The road the fence the cows the windows

What is being done in these
pictures? Complete the sentences using the Present Continuous
Passiveof these verbs:paint, feed,
milk, count, repair,
cut, clean.

• Example:

• The grass is being
  cut.

1. The road _________________.		2. The fence ___________________.
3. The cows _________________.		4. The windows ________________.
5. The cats _________________.		6. The money __________________.

Exercise 22

I Protest!

Mrs.
Neal is angry. She is complaining to the Mayor of Merton. Put the
sentences intothe Present Continuous Passive.

Example:

• You are wastingtoo much money.

• Too much money is
  being wasted.

• You arenotimprovingeducation.

• Education is
  not being improved.

1. You are not helping old people.

2. You are spending money on the
wrong things.

3. You are not helping unemployed
people.

4. You are doing nothing against
crime.

5. You are not cleaning the
streets.

6. You are wasting money on
dinners and parties.

7. You are building too many
offices.

8. You are not improving the
health service.

9. You are doing nothing against
pollution.

Exercise 23

At the airport

What is being done at the airport?
Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets in the
Present Continuous Passive.

Example:

• Someone’s ticket
  _____(check).

• Someone’s ticket is
  being checked.

1. Someone’s luggage _________ (weigh)	4. A flight _________ (announce) over the loud speaker.
2. Now labels __________ (stick on).	5. Passports __________ (check).
3. Now the cases __________ (put) onto the conveyor belt.	6. Passengers __________ (drive) to the aircraft by bus.

I Protest!

Exercise 24

Translate the sentences from Russian into English.
Mind the use of the Present Continuous ActiveandPassive.

1. Не входите в комнату.
Я убираю её.

2. Не входите в комнату.
Её убирают.

3. — Где ваш
финансовый директор? – Он проводит
собрание. (to hold a

meeting).

4. Где проводится
собрание?

5. Послушай,
какая чудесная музыка исполняется по
радио.

6. — Кто так
чудесно играет на пианино? – Мой брат
играет.

7. — Хорошо
пахнет. — Мама готовит кофе на кухне.

8. — Хорошо
пахнет. Что готовится на кухне? — Цыпленок
готовится в

микроволновой
печи.

9. Над чем
вы смеётесь?

10. Фильм
такой забавный! Над ним смеются, не
переставая, весь сеанс.

11.- Что ты
делаешь? — Я навожу порядок в своей
комнате.

12. Вот то,
что сейчас делается в моей комнате:
кровать заправляется,

пол моется,
ковер пылесосится, комната проветривается.

Past Continuous

Exercise
25

The old house

One day Jenny noticed that jobs
were being done to an old house in Park Street. Look at the picture
and use the Past Continuous Passiveof the words from the box.
Write what was being done.

build plant wash

cut deliver take

paint repair put up

Example:

• The door was being
  painted.

1. The grass __________________.

2. The rubbish _________________.

3. A garage ___________________.

4. The fence __________________.

5. The windows ________________.

6. A nesting box _______________.

7. Trees _____________________.

8. Furniture ___________________.

1.- What’s being done in these pictures ?
Complete with the present continuous passive of these verbs :

            paint
, feed , milk , count , repair , cut , clean

 2.- Compare the two pictures. Picture A shows
a room    

some time ago in the past. Picture B shows
the same

room as it is now. What is different ?
Complete the

sentences using the present perfect simple passive
of

 these
verbs :  repair , paint , take out , put
up , clean .

 Some
verbs are used more than once.

In picture B …

1 — The door                                                                  .    

2 — The window                                                             .

3 — The carpet                                                                .

4 — The walls                                                                  .

5 — The light                                                                   .

6 — Some posters                                                            .

7 — The old fireplace                                                       .

3.— Complete 
with the present simple passive of :  use , play , destroy , speak , export , make
.

1- Bread  ___________________ from wheat. 2- Football ___________________ all over the world.

3- Millions of cars ___________________ from Japan every year.4- A compass ___________________ for showing direction.

5- How many languages ___________________ in Switzerland?

6- Millions of trees ___________________ by pollution every year.

4.- Complete 
with the past simple passive of :  discover , invent ,  play , assassinate , paint , build .

1 — President John F. Kennedy                           in Dallas in 1963.

2 — The 1990 World Cup for soccer                           in Italy.

3 — When                television                         ?

4 — The first pyramids of Egypt                           around 3000 B.C.

5 — Penicillin                           by Alexander Fleming in 1928.

6 — The Mona Lisa ( La Gioconda )                           by Leonardo da Vinci.

5.- Use the past continuous or past perfect
passive of : not invite , clean , sell , repair , steal
,interview .

1 — I couldn’t wear my suit last Saturday. It
                          .

2 — When I got back to the car park , my car
wasn’t there. It                           .

3 — We couldn’t use the photocopier this
morning. It                           .

4 — By the time I arrived to the concert
hall, there were no tickets left . They                           .

5 — We didn’t go to the party on Saturday
because we                           .

6 — The man admitted stealing the money while
he                           by the police .

6.- Choose the correct form : active
or passive .

1 — A valuable painting stole/was stolen from the Central Art
Gallery late last night .

    
The thieves entered/were entered
the gallery through a small upstairs window.

2 — Walt Disney created/was created the cartoon character Mickey Mouse.

3 — This problem discussed/was discussed at the last meeting.

4 — In 1964 Martin Luther King won/was won the Nobel Peace Prize.

     In
1968 he assessinated/was assassinated
in Memphis, Tennessee.

5 — The president arrived/was arrived in Rome
yesterday afternoon.

    
Later he interviewed/was
interviewed on Italian TV.

6 — Teachers have given/have been given a new pay rise by the government.

     The news announced/was
announced earlier today.

7.- Put these sentences into the passive
( leaving out someone , they , we ).

1 — Someone might steal the car .                                                                                        .

2 — Someone will clean the room .                                                                                       .

3 — They had to cut down that tree .                                                                                    .

4 — Someone should tell Sally what happened
.                                                                    .

5 — They are going to build a new hospital
.                                                                         .

6 — We can solve the problem .                                                                                            .

7 — Someone has to finish the job .                                                                                       .

8 — They may send the man to prison .                                                                                 .

9 — We must do something now .                                                                                         .

8.- Complete using the passive perfect infinitive
:

1 — Why doesn’t Karen know about the meeting
? She should                                ( tell
)  ages ago.

2 — «Sally is late this evening». She might                                ( delay ) at work .

3 — Why is all this rubbish still here ? It
ought to                                ( throw away ) yesterday .

4 — The sweater I wanted to buy isn’t in the
shop window any more . It must                                ( sell ).

5 — It was lucky that you didn’t fall
off  the ladder. You might                                ( kill
).

6 — You shouldn’t have left all that money in
your hotel room. It could                             ( steal
).

9.- Put these sentences into the passive:

1 — I don’t like people shouting at me.                                                                         .

2 — I don’t like people staring at me.                                                                        .

3 — I can’t stand people telling me what to
do.                                                                        .

4 — I don’t like people interrupting me .                                                                        .

5 — I dislike people making jokes about me.                                                                        .

6 — I enjoy people praising me.                                                                        .

10.- Billy Palmer was a burglar once. He is
speaking about a night some years ago when everything went wrong for him.  Complete Palmer’s story using the past
simple passive with get .

            «It
was terrible. First of all, my jeans                          1 ( rip ) as I was
climbing over the garden wall. Then I                         2 ( stick )
climbing through the bathroom window. Then I                         3 ( bite ) by a dog
inside the house. The dog made so much noise that everyone woke up and I                         4 ( hit )  over the head with an umbrella. Then, when I
finally got out of the house, there was a police car waiting there. But, to my
surprise, I                        5
( not | catch ) that night. Although it wouldn’t  have mattered if I had. Two weeks later, I                      6 ( arrest ) burgling
another house and I                         7 ( sentence ) to
three years in prison.»

11.- Put these sentences into passive,
beginning with the words given :

1 — They promised Robert an interview for the
job. Robert                                                                      .

2 — They showed Sarah the photographs. Sarah                                                                     .

3 — Normally, they pay my salary every month.
Normally, I                                                                     .

4 — I think that they have sent us the wrong
tickets. I think that we                                                              .

5 — I hope that someone will give Sally the
message. I hope that Sally                                                          .

6 — They didn’t ask me for my address. I                                                                     .

7 — I thought someone had told you about the
meeting. I thought you                                                          .

12.- Complete these sentences using the past
simple passive of : paint , write , compose and sing , invent, discover , direct and by .

1 — The
Old Man and the Sea                                                   Ernest Hemingway.

2 — Radium                                                    Pierre and Marie Curie .

3 — The
Goldrush                                                  Charlie Chaplin.

4 — Imagine
                                                    John Lennon.

5 — The safety razor                                               King Camp Gillette.

6 — The
Chair                                                   Vincent van Gough.

13.- Complete these sentences with  by  or  with  .

1 — My desk was covered                papers.

2 — These photos were taken               a very cheap camera.

3 — These photos were taken                my sister.

4 — The cake was made                dried fruit.

5 — The cake was made               my aunt.

6 — The garage was painted               a new kind of paint.

7 — The garage was painted               a friend of mine.

8 — The safe was blown open                the robbers.

9 — The safe was blown open                dynamite.

14.- Read each sentence. Then make a new one
with  be + supposed to :

1 — People say that Whitby is a very nice town.                                                                  .

2 — People say that the new film is very
violent .                                                                  .

3 — People say that those cars are rather
unreliable.                                                                  .

4 — People say that he moved to New York last year.                                                                  .

5 — People say that the new restaurant is
very expensive.                                                                  .

6 — People say that the concert was very
good.                                                                  .

15.-Read each sentence. Then make two new
ones in the passive, beginning with the words
in brackets :

1 — People expect that taxes will be reduced
soon.

( 
It  )                     _________                                                            .

( 
Taxes  )              ______                                                                   .

2 — People say that the monument is over 2000
years old.

( It  )
                            __________                                                    .

(  The
monument  )                                                                                 .

3 — People expect that the president will
resign.

( It  
)                                 _________                                                .

(  The
president  )                                                                                 .

4 — People think the fire started at about 8
o’clock.

( 
It  )                                   _________                                              .

(  The
fire )                          _____                                                       .

5 — Journalists reported that seven people
had been injured in the fire.

( 
It  )                                  __________                                              .

( 
Seven people )                      _                                                           .

16.-
What are these people having done ?  Use :                                      

a photograph (take) 
,  their flat ( decorate )

a tooth ( take out ) 
, her windows  ( clean )

a suit (make ) 
, her hair ( do) .

1 —                                                                       

2 —                                                                      

3 —                                                                       .

4 —                                                                       .

5 —                                                                       .

6 —                                                                       .

17.- Complete the sentences using the correct
form of have something done :

1 — I haven’t                                                            ( my central heating |  service ) since last autumn.

2 — Are you going to                                                      ( these shoes 
| repair  ) or shall I throw them
away?

3 — My neighbours are                                                ( an extension | build ) onto their house at
the moment.

4 — I must                                                          ( my glasses 
| mend   ) . They keep falling
off.

5 — Where do you                                                          ( your hair 
| do  ) ? It always looks very
nice.

6 — I                                                          (  four
new tyres  |  fit  )
on my car last month.

7 — I’ve just                                                          (  my
suit  | dry-clean  ).

18.- Something unpleasant happened to each of
these people last week.

      
Make sentences using  have
something done  and  the words in brackets .

1 — Kate                                                          ( her wallet | steal ) from her bag while she
was out shopping.

2 — Peter                                                          ( his flat 
| burgle ) while he was out at
work.

3 — Mr and Mrs Woods                                                          ( the roof of their house | damage ) in a
storm.

4 — Lynne                                                          ( the
radio  | 
steal ) from her car.

5 — My brother                                                          (  his
nose  | 
break ) in a football match.

Source: Intermediate Grammar. Heinemann.

Hilarious photos show how cows broke into a dad’s garden after he installed perspex windows in his fence to allow his son to watch the animals from his home.

Devoted father John Davies told how new council regulations meant he had to replace his previous low fence with a new 6ft installation, obscuring the view.

However, his cow-mad son Noa Evan, 5, soon complained that the new boundary meant he could no longer see his beloved friends from his garden in Aberystwyth, Wales.

The thoughtful father decided to fix the problem by fitting three Perspex viewing holes to enable animal lover Noa to carry on interacting with the cattle.

However, eventually the cows had had enough of the Perspex window obscuring their view of Noa and his family and so they smashed through the windows on Friday.

Hilarious images show the cattle poking their head through the portholes to munch Mr Davies’s plants.

Another snap shows Mr Davies’s partner Sophie Broom posing with the naughty cows, who are seen sticking their heads into her garden.

The next image shows it stretching to another plant before being joined by another cow trying to eat the same shrub.

Mr Davies has decided to reinforce his fence because he expects more and more cows to come to his garden for food. 

He is also thinking of adding a water trough for them.

Earlier adorable photos showed the Perspex ‘cow windows’ put up by Mr Davies.

Cows and bulls could be seen peeking through each of the three portholes, one of which has a light above to enable night time viewing.

In one close up shot, a disgruntled bull could be seen staring through, fogging up the Perspex with condensation.

At the time, the painter and decorator explained: ‘We did it a couple of weeks ago. It was put up as we had to replace the low fence.

‘As soon as we put it up my boy said ‘I miss seeing the cows.’ 

‘So we had my carpenter friend put in the windows and the cows moved out of the field and bulls moved into the field so they are there day and night so the first thing in the morning we can see them.

‘They were being nosy looking into the garden. We had a picket line of cows moving in to see through the windows.

‘We had to put up the windows as there were new regulations so we could no longer have a low fence.

‘Noa has always been fascinated with the cows and has been watching them at the fence everyday when they were there.’

Speaking on Monday, Mr Davies said: ‘The cows broke the Perspex. We were having our tea at the time the flood lights came on. I couldn’t believe it.

‘I’m half expecting there to be a cow in my garden come morning. The fence is still standing but there with us every night for a noisy pop in.

‘They have eaten parts of them. I have checked they are safe for their digestion. I’m also thinking to put some water troughs there for them with water.

‘They keep coming so we will also need to reinforce the fence for strength as I’m keeping the holes without Perspex now.’

Photos of his creation were soon posted online, where social media users praised his creativity.

Helen Barley commented: ‘Fantastic, love it.’

Patricia Connolly added: ‘What a fabulous idea.’

And San Brett said: ‘Love this.’