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UNIT 9

Charts
3 Complete the sentences with passive gerunds, passive infinitives, get passives and the
9.5-9.6
correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
1. The old couple isn’t worried about being caught OR getting caught (catch) in the
hurricane. They aren't ready (evacuate). They hope

(leave) alone in their home until the hurricane is over.

2. The baby monkey (hurt) when it fell out of a tree.
Now it wants (pick up) by its mother. It’s asking

(feed) some fruit.

3. (trap) in a fire can be very dangerous. If you play
with fire in your home, you risk (burn) very badly.

A fire (start) in a house last week by five children
who were playing with matches. Luckily, the children

(rescue) by a firefighter. The firefighter (promote)
after she saved the children.

Charts 4 EDIT. Read the text. Find and correct seven more errors with passives.
9.1-9.6

Good News for Gray Seals, or Is It?

been
Good news for the gray seal population has announced. Seal populations are being
grown off the north Atlantic coast of the United States. For many years, seals killed for
their skins, oil, and meat. However, since 1972, they have be protected by U.S. law, and
they cannot be killed. Many people worry, however, that the seal population is getting

out of control, and that nothing will been done to manage it. Fishermen are complaining
because large amounts of fish are eating by the seals. In addition, there is the shark
problem. Sharks like to eat seals, so when seals move into an area, sharks usually
follow. In fact, many more sharks can be seen in the areas where seal populations have

increased. Naturally, swimmers are concerned about to be attacked by sharks. Swimmer
Jon Turner says, “It’s great that the gray seal population has come back, but now I have to
be careful not to get bite by a shark!”

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