Now go back to page 18 to read aloud and discover in the text all examples of the present perfect passive voice.

As the years have gone by, I have been made smaller and smaller. Since then, my family and I have been used by billions of people to deal with information with each other around the world by the Internet. 6. Discovering useful structure

We shall do grammar exercises 1, 2 and 3 on page 21.

7. Closing down by doing a quiz

Correct the mistakes in these passive voice sentences

Example: The house was build in 1880. (correct = The house was built in 1880.)

1. 3000 employees were laying off.

2. A story will made up.

3. An idea was putted forward for discussion.

4. Has the book been give back to you yet?

5. My bank loan will be payed off in five years time.

6. Nothing can be hold against me.

7. Our allies will be lend support.

8. She has never heard of.

9. She was being knocked down by a bus.

10. She was letted off with a fine.

11. The candle was blow out by the draught.

12. The criminal were locked up.

13. The flood water was be kept back by barriers.

14. The inconvenience will made up for by this money.

15. The keys must have been being left behind.

16. The old cinema is being pull down.

17. The protesters being held back by the police.

18. The road was blocking off.

19. Thirty more people were laid off last week.

20. Your jacket can be hang up over there.