Exercise 8

Put the verbs into the Future Indefinite Passive.

Graffiti Competition

A graffiti ___1___will be held (hold) next week for all Merton’s young artists. The age limit is fifteen.

All competitors___ 2___ (invite) to attend a graffiti session in the town hall from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday the ninth of September. Competitors ___3___ (ask) to create graffiti designs for the entrance of the new town hall, which ___4___(open) at the beginning of the month.

Large sheets of paper and spray paint ___5___ (provide).

Entries ___6___(judge) by five professional artists. Winners ___7___(contacted) by telephone on the thirteenth of September. The names of the winners ___ 8____ (print) in Merton News on the fifteenth of September.

Three prizes of £50, £30, £20 ___9___ (award). Prizes ___10___ (present) by the Mayor. The winner___11___ (invite) to spray paint the entrance hall of the new town hall with the winning design.

The Passive: Continuous Tenses

Exercise 9

What is being done in these pictures? Complete the sentences using the Present Continuous Passive of 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 10

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).

2. Now labels _____ (stick on).

3. Now the cases _____ (put) onto the conveyor belt.

4. A flight _____ (announce) over the loudspeaker.

5. Passports _____ (check).

6. Passengers _____ (drive) to the aircraft by bus.

Exercise 11

I protest!

Mrs. Neal is angry. She is complaining to the Mayor of Merton.

Put the sentences into the Present Continuous Passive.

Example:

• You are wasting too much money.

• Too much money is being wasted.

• You are not improving education.

• 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 .

10. You are not lowering taxes.

Exercise 12

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 Passive of the words from the box write what was being done.

build plant cut

deliver wash 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

Exercise 13

Use the Past Continuous Passive of the verbs in the box.

interview record build televise discuss

repair clean follow bake prepare

Example:

• I couldn’t wear my suit last Saturday. It was being cleaned.

1. We couldn’t use the photocopier this morning. It _____ .

2. The man admitted stealing the money while he _____ by the police.

3. The room _____ when I arrived.

4. I didn’t realize that our conversation _____ .

5. There was somebody walking behind us. We _____ .

6. A new hotel _____ near the airport.

7. The World Cup Soccer games _____ all over the world last season.

8. The cake _____ when the door bell rang.

9. The news about the wedding _____ from morning till night.

10. The term papers _____ by every student during the semester.