Ex. 18. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable tense in the passive.

The building at the top of the High Street is Barford Hall. It (build) in 1827 and today it (regard) as the finest Georgian building in the country. A number of changes (make) since it was built, but the front of the building (not change). Today the Hall (own) by Bardale Council, and for the last ten years it (use) as a home for Barford Arts Centre. At the moment a small art gallery (build) behind the Hall.

 

Ex. 19. Put the verbs into a suitable tense in the passive. Dramatise the dialogue. Rewrite the dialogue in the Reported Speech.

MARY:

NEIL:

MARY:

 

NEIL:

MARY:

 

NEIL:

MARY:

 

NEIL:

MARY:

NEIL:

 

MARY:

NEIL:

 

MARY:

 

 

Hi! I’m back. Sorry I’m late.

Hello. What kept you?

I had to use the ring road and I (stick) in a traffic jam for forty minutes.

Why didn’t you use the usual route?

Because the road (close) until work on the access road to the new hospital (complete).

When is it due to (finish)?

Well, the access road (open) by the Mayor next week, according to the newspaper, and the Health Minister (invite) to open the hospital on the same day, but they don’t know yet whether she’s definitely coming.

A lot of money (waste) if she doesn’t come.

Why is that?

Haven’t you seen all those rose bushes that (plant) round the hospital?

So? They’ll be lovely for the patients.

But the patients won’t bee able to see them, because they’re round the entrance, and the wards look out in the other direction. A lot of people protested about it, but all their complains (ignore) until it was too late.

If they had money to spare, it (spend) on facilities for patients, not on making the front look pretty for the Minister.

NEIL:

 

MARY:

NEIL:

Absolutely. It’s typical of this local council. They (elect) to save money, but they do just the opposite.

Perhaps they (throw) out at the next election.

I hope so. Now, are you ready for supper?