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Language focus 1: The passive page 712have (often) been askedbeing takenwere discoveredhad been handed inbe storedwill be postedto be drivenare being supervisedPresent continous: are being supervisedPresent perfect: have (often) been askedPast simple: were discoveredPast perfect: had been handed inFuture simple: will be postedGerund: being takenInfinitive with to: to be drivenInfinitive without to: be stored3(to) be, past, by4b2. a3. d4. c51.How to Develop a Perfect Memory was written by Dominic O’ Brien in 1993.2. This artist’s work will still be remembered two hundred years from now.3. We were being given a vocabulary test when the fire alarm went off.4. Mobile phones must be switched off before the start of the exam.5. Memory competitions are regularly held all round the world.6. I have been asked by neighbour not to play my music so loud.6A smartphone has been found in the sports hall. It was discovered by a cleaner early this morning and must have been left after yesterday’s exam. At the moment it is being kept in the head teacher’s office. A message about the smartphone will be sent to all those students who were in the sports hall yesterday, asking the the owner to go to the head teacher. The owner’s parents will then be asked to come to the school to collect their child’s smartphone . All students should be reminded that phones are not permitted in exam romos.Language focus 2: Passive of reporting verbs page 741to have appearedto be gettingto improvea to be gettingb to improvec to have appeared2It is known that Alfred Hitchcock appeared in most of his films.It is thought that the human brain is getting bigger.It is said that memory improves the more often we use it.3aIt is expected that climate change will get much worse over the next few years.Climate change is expected to get much worse over the next few years.It is said that eating fish improves brain performance.Eating fish is said to improve brain performance.It is thought that social networking has made people more isolated.Social networking is thought to have made people more isolated.It is considered that English and Spanish are easy languages to learn.English and Spanish are considered to be easy languages to learn.It is said that daily life is getting much faster for most of us.Daily life is said to be getting much faster for most of us. ................
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