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33 Choose the right form of the verbs in the passive voice to complete the sentences.
A. Present Tenses: Present Simple Passive, Present Progressive Passive or Present Perfect Passive.
1. This year nearly a quarter of all cars that (sell) in the USA are big cars suitable for off-road action. 2. A popular car is a Hummer H2 which (model) on a military vehicle. It (believe) that such cars can create a certain image of an active and tough person. 3. Anyhow, one shouldn’t forget that the environment (destroy) all the time by using such vehicles. 4. It (make) clear by experts that big sports cars pollute the atmosphere more than normal cars. 5. They are putting into the air a lot of pollutants and greenhouse gases, by which the world’s climate (affect . 6. Even William Ford Jr., the head of Ford cars, admits that their best-selling Ford Excursion is not good for the environment, that’s why new “cleaner” cars (develop) by this company now. 7. The layer of gases in the atmosphere has got thicker due to industry and the gases that (emit) by cars. 8. This means more heat (reflect) back to Earth, causing floods and draughts. 9. Besides big sports cars (prove) to be less safe than normal cars as they can roll over too easily due to their high centre of gravity. 10. At the moment successful campaigns (hold) against people driving big sports cars.
B Past Tenses: Past Simple Passive, Past Progressive Passive or Past Perfect Passive.
1. Last year China (predict) to become the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter. 2. During the heat wave in 1995 Chicago’s vulnerable populations, such as the elderly and low-income people, (hit) especially hard. 3. It (mention) at the conference that the Kyoto Protocol (not, ratify) by Australia and the USA. 4. He was not sure what problems (discuss) at the moment. 5. The summer of 2003 (consider) by many ecologists the hottest European summer in Five centuries. 6. 20,000 protesters (report) to have marched in London in the biggest demonstration on climate change. 7. The reporters stressed that the conference on global warming which (hold) in the UK could lead to signing very important agreements. 8. All the documents (sign) before the secretary arrived. 9. It (reveal) by Christopher Monckton in 2006 that in the Bronze Age and in Roman times in some places it had been warmer than at the beginning of the third millennium. The scientist pointed out that those temperatures (cause) by the sun, not by carbon dioxide.
C. Future Tenses: Future Simple Passive, Future Perfect Passive or Future Pas-sive-in-the-Past.
1. Protecting the environment is not an easy problem to solve, but Lm sure it (solve) one day. 2. Even a year ago he knew what particular people (include) into the rescue team. 3. There’s still a lot of work to do but there’s every reason to believe that it (complete) by the end of the year. 4. I’m sure that in the future much more attention (pay) to ecological problems in Russia. 5. By the end of the week the agenda of our meeting (finalise . 6. The editor promised us that all that valuable information (publish) in the next issue of his paper. 7. When I was teaching ecology, I was continuously asked by my pupils what measures (take) to protect endangered species. 8. By this time next week your wish (grant , I promise. 9. All these facts (mention) in Mr Reed’s new book on rare species. 10. On Saturday the project already (prepare) and we’ll be free.
A. Present Tenses: Present Simple Passive, Present Progressive Passive or Present Perfect Passive.
1. This year nearly a quarter of all cars that (sell) in the USA are big cars suitable for off-road action. 2. A popular car is a Hummer H2 which (model) on a military vehicle. It (believe) that such cars can create a certain image of an active and tough person. 3. Anyhow, one shouldn’t forget that the environment (destroy) all the time by using such vehicles. 4. It (make) clear by experts that big sports cars pollute the atmosphere more than normal cars. 5. They are putting into the air a lot of pollutants and greenhouse gases, by which the world’s climate (affect . 6. Even William Ford Jr., the head of Ford cars, admits that their best-selling Ford Excursion is not good for the environment, that’s why new “cleaner” cars (develop) by this company now. 7. The layer of gases in the atmosphere has got thicker due to industry and the gases that (emit) by cars. 8. This means more heat (reflect) back to Earth, causing floods and draughts. 9. Besides big sports cars (prove) to be less safe than normal cars as they can roll over too easily due to their high centre of gravity. 10. At the moment successful campaigns (hold) against people driving big sports cars.
B Past Tenses: Past Simple Passive, Past Progressive Passive or Past Perfect Passive.
1. Last year China (predict) to become the world’s biggest greenhouse gas polluter. 2. During the heat wave in 1995 Chicago’s vulnerable populations, such as the elderly and low-income people, (hit) especially hard. 3. It (mention) at the conference that the Kyoto Protocol (not, ratify) by Australia and the USA. 4. He was not sure what problems (discuss) at the moment. 5. The summer of 2003 (consider) by many ecologists the hottest European summer in Five centuries. 6. 20,000 protesters (report) to have marched in London in the biggest demonstration on climate change. 7. The reporters stressed that the conference on global warming which (hold) in the UK could lead to signing very important agreements. 8. All the documents (sign) before the secretary arrived. 9. It (reveal) by Christopher Monckton in 2006 that in the Bronze Age and in Roman times in some places it had been warmer than at the beginning of the third millennium. The scientist pointed out that those temperatures (cause) by the sun, not by carbon dioxide.
C. Future Tenses: Future Simple Passive, Future Perfect Passive or Future Pas-sive-in-the-Past.
1. Protecting the environment is not an easy problem to solve, but Lm sure it (solve) one day. 2. Even a year ago he knew what particular people (include) into the rescue team. 3. There’s still a lot of work to do but there’s every reason to believe that it (complete) by the end of the year. 4. I’m sure that in the future much more attention (pay) to ecological problems in Russia. 5. By the end of the week the agenda of our meeting (finalise . 6. The editor promised us that all that valuable information (publish) in the next issue of his paper. 7. When I was teaching ecology, I was continuously asked by my pupils what measures (take) to protect endangered species. 8. By this time next week your wish (grant , I promise. 9. All these facts (mention) in Mr Reed’s new book on rare species. 10. On Saturday the project already (prepare) and we’ll be free.
