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9 Read the headlines. Then complete the sentences using the passive. Use the correct form of
the verb. Add by when necessary.
1. LION-MEAT BAN PROPOSED
A ban on lion meat
2. SWORDFISH EYEBALL FOUND ON FLORIDA BEACH
A swordfish eyeball on a Florida beach.
3. SINGING MICE OBSERVED IN 2005 STUDY
Singing mice in a 2005 study.
4. BRAZILIAN FAMILY RAISING TIGER
A tiger
5. THREE BILLION BIRDS KILLED EVERY YEAR; CATS TO BLAME
Three billion birds every year.
6. 68 BURMESE PYTHONS CAUGHT IN FLORIDA
Sixty-eight Burmese python snakes in Florida.
7. REPAIRMAN DISCOVERS BEAR IN BASEMENT
A bear last Tuesday.
APPLY.
Listen to the conversation. Which headline in exercise 9 is the conversation about?
Complete the sentences. Use the passive form of six of the verbs from the box. Add not and
by when necessary.
bite catch chase contact
find give release repair
was found
Last Tuesday a 500-pound black bear (1) in the basement
of a home near the state park. A repairman discovered the bear while he was working in
the basement. The repairman ran out, and fortunately he (2)
the bear or hurt in any other way. The animal contro] department (3)
and some officers came right away. They shot the bear with tranquilizers. The tranquilizers
were not effective at first, and the bear managed to escape. The bear
(4) for nearly 45 minutes before it
(5) . The bear (6) into
the wild after it (7) a medical exam.
Work with a partner. Use your imagination to write a news report for another headline from
exercise 9. Use the report in exercise B as a model.
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