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Answer — Exercise 7

9.1 - Witness·Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

Question

  1. Work in pairs. Complete the headlines with a preposition and the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
  2. Write the headlines in full. Which are active and which passive?
  3. Complete the headlines using a dependent preposition and the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Then check with a partner or in a dictionary.

Answer

a)

  1. with stealing
  2. of taking
  3. for selling

b)

  1. A fake police officer has been charged with stealing a £600 necklace. → Passive
  2. A woman has accused a con artist of taking her bag and PIN. → Active
  3. A gang has been arrested for selling one car nine times. → Passive

c)

  1. of accessing
  2. for cheating
  3. for causing
  4. of becoming
  5. for employing
  6. from travelling
  7. for saving
  8. from being eaten
  9. of murdering
  10. from drowning
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