The passive

I can identify and use different forms of the passive.

1. Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the correct tense.

(Hoàn thành câu với dạng bị động của động từ trong ngoặc. Sử dụng thì đúng.)

1   Romeo and Juliet __________ probably __________ between 1591 and 1595. (write)

2   __________ these glasses __________?’ ‘No, they haven’t.’ (wash)

3   He told me that the show __________ two days before. (cancel)

4   I’m sharing my sister’s bedroom because mine __________ at the moment. (decorate)

5   I walked into the office while a job applicant __________. (interview)

6   The exam results __________ by post next week. (send)

2. Complete the text with the passive form of the verbs in brackets. Use the correct tense.

(Hoàn thành đoạn văn với dạng bị động của động từ trong ngoặc. Sử dụng thì đúng.)

Until 2004, composer Mamoru Samuragochi ¹_________ (know) as ‘Japan’s Beethoven’. He is most famous for his Hiroshima Symphony No. 1, which ²_________ (compose) in 2003 in memory of the people who ³_________  (kill) by the atomic bomb in 1945. It ⁴_________ (perform) for the first time in 2008 in front of many of the world’s most important politicians. But Samuragochi now admits that this piece and many others ⁵_________ in fact _________ (not write) by him, but by another musician. The real composer of the musician’s works ⁶_________ yet _________ (not name), but a man called Takahashi Niigaki recently claimed to have written them. Although a talented composer, it is sad that in the future Samuragochi ⁷_________ (remember) as a fraud.

3. Write passive sentences with by.

(Viết câu bị động với by.)

1   Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa.

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2   A group of young men will perform the dance.

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3   The Queen has opened a new art gallery.

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4   JJ Abrams directed Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

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5   In The Theory of Everything, Eddie Redmayne plays the role of Stephen Hawking.

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4. Make the active sentences passive. Use modal verbs. Don’t use by + agent.

(Làm cho câu chủ động bị động. Sử dụng động từ khiếm khuyết. Không sử dụng by + tác nhân.)

1   You shouldn’t eat those mushrooms.

(Bạn không nên ăn những loại nấm đó.)

      Those mushrooms shouldn’t be eaten.

(Những loại nấm đó không nên được ăn.)

2   They might have cancelled the concert.

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3   You can often see foxes in my garden.

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4   We mustn’t use mobiles during lessons.

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5   You have to write your name in capital letters.

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6   You can’t trust Toby!

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5. Some of the sentences are incorrect. Rewrite them correctly. Tick the correct sentences.

(Một số câu sai. Viết lại chúng một cách chính xác. Đánh dấu vào câu đúng.)

1   I think we are been followed. ☐

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2   Peugeot cars make in France. ☐

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3   Set Fire to the Rain was written and performed by Adele. ☐

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4   The book must be returning to the library. ☐

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5   Was German teaching in your school? ☐

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6   Oh no! My mobile has been stolen! ☐

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