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19 Complete the sentences with passive verbs. You will need to use the
present simple, past simple or present perfect.
a) The rock star, Sonia Thorne,________ at Heathrow Airport last night. (arrest)
b) She_____ by customs officers after arriving on a flight from Amsterdam. (stop)
c) Almost two kilos of cocaine ______________________in her luggage. (find)
d) This is the second time that Ms Thorne__________ on drugs charges. (arrest)
e) However, she_________________________________(never/convict).
f) Ms Thorne_________________ overnight in police cells. (keep)
g) Because of the arrest, her concert at Wembley Arena___________. (cancel)
h) It___________________ that she will appear in court later today. (believe)
20 Rewrite these sentences using a passive verb.
Example:
The paparazzi pursued the car for 10 kilometres.
The car was pursued for 10 kilometres.
a) People stare at her when she walks down the street.
She________________________________
b) The newspaper will pay her $50,000 compensation for the embarrassing
photos.
She________________________________
c) Thieves stole an enormous sum of money from a Hollywood celebrity last
night.
Last night, an enormous sum of money__________________________
d) Police have charged the footballer, Robert Flower, with assault.
The footballer, Robert Flower,____________
e) The editor sacked the journalist for inventing the story.
The journalist__________________________
f) A judge has acquitted two photographers of invasion of privacy.
Two photographers______________________
g) Security guards protect his house from spying paparazzi.
His house _____________________________
h) They will splash, her photo all over the front pages.
Her photo_____________________________
21 Change one verb in each of the following news stories. Some need to
be changed from active to passive and some from passive to active.
Example:
Donald Thomas was escaped from prison in Rhode Island, US, after serving 89
days of a 90-day sentence. He was captured and sentenced to an extra six
months.
a) Philip Johnson, 32, from Prestonburg, Kentucky, shot himself in the chest
because he wanted to see if it would hurt. He was discovered that it does.
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