en ] 0 Passives « Compound nouns » Pronunciation — silent letters Passives 1. Tenses and infinitives 1 Complete the newspaper articles using the passive verb forms in the boxes. were developed hasbeendeveloped —_willbeused —beproduced are used © Scientists develon mobile phone battery that can be charged in just ten seconds 3 A revolutionary mobile phone battery that ‘The new batteries by engineers ‘charges inten Seconds instead of several Nours__at the Massachusers institute of Technology. by sciemtists. This is 100 times |The MIT team say their invention uses faster than existing batteries. ‘materials that are freely available, and it could ‘The invention is based on the sort of lithium in large quantities very easily Inthe next few years, it® in all kinds of portable gadgets. The same technology ‘could also be used tor producing batteries for electric cars batteries that? inmost laptops, digital cameras, iPods, and phones. These batteries store a large amount of energy in a small space. washit__willbeclosed _waskilled were injured were taken 25 injured in motorwa' pile-up eo ‘wenty-ve people * ‘man accident onthe met matorway if yesterday afternoon, Five ofthe injured ? to hospital by heliconter. Fortunately, no one * The accident happened between junctions 11 and 12 at five o'clock as motorists were driving home. Acar braked sharply and * by the car bchind. This caused a multiple pile-up involving fifteen cars, three lorries, anda van, ‘The motorway is still locked, and ° ae) until this afternoon. 2 Complete the questions. the correct answer, a orb. 1 “What sort of batteries __ in laptops and cameras?” 3. ‘How many people __ in the motorway accident?” ause — b areused a injured — b were injured ‘Lithium batteries? 28 2 ‘Who __ the new battery?" 4 ‘What ___ the accident?” a developed b was developed a wascaused —b caused “Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of “A car braked sharply and was hit by the car behind? ‘Technology’ Unit 10 + Ourinteractive world 672. Forming the passive Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive tense, Present Simple 1 70% of the earth’s surface Js covered (cover) by water: 2 Mycar (insure) against accidents and theft | 3 We (watch) by CCTV cameras everywhere we go. | 4 What time ___the post (deliver)? 5 You (cover) in paint! What have you been doing? 6 Alot of information about our lives (keep) ecresespatet 7 Every year about 2,000 people atin | road accidents in the UK. | Past Simple 1 We meren' affected (not affect) by the flood, but our neighbours were. | 2 ___ your ear (damage) inthe accident? 3 The painting (sell) for ten million dollars. 4 1_____Gintroduce) toa very interesting man at the party yesterday. 5 Thedoor (lock) so 1 couldnt open it. 6 Where wore you when these photos (ako? Present Perfect 1 All these problems have been distussed (discuss) many times before. 2 you ever (question) by the police? | 3 L_____(sack) from my job! What did | do wrong? 4 Our plane (delay) because of bad weather, 5. Brians doing well at work to aed auger just (promote) will 1. You ibe told (tell) what to do when you arrive. (send) in the post. (hold)? 2. Your exam results 3 Where __ the next Olympic Games $8 Unit 10 + Our interactive world 3 Questions Put the words in the correct order to make questions. Lhen choose the correct answer from the box. InChina. More than 100 millon! Inindia, _Rlour-yeast-and water: Between 60 and 80 million people 1 bread/made/is/from/What/? “What spread made trom? Flour, yeast and water.” 2. Hindi/spoken/Wherefis/? 3. people/killed/How many/in the Second World Warfwere/? 4 held/Where/the Olympic games/were/in 2008/? 5. iPhones/made/How many/been/have/? 4 Short answers Correct the information in these sentences, 1 Paper is made from plastic. Nott tw t's made trom wood. 2. Champagne is made in Scotland. 3. iPhones are made by Nokia. 4 The Mona isa was painted by Van Gogh. 5 The Pyramids were built in Greece.