 1: This special camera_________ .
Cách 2: I _______this special camera.
Choose the best answer.
I ________ by my nephew last week.
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People believe that 13 is an unlucky number.
=> 13 _______ an unlucky number.
Choose the best answer.
He wants _________ by his students.
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
Where ____ the 1988 Olympic Games___?
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
The bank manager kept me for half an hour.
=> I ______ for half an hour by the bank manager.
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
Has he spelt this word wrongly?
=> _____ this word _____ wrongly?
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The floor ________ when I arrived.
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
A new museum _____ in this land before we came to live in Vietnam in 1999.
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They_______ time and money doing such a thing.
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
They have sent that money to the poor families.
=> The poor families _____ that money.
Choose the best answer to fill in the blank.
Someone reported that the situation was under control.
Find one error in each of the following sentences (A, B, C or D)
New sources of energy have been looking for as the number of fossil fuels continues to decrease.
6 Listen to five dialogues. Choose a verb from exercise 5 and write down what is happening in each dialogue. Use the passive.
(Nghe năm đoạn hội thoại. Chọn một động từ từ bài tập 5 và viết ra điều gì đang xảy ra trong mỗi đoạn hội thoại. Sử dụng thể bị động.)
In dialogue 1, a man is being teased.
(Trong đoạn hội thoại 1, một người đàn ông đang bị trêu chọc.)
