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GRAMMAR 1 Passives (present, past and future)
Use the past, present and future passives to talk about senses
1 Complete the grammar table.

Present simple passive
Positive subject + am/is/(1) + past participle Many perfumes are produced in France.
subject + ’m not/(2) /aren’t + past My favourite perfume isn’t produced in
Negative
participle France.
Question Am/Is/Are + (3) + past participle Is it produced in France?
form Where + am/is/are + subject + past participle Where is it produced?
Past simple passive
Positive subject + (4) /were + past participle The wallet was found on the train.
Negative subject + wasn’t/(5) + past participle The wallet wasn’t found by a cleaner.
Question Was/Were + subject + past participle Was the wallet found on the train?
form Where/Who, etc + was/were + subject + past participle When was the wallet found?
Future passive
Positive subject + (6) be + past participle The winner will be chosen this evening.
Negative subject + (7) be + past participle The winner won’t be given a lot of money.
Will the winner be interviewed on
Question Will + subject + (8) + past participle television tomorrow?
form Where/When, etc + will + subject + be + past participle When will the winner be interviewed?
2 a Read examples 1–3. Then answer questions 4 Underline the passive forms in the text.
a–c.
1 The train was delayed.
What a fantastic day! After the river trip we were
2 More than $1 billion is spent on processed foods
taken to a new art exhibition at the Palace Gallery.
each year in the US.
It was opened by a famous film star last week, and
3 The bank was robbed.
the theme is colour. Lots of famous paintings in
a Do we know who did the actions? the world were brought together by the owner of
b Is the action or the person (or people) who did the gallery. It’s magical. The colours are brilliant.
the action more important? When you come next month, I want you to visit it!
c Is the person (or people) who did the action very The exhibition guide is written in five languages,
obvious? so you won’t have any problems! One painting
b Choose the correct option to complete the was damaged during its journey here, but it will
uses. (Use your answers to Exercise 2a to help be repaired by the time you get here. A week after
you.) your visit all the paintings will be sent back to their
owners in different countries, so we’re lucky to
We use the passive when … see them. The Palace is beautiful too. It was built
1 we know / don’t know who or what did the action. five hundred years ago, and it’s still lived in by
2 the person who did the action is more important / members of the royal family.
not as important as the action.
3 the person, people or thing who did the action is
very obvious / not very obvious.
5 Complete the table with the passive forms
3 Decide if these sentences are active (A) or you underlined in Exercise 4.
passive (P).
1 This email was sent on 4th September. Present passive Past simple Future passive
2 We weren’t told about the timetable changes. passive
3 Jasmine likes travelling abroad.
4 The meal will be cooked by a top chef.
5 The tickets won’t arrive before Friday.
6 This jewellery is made by artists in Morocco.
7 My sister made her own wedding dress!
8 Who directed the film?
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6 Rearrange the words to complete the 8 Complete the email with the correct
passive sentences. passive form of the verbs in the box.
1 Too much food thrown / is / these / away /
days / . built deliver give (x2) not cook open
2 Most food is / bought / not / in / supermarkets / , serve take
but in markets.
3 The pizza delivered / was / just / one / after / I /
ordered / hour / it / . Hey Jutta,
4 In the future, more vegetables will / in / be /
people’s / grown / gardens / . Have you read about the restaurant that delivers
5 We were / told by / the manager that / your food on a flying tray? It’s going to completely
restaurant / closing / the / was / . change the way that food (1) . I have to
6 Some of the best products are / made / small / say I’m not sure about it. I prefer it when food
by / companies / . (2) to your table by a real person. My
mum says that when she was a child, you were lucky
7 Choose the correct options to complete the
text. if you (3) to a restaurant at all!
Anyway, I had a great birthday. We went to this
amazing Korean barbecue. Have you been to one?
The food (4) in the kitchen – you cook it
yourself at the table! You (5) a barbecue
by the waiter, although sometimes the barbecue
A famous sushi restaurant in London (1) was (6) into the table, and then you
made / made history today when their new flying (7) a plate of raw meat and you put it on
tray service (2) was launched / launched. That’s the barbecue. It’s so cool! Apparently there’s going to
right, when you order one of its famous sushi be a new one near you that (8) around
burgers, it (3) isn’t delivered / doesn’t deliver
the time I next visit, so we should definitely go.
by a person, but by a flying tray known as
the iTray. Love Amy
The tray, which has propellers like a plane,
(4) fits / is fitted with a flat top that can carry a
plate of food. It (5) is controlled / controls by 9 Rewrite the active sentences in the
a computer app and (6) is travelled / travels passive.
up to 15 miles per hour. It (7) designed / 1 People first made this delicious sauce in the
was designed to create an interesting dining Caribbean.
experience for customers, says the company. This delicious sauce was first made in the
At the moment the iTray is only available in certain Caribbean.
branches of the restaurant, but the company 2 Then immigrants brought it to England in the
hopes it (8) will take off / will be taken off – 1950s.
literally – next year!
3 English people didn’t like it very much at that
time. It was too spicy!
4 Then a company developed it and made it less

spicy.
5 Today people everywhere in the UK enjoy the

sauce.
6 They use it in many everyday meals.
7 Next year the company will sell it in the

Caribbean!
8 Will the people there buy it?
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GRAMMAR 1 Passives (present, past and future)

1 Complete the grammar table.

0460195_B1_WB_BOOK.indb 54 26/02/2014 09:24

4 Then a company developed it and made it less

5 Today people everywhere in the UK enjoy the

6 They use it in many everyday meals.

7 Next year the company will sell it in the

8 Will the people there buy it?

0460195_B1_WB_BOOK.indb 55 26/02/2014 09:24

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