My dog bit my wife yesterday



My dog bit my wife yesterday.

And what did you do?

I took it to the vet.

Did you have it put to sleep?

Of course not, I had its teeth sharpened!

Do as in the model:

Present simple They cook the food at 6. The food is cooked at 6. they send the invitations

Present Continuous They are cooking the food now. The food is being cooked now. they arrange the flowers

Past simple They cooked the food. The food was cooked. they make the salad

Past continuous They were cooking the food. The food was being cooked. they wash the dishes

Future simple They will cook the food. The food will be cooked. they wash their clothes

Future perfect They will have cooked the food. The food will have been cooked. we make the beds

Present perfect They have cooked the food. The food has been cooked. you clean the rooms

Past perfect They had cooked the food. The food had been cooked. we write our homework

Modals They must cook the food. The food must be cooked. he cooks breakfast

Fill in by or with:

My red dress was designed ……………. Irina Schrotter.

Who was America discovered …………….?

This sponge cake is filled …………. raspberry whipped cream.

The match was watched …………… millions of people.

Do you like Basmati Rice flavoured ……………. saffron?

Who was the thermometer invented …………….?

Mona Lisa is a painting made ………….. Leonardo da Vinci.

Write sentences in the passive voice paying attention to the tenses:

1 Our papers / mark / by our French teacher / at the moment _________________________________________________________

2 The Starry Night / paint / Vincent Van Gogh. _________________________________________________________

3 Blood oranges / widely / grow / in Spain and Italy _________________________________________________________

4 The convicts / release / from prison / last week _________________________________________________________

5 The dishes / already / wash _________________________________________________________

6 Mozart / always / regard / a great composer _________________________________________________________

7 Reservations / make / 36 hours / before / day of play _________________________________________________________

8 We / bring up / our grandparents _________________________________________________________

9 Look at that boy!!! He / bite / that venomous snake! _________________________________________________________

10 My room / clean / weekly _________________________________________________________

11 The new sports centre / open / the mayor / tomorrow _________________________________________________________

12 Complaints /can / make / telephone / 24 hours a day _________________________________________________________

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SUBJECT + TO BE (in the appropriate tense) + PAST PARTICIPLE (regular verbs: vb+ed

TO GET irregular verbs: 3rd form)

e.g. The grass is cut every day. My shirts are being washed just now. The tyres were pumped up.

The tables were just being laid when the guests arrived. Her dress got caught in the door.

Cats drink milk.

He cuts the grass.

Use the passive:

-when the agent (the doer of the action)is unknown, unimportant or obvious from the context

The invitations have been sent.

-the focus is on the action (in news reports, headlines, formal notices, advertisements, instructions, processes

German spoken here!

Early Morning Burglars Caught Red Handed By Neighbours!

-to make statements more formal or polite

Salaries will be reduced by 25 % next month.

Milk is drunk by cats.

The grass is cut by him.

Turn the sentences into the passive (both ways):

They say he is a con man.

We expect Jane will be honest.

They believe he is the robber.

They say she swindled money from the company.

Miss Johnson says they miss too many classes.

They know she lies all the time.

They thought she was brave to do such a thing.

They say she is a better person now.

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