Answer — Exercise 8
7.2 - Buy, buy, buy·New Total English Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Look at audioscript 2.15 on page 170 and underline all the examples of the passive that you can find.
- Read the rule of form in the Active grammar box and complete the passive sentences below with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Answer
a)
- the sculpture was sold at auction
- the winning bid was made ...
- one of the helmets ... was found ... and bought ...
- huge sums of money have been paid ...
- $1,300,000 was paid ...
- one of Michael Jackson's gloves ... was bought ...
- it will now be displayed ...
- a clump of Elvis Presley's hair ... was cut
- it was sold
- it was bought by a fan
b)
- is being cleaned
- was found
- was being displayed
- have been bought
- have been published
- will be paid
- is going to be opened
- can be bought