PASSIVE - Emmerson Form: Intel produces millions of chips every year. Millions of chips _________ every year. Our supplier is shipping the goods next week. The goods _____________ next week. The government raised interest rates by 1%. Interest rates ____________ by 1%. He was asking me some difficult questions. I _______________ some difficult questions. They have chosen the new design. The new design__________________. Rosa will give a press briefing tomorrow. A press briefing ____________ tomorrow. We can arrange a loan within six days. A loan _______________ within six days. We may give you some new sales targets. You _____________ some new sales targets. Source: Business Grammar Builder. Emmerson, p. 49 I TASK Complete the following text with the correct forms of the verbs in brackets. Manchester United: just a game of football? Manchester United is supposed to have 1. / SUPPOSE, HAVE/ between 10 million and 30 million supporters throughout the world. In Norway, for example, one in every 140 people 2. ______________ /SAY, BE/ a registered supporter. Ticket sales and merchandising contribute over half of the club´s revenue, with television contributing a further 20%. But senior executives 3._____________/ KNOW, LOOK AT/ other ways to generace income at the moment. For example, the club 4. ______________ / BELIEVE, DEVELOP/ e-commerce initiatives through a series of alliances. Costs at the club continue to increase. A few years ago the club 5._____________/ REPORT, SPEND/ £30m on a plan to expand the capacity of the stadium from 55,000 seats to 67,400 seats. But this 6._____________ / THINK, BE/ a good investment as it will generace nearly £7.5 million in additional turnover annually. The main costs at the club are the salaries fo the players. Last year the team´ captain 7.________________/UNDERSTAND, NEGOTIATE/ four-year contract worth over eight figures. Source: Business Grammar Builder. Emmerson, p. 48 I TASK Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence. 1 David Gill from Marketing lent me this book. I was given this book by DG from Marketing. 2 This sample was given to me at the Trade Fair. __________________________ this sample at the Trade Fair. 3 They promised us delivery within two weeks of our order. We __________________________ within two weeks of our order. 4 A textile firm near Milan made this fabric to us. _________________________________________ for us by a textile firm near Milan. 5 This order was sent to us through our website. _________________________________ this order through our website. 6 My secretary booked the flight for me. _______________________________ for me by my secretary. Murphy, Unit 43 "I don´t like being… I TASK Rewrite the following sentences so that the bottom one means the same as the top one. 1 I remember somebody gave me a toy drum for my fifth birthday. I remember __________________________________________ . 2 Mr Miller hates when people keep him waiting. Mr Miller ______________________________________ . 3 We managed to climb the over the wall without anybody seeing us. We managed ______________________________________________ . "Sometimes you can use get instead of be in the passive. ITASK Using the word get rewrite the following sentences so that the bottom one means the same as the top one. 1 There was a fight at the party but nobody was hurt. There was a fight at the party but nobody _______________ . 2 I´m not often invited to parties. I don´t often _______________ to parties. " Practise this structure: (Murphy U 44) He is very old. Nobody knows exactly how old he is, but: It is said that he is 108 years old. [ He is said to be 108 years old. You can use this structure with a number of other verbs, especially: thought, believed, considered, reported, known, expected, alleged, understood Cathy works very hard. It is said that she works 16 hours a day. She________________________. The police are looking for a missing boy. It is believed that the boy is wearing a white pullover and blue jeans. The boy____________________________. The strike started three weeks ago. It is expected that it will end soon. The strike____________________________. A friend of mine has been arrested. It is alleged that he kicked a policeman. He___________________________________. " Have something done (Murphy U45) ITASK Complete the sentence using the verbs printed in capital letters in the last column and additional information in brackets. Jil the roof yesterday. REPAIR Where your hair CUT Your hair looks nice. it CUT Julia central heating in her house. (just) INSTALL How often your car SERVICE I think you should that coat soon. CLEAN I don´t like my photograph HAVE