PASSIVE VOICE TENSES NEWS Match the verb with the blanks Then decide if they are active or passive, and put them in the right tense/form OCTOGENARIAN PROTEST Pensioner Maude Jennings _ her eightieth birthday outside Avonhurst Town yesterday She was one of a large group who _ against the plans for a tunnel under the River Severn Maude’s tiny cottage may _ when new roads to the tunnel _ Maude was born in the cottage, which in the 18 th century, and the entrance to the tunnel _ at the ends of her garden Maude our reporter, ‘I by the planners, and I never my lovely home I there for eighty years! Verbs: demolish – build (3) – live - consult – celebrate – protest – leave – tell A VERY HAPPY TIGER Butcher Graham Dewhurst couldn’t _ his eyes yesterday morning when his first costumer of the day _ a 350-kilo Bengal tiger Graham ‘I _ the door at 8:30, and it just into the shop I nearly a heart attack! Anyway, it behind the counter, and eating It _ there for half an hour I _ it more meat every few minutes The police outside, but they _ afraid to _ in Finally, Mr Herriot, the local vet, and _ it a tranquilizer injection Apparently it from a truck while it to a safari park Verbs: be (4) – have – say – jump – take – start – believe – give (2) – escape – come (3) – open REPORTER ARRESTED NEW SUPERSTORE OPENS TV reporter Gavin Prendergast by Avon Police during a demonstartion outside the Town Hall Mr Prendergast and protest leader Sybil Fawthrop _ at the police station overnight A mammoth new superstore by local TV personality Nicholas Pritchard today The Safegate superstore just outside Hidley, close to Junction on the M36 Verbs: hold – arrest Verbs: open – be ROW AT ETV SOUTH-WEST NEWS Angela Shannon is to leave ETV! The surprise announcement at o’ clock this morning The ETV news by Angela for nearly two years She _ a job by the BBC Angela _ ‘ I _ a professional My job _ very important to me, but there _ too many technical problems at ETV `I enough! Verbs: read – have – be (3) – come – say – offer POMPEII Pompeii………………………(be) an ancient town in Italy which ……………………………(destroy) when a volcano ……………………………(erupt) in 79 AD The lava and the ash from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius …………………………(bury) the town along with everything and everyone in it While archaeologists …………………… (study) the ruins, they ………………………… (uncover) many objects among the ruins Nowadays, the town is a popular tourist attraction and it …………………… (visit) by thousands of people each year They……………………( walk) along the streets which…………………………(be) once a part of the busy market town and ……………………… (be) now an important part of history This year, it ………………………………(visit) by fifty thousand people This month, the site ……………………… (close) because it……………………… (repair)