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The passive

Using the passive; active and passive verb forms; passive forms
of verbs with two objects; get + past participle; get/have + object
+ past participle

Context listenin

I IM You are going to hear an interview with a government minister talking about crime statistics.
Before you listen, look at these newspaper headlines and match them with the crimes they refer to.

1 a STREET ART b
burglary
More kids attacked
SPRAYED
firearm offences
2 in mobile thefts
IN CAPITAL
3 [
street crime
car crime
4 Gang linked to e VEHICLE THEFT I
[c GUN CONTROLS FAILING,
SAYS POLICE CHIEF
5 500 break-ins COST £800M
vandalism
ign Listen to the interview. Which crimes are mentioned?
m
Listen again. According to the minister, are these statements true (T) or false (F)?
1
The chance of being a victim of crime has fallen by 40% in the last ten years. T
2
Peter Miles appointed a new head of the police service.
3
The government has spent a lot of money on CCTV.
4
The government copied the Make Amends scheme from another country.
5
More people get mugged now than ten years ago.
More people sell drugs now than ten years ago.
6
7
The figures in the report are completely accurate.
8 Violent crime is on the increase.
1.4 Q3) Listen again and complete these extracts with the exact words used in the recording.
Are the verbs you have written in an active form or a passive form?
Yes, indeed, I was delighted when I
1 the figures.
2 during the last ten years
This has meant that a much higher proportion of offenders
than ever before.
3 less graffiti in city centres, for example.
People
4
These
a particular target for street robbers.
selling
drugs.
5 Well, its certainly true that more people
6 If I can give a personal example, my house
last week.
only
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