Try to complete this table

Tense	Active	Passive
	They speak English in India	English is spoken in India.
Present Continuous		Our house is being painted by decorations.
Past Simple	The police caught the thief.
	They were taking the dogs for a walk.	The dogs were being taken for a walk.
Present Perfect simple		He has been arrested by the police.
Past perfect simple	I had told her to arrive at nine o’clock.
Future simple	The government will reduce taxes.
Going to	They are going to sell the car.
Modal present		The problem should be solved by the committee.
Modal perfect	They may have sold the house.

Rewrite these sentences in the passive form. Use by if the agent is important.

1. The tide washed the oil onto the beach.

2. In the programme we watched, they were killing the elephants for their tusks.

3. They are going to elect a new president soon.

4. In future, the officials will demand a fine if someone breaks the law.

5. Someone had released chemicals into the water.

Exercise 10. You’ve developed a potentially marketable invention. Write a letter about your invention and propose investors to invest it.

Exercise 11 Think about your top 10 inventions of all time. Try and narrow them down to your top 5, and place them in order of importance. Why do you think the ones you have chosen are so important?

Exercise 12 Write an essay about the positive and negative effects of one of the inventions

1. Choose the right variant. We … to be polite and friendly to other people.

a) have taught
b) are taught
c) may taught
d) be taught

2. Choose the right variant. The exhibition … to the audience tomorrow morning.

a) will be opened

b) open

c) will open

d) is opened

3. Choose the right variant. My best friend … me about his wedding.

a) is being informed

b) has been informing

c) was informed

d) informed

4. Choose the right variant. The Pyramids … long before the European civilization appeared.

a) will be constructed

b) are constructed

c) have been constructed

d) had been constructed

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