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6. A goat named Gary had eaten the museum's flowerbed.

7. The police ordered Gary’s owner to pay a fine.

8. The owner brought Gary to the courthouse for his trial.

9.4 Using By with the Passive

a .In a passive sentence, use by + the agent Her roses were destroyed by insects.
when it is important to say who or what Agent
performed the action.

2.Sometimes the agent is clear from the Charles Dickens wrote many books. Oliver Twist was
context, so you do not need by + agent. written in the 1830s.

3. It is common to mention the agent when it is:
a. a number a. This magazine is read by millions of people.
X Many animal habitats are threatened by something.
b. a person’s name b. The portrait was painted by Picasso.
c. someone or something specific c. Many animal habitats are threatened by pollution.

5 Look at each verb and agent. Then complete the sentence with the correct form of the
verbs. Use the passive. If fhe agent is important, include by + the agent. If the agent is not
important, cross it out.

1. write / Jack London
The Call of the Wild was written by Jack London

2. pick / farmworkers
The peaches on this farm __ are picked __ in late summer.

3. release / people

The wolf into the wild last week.

4. visit / millions of tourists

The Taj Mahal in India every year.

5. steal / someone

My cell phone last night.
6. give / the president of South Africa

Tomorrow, an important speech

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