Answer — Exercise 4
10.2 - Crime and punishment·Speakout Pre-Intermediate - Students' Book
Question
- Complete the tables with the passive form.
- Read the sentences in Exercise 4A again. Which sentences say who does the actions: the active or the passive? Complete the rule below.
- Find five more examples of the passive in the article.
Answer
a)
- present passive → A man is caught stealing books from a bookshop.
- past passive → The man was sent to read stories.
b)
- The active sentences say who does the actions.
- Rules → to be
c)
- Two boys were caught writing graffiti ...
- ... the boys were told to do community service.
- A shoplifter was caught shoplifting ...
- She was sent to speak to shop owners.
- .... he was told to spend several weeks painting local schools ...