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the passive voice in the simple present tense. Shopkeeper: Good morning. What can I do for you? Millie: Good morning. I?d like to buy a puter. Exercise 1 Shopkeeper: We?ve got many kinds of personal puters. This green one (1) ________ (call) Kiwi, and it (2)____ ________(design) especially for students. Millie: Where(3) ___ it ______(make)? is called is designed is made Shopkeeper: It (4)________ (make) in Shenzhen. Millie: (5) ___ it _____ (use) widely? Shopkeeper: Of course, very widely in Beijing. Millie: OK. I?ll think about it. is made Is used A2 Millie has just bought a puter like Simon’s. However, she does not know how to open her edictionary on the puter. She calls Simon and asks for help. Complete their conversation. Fill in the blanks using the passive voice in the simple past tense. Millie: Hi, Simon. I can?t open my new edictionary on my puter. Can you help me? Simon: Yes, of course. Did you close all the windows? Millie: Yes, all the windows(1)__________. Simon: Then restart the puter. Millie: It (2)_____________. were closed was restarted Simon: Did you check the settings? Millie: Yes, the settings (3) ___________. Simon: Did you connect the keyboard to the puter properly? Millie: Yes, the keyboard (4)_______ _________________. Simon: Did you double click on the ?autorun? icon after you put in the CDROM? were checked was connect properly Millie: Yes. The icon (5)___________ _______,but it still isn?t working. Simon: That?s really strange. Let me e and have a look later today. Millie: Thanks a lot, Simon. Simon: You?re wele. was doulbe clicked We can introduce the person who performs an action with the passive voice using “by” and the name(s) of the person (s) at the end of a passive sentence. . That CDROM was designed by Nancy Jackson. Passive voice with “by” Saving Princess Laura B1 Simon has bought a new educational CDROM called ‘Saving Princess Laura’. Before he can play the game, he must pass a test. Help Simon pass the test by rearranging the words to form correct sentences. Exercise 2 ____________________________________________________________ (was born/Princess Laura/18 years/ago/ Magic Land/in) Princess Laura was born in Magic Land 18 years ago. __________________________ _____________________________ when her hair grows to six feet long. (a magic wand/was given/ Princess Laura/but/it only works) A magic wand was given to Princ