Unit 44. Passive 3.

Write these sentences in another way, beginning in the way shown.
Key.2    I was asked some difficult questions at the interview.
3    Linda was given a present by her colleagues when she retired.
4    I wasn't told about the meeting.
5    How much will you be paid for your work?
6    I think Tom should have been offered the job.
7    Have you been shown what to do?

1    They didn't give me the information I needed.
      I  wasn't given the information I needed.  
2    They asked me some difficult questions at the interview.
      I ______________________________________
3    Linda's colleagues gave her a present when she retired.
     Linda ______________________________________
4    Nobody told me about the meeting.
     I wasn't ______________________________________
5    How much will they pay you for your work?
      How much will you ______________________________________
6    I think they should have offered Tom the job.
     I think Tom ______________________________________
7    Has anybody shown you what to do?
     Have you ______________________________________

Complete the sentences using being + the following (in the correct form):
Key.2    being invited
3    being given
4    being knocked down
5    being treated
6    being stuck

give     invite       keep       knock down      stick       treat

1    Steve hates    being kept    waiting.
2    We went to the party without ______________
3    I like giving presents and I also like ______________ them.
4    It's a busy road and I don't like crossing it. I'm afraid of ______________.
5    I'm an adult. I don't like ______________ like a child.
6    You can't do anything about ______________ in a traffic jam.

When were they born? Choose five of these people and write a sentence for each.
(Two of them were born in the same year.)
Key.2-6 Beethoven was born in 1770.
Agatha Christie was born in 1890.
Galileo was born in 1564.
Mahatma Gandhi was born in 1869.
MartinLuther King was born in 1929.
Elvis Presley was born in 1935.
William Shakespeare was born in 1564.
7   I was born in ...

Beethoven  Agatha Christie     Walt Disney  Galileo Mahatma Gandhi Martin Luther King     Elvis Presley Leonardo da Vinci William Shakespeare    1452       1869       1929 1564       1890       1935 1770       1901

1      Walt Disney was born in 1901.           
2   __________________________________ 
4   __________________________________     
5   __________________________________ 
6   __________________________________     
7  And you? I   ________________________

Complete the sentences using get/got + the following verbs (in the correct form):
Key.2    got stung
3    get used
4    got stolen
5    get paid
6    got stopped
7    get damaged
8    get asked

ask       damage       hurt       pay        steal       sting       stop       use

1    There was a fight at the party, but nobody   got hurt  .   
2    Alex ___________ by a bee while he was sitting in the garden.
3    These tennis courts don't ___________ very often. Not many people want to play.
4    I used to have a bicycle, but it ___________ a few months ago.
5    Rachel works hard but doesn't ___________ very much.
6    Last night I ___________ by the police as I was driving home. One of the lights on my car wasn't working.
7    Please pack these things very carefully. I don't want them to ___________.
8    People often want to know what my job is. I often ___________ that question.