In pairs, answer the questions.

1. Do you consider yourself to be a ‘sporty’ person? Why?/Why not?

2. Which sports do you particularly enjoy/not enjoy watching on TV?

3. In your opinion, is it better to go to a football stadium to see a match or watch it live on TV? Why?

4. Has your national team ever played in the World Cup? How did they do?

Module 2. Unit 2.

Medical service

GRAMMAR

Passive Voice: transitive, intransitive verbs, uses, reporting verbs, have/get something done

Passive voice

The passive voice expresses what happens to the subject.

It is formed with to be + past participle

Infinitive

active: (to) do/clean/see etc. Somebody wil1 clean the room later.

passive: (to) be done/cleaned/seen etc. The room will be cleaned later.

The situation is serious. Something must be done before iťs too late. .

A mystery is something that can't be explained.

The music was very loud and could be heard from a long way away.

A new supermarket is going to be built next year.

Please go away. I want to be left alone.

Perfect infinitive

active: have done/cleaned/seen etc. Somebody should have cleaned the room.

passive: have been done/cleaned/seen etc.. The room should have been cleaned. .

I haven't received the letter yet. It might have been sent to the wrong address.

If you hadn't left the car unlocked, it wouldn't have been stolen.

There were some problems at first but they seem to have been solved.

Present perfect

active: have/has (done) The room looks nice. Somebody has cleaned it.

passive: have/has been (done) The room looks nice. It has been cleaned.

Have you heard the news? The President has been shot! .

Have you ever been bitten by a dog?

Are you going to the party?' 'No, I haven't been invited.'

Past perfect

active: had (done) The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it.

passive: had been (done) The room looked nice. It had been cleaned. .

The vegetables didn't taste very good. They had been cooked for too long. .

The car was three years old but hadn't been used very much.

Present continuous

active: am/is/are {do)ing Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment.

passive: am/is/are being (done) The room is being cleaned at the moment."

There's somebody walking behind us. I think we are being followed.

(in a shop) 'Can I help you, madam?' 'No, thank you. I'm being served.'

Past continuous

active: was/were(do)ing Somebody was cleaning the room when I arrived.

passive: was/were being (done) The room was being cleaned when I arrived.

There was somebody walking behind us. We were being followed.

Some verbs can have 2 objects .e.g. give:

We gave the policethe information – it is possible to make 2 passive sentences:

The police were given the information.

The information was given to the police.

Other verbs with 2 objects are: ask, offer, pay, show, teach, tell

Passive with –ing forms:

I don´t like being told what to do.

He hates being kept waiting.

We climbed over the wall without being seen.

to have something done

Form

Subject +has/have+object past particle James has his car cleaned every week.

Use

To describe an action which I (or you, he, she,etc.) arrange but do not do myself:

I had my suit cleaned last week.

She’s going to have her house repaired by the Council.

Notes

All tenses are possible:

I’m having my house painted at the moment. (present continuous)

I’ve had the car fixed (present perfect)

I’ll have your coat cleaned for you (future)

Practice

Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.

1 Tea was invented

2 The euro is used

3 Hydrogen (H2 ) was discovered

4 The women's football world cup is held

5 The Fiat car company was started

6 Dracula was written

7 Most coffee beans are grown

8 President Lincoln was killed

9 The original hamburgers were cooked

10 In 2002 water was found by Henry Cavendish, on Mars.

Listening

Sports news on the radio.

Listen and answer either Yes or No for each question. Then listen again to check.

1. Did Diego Garcia play well last year? ____

2. Does Diego Garcia know who he is playing in the final?  ____

3. Was the weather in France nice today? ____

4. Was the weather in Tennessee nice today? ___

5. Are foreign players playing in the golf tournament?  _____

6. Will the Jaguar driver start in first position in the race tomorrow? _____

7. You bet $10 on a victory for Pittsburgh. Are you happy today? ____ 8. Did Chicago win today? ____