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GRAMMAR UNIT 7

PRESENT SIMPLE AND PAST SIMPLE: AFFIRMATIVE OR NEGATIVE

Present simple passive:

Water is in the fridge.

A crime isn´t solved

Past simple passive:

Your cookies were excelent.

The hacker was arrested

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE:

Active

Vandals broke the window.

Passive

The window was broken by the vandals.

EXERCISES:

1.Complete the text with the present simple passive form of the verbs in brackets.

Many mobile phones are stolen every year in Britain. Sometimes they are sold to mobile phone recycling companies, or they are sent abroad to places where mobile phones are very valuable.

The police want people to be more careful with their phones. Many phones are left in cafés and restaurants. In busy streets , they are taken from people´s bags or even from their hands.

You should keep your phone hidden. If your phone is seen by a lot of people, it´s more likely to be taken.

2.Write affirmative or negative sentences. Use the present simple passive.

That building is used as a youth club.

Clues are left at crimes scenes.

Photography isn´t allowed in the museum.

Some crimes are not reported by the public.

Crime stories are read all over the world.

Millions of songs are downloaded online.

This information isn´t given to everyone.

3.Complete the text with the past simple passive form of the verbs in the box.

New Scotland Yard and the murder mystery

The Metropolitan Police force (or ´the Met´)

was formed in 1829. The Met´s first headquarter was a group of buildings, wich

backed onto a street called Great Scotland Yard. It

was the name ´Scotland Yard´.

In 1888, a new building was needed.When the

building work started, the body of a woman

was found on the site. The woman´s identity

wasn´t known. The case was investigated by the

Met, but the crime wasn´t solved.

The death of the women is still a mistery!

4.Rewrite the sentences using the correct active or passive form. Use by where appropriate.

A boy hacked the governament computer.

The governament computer was hacked by a boy.

Witnesses didn´t recognize the vandals.

The vandals weren´t recognized by the witnesses.

The information was collected by the police officer.

The police officer collected the information.

The detectives questioned the witnesses.

The witnesses were questioned by the detectives.

The vandals were caught by the police.

The police caught the vandals.

5.Read the answers. Then write questions about DNA.

Is DNA contained in every cell in your body?

Yes DNA is contained in every cell in your body.

Yes, DNA is found at a crimes scenes.

Is DNA found at crimes scenes?

DNA testing is used in many differents ways.

How is DNA testing used?

Samples are examined by forensic scientist.

Who examined the samples?

Yes, criminals are often caught using their DNA.

Are criminals often caught using their DNA?

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VOCABULARY UNIT 7

CRIME and CRIMINALS

armed robbery: robo armado

burglar: ladrón de joyería

burglary: robo en una joyería

CRIMINALS