tailieunhanh - VerbsTHE PASSIVE 55

Tham khảo tài liệu 'verbsthe passive 55', ngoại ngữ, kỹ năng viết tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Verbs THE PASSIVE 55 The passive Present Simple and Past Simple FORM noun pronoun to be past participle Someone washes the car every week. The car is washed every week. They make these televisions in Japan. These televisions are made in Japan. Someone painted the house last week. The house was painted last week. They taught the children to be polite. The children were taught to be polite. USE The passive is used to describe actions a when we don t know who does or did the action My briefcase was stolen last night. I don t know who stole it . b when it is not important to know who does or did the action The cars are taken to Europe every week. It doesn t matter who takes them . These televisions are made in Japan. It doesn t matter who makes them . My briefcase was stolen last night. Practice 55a Rewrite these sentences in the passive. 1 Someone broke this mirror last night. This mirror was broken last night. 2 Someone washes the towels in the hotel every day. The towels in the hotel are washed every day. 3 Someone built the house ten years ago. 4 They grow this fruit in very hot countries. 5 They pay the office workers weekly. 71 Verbs 6 Someone bought all this cheese in France. 7 Someone found Emily s bike in the river. 8 Someone visits most of the prisoners once a week. 9 Someone cleans this car every week. 10 They play a lot of sport on the beach. 11 Someone stole all my best jewellery. 12 They carried the children all the way home. 13 Someone watches the palace twenty-four hours a day. 14 They leave the grapes to dry in the sun. 55b Complete the sentences with a present passive. Use the followings verbs. ship pick drink take dry roast prepare sell sort plant Growing and preparing coffee 1 The soil . The berries by hand. The seeds are planted. They. to a factory. 72 Verbs L1 the sun. over the world. hand. at the factory. The coffee . in the shops. offices and homes everywhere. 55c Complete these sentences in the passive