EXERCISE 10. Active vs. passlve.

(Charts 10-1 -r 10-4)

Direcrions: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (active or passive) in
parentheses.

awived

1. Yesterday our teacher (am'w)

2. Our morning paper (read)

five minutes late.

by over 200,000 people every day.

3. Last night my favorite TV program (interrupt)

by

a special news bulletin.

4. That's not my coat. It (belonk)

to Louise.

5. Our mail (detiwr)

before noon every day.

6. The "b" in "comb" (pronounce, not)

silent.

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7. A bad accident (happen)

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on Highway 95 last night.

8. When I (arriw)
i

at the airport yesterday, I (meet)

., . , . b ymy cousin and a couple of her friends.

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ti

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It is

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about Margaret's divorce. I (surprise)

9. Yesterday I (hear)

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by the news. Janice (shock)

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10. A new house (build)

next to ours next year.

11. Roberto (write)

this composition last week. That one (wire)

by Abdullah.

12. Radium (discov,er)

by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.

13. At the soccer game yesterday, the winning goal (kick)

by Luigi. Over 100,000 people ( a m d )

the soccer game.

14. A: Do you understand the explanation in the book?

B: No, I don't. I (conjke)

by it.

15. A: Where are you going to go to school next year?

B: I (accept)
Colleg
16. A: I

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thhk football is too vioient.

B: I (agree)

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by Shoreline Community

with you. I (prefer)

baseball.

17. A: When &ur bike, sted)

B: Two days ago.

your electric bill yet?

18. A: (~ou,pay)

B: No, I haven't, but I'd better pay it today. If I don't, my electricity (shut ofl
by the power company.
19. A: Did you hear about the accident?

B: No. What (happen)

A: A bicyclist (hit)
B: (the bicyclist, injure)

by a taxi in fiont of the dorm.

?

A: Yes. Someone (call)

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;:

an ambulance. The bicyclist (take)

to City Hospital and (treat)

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in the emergency ward for cuts and bruises.

B: What (happen)

to the taxi driver?

A: He (awest)

for reckless driving.

B: He's lucky that the bicyclist (kill,not)

20. The Eiffel Tower (be)

(visit)
year. It (design)

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'

in Paris, France. It
by millions of people every

Eiffel (1832-1923). It (erect)

!,

in 1889 for the Paris exposition. Since that time, it

(be)
the most famous landmark
in Paris. Today it (recognize)
by people
throughout the world.

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EXERCISE 11. Active vs. passlve. (Charts 10-1

10-4)

Directions: Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses.
ehiovs

Almost everyone (mjoy)

visiting a zoo. Today zoos are

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around 3500 years ago

common. The first zoo (establish)

by an Egyptian queen for her personal enjoyment. Five hundred years later, a Chinese
a huge zoo to show his power and wealth.

emperor (establish)

for the purpose of studying animals.

Later zoos (establish)

Some of the early European zoos were dark holes or dirty cages. At that time, people
by the bad conditions and the mistreatment of

(disgust)
5

by scientific

the animals. Later, these early zoos (replace)

6

institutions where animals (study)

and ( k W

in good condition. These research centers fiecome)

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the fist modern zoos.

As early as the 1940s, scientists (understand)

that
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many kinds of wild animals faced extinction. Since that time, zoos (try)
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to save many endangered species, but relying on zoos to save

species such as the rhinoce~os& not enough. In the 1980%the number of rhinos in the
world (reduce)

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from 10,000 to 400. Many rhinos (kilo

by poachers, but many also (die)

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in
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captivity. Zoo breeding programs for rhinos have not been successful. The best method of
to leave them in their natural habitat. By 1999,

conservation (be)
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there (be)

more than 13,000 rhinos again living in the wild. These

16

rhinos (save)

from extinction by the strong conservation

17

methods of local communities, government agencies, and private landowners. Wildlife

biologists still fear that some subspecies of the rhino in Africa and Indonesia (become)
extinct in the near future. Some scientists (believe)

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19

that half of all animal species in zoos will also be in danger of

extinction by the middle of this century.

Because zoos want to treat animals humanely and encourage breeding, today animals

(Put)

in large, natural settings instead of small cages.

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They (watch)

carefully for any signs of disease and (feed)

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22

a balanced diet. Most zoos (have)

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specially trained veterinarians and a hospital for animals.

They also have specially trained keepers. Food (prepare)

in

24

the zoo kitchen. The food program (design)

to satisfy the
25

animals' particular needs. For example, some snakes (feed)

only

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once a week, while some birds (feed)

animals (treat)

well, and zoo breeding programs are important

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in the attempt to save many species of wildlife.

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several times a day. Today zoo

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THE PASSIVE FORMS OF THE PRESENT AND

PAST PROGRESSIVE
AcTNJ3

PASSNE

The secretary is copying some

letters.
Someone is building a new
hospital.

(a) Some letters are being

copiod by the secretary.
(b) A new hospital is being
built.

The secretary w a s eopyr'ng

some letters.
Someone was buddtnp- a new
hospital.

(c)

Some letters wsrs bdng

copied by the secretary.
(d)
. . A new hos~italwas beim
built.

Passive form of the present progressive:

are