内容正文:
Grammar and usage
Passive voice in the past continuous and perfect tenses
Sports culture
UNIT
2
Revision:
The World Cup __________________ (hold)
in Qatar now.
Our classroom _____________________(clean).
You needn’t clean it now.
is being held
has been cleaned
Go through the blog post again and complete the table in part A.
Passive voice in the past continuous tense
Passive voice in the past perfect tense ..., I reflected on what had just been achieved.
A Exploring the rules
... a city half-marathon for amateurs was being organized ..., even though my limits were being tested like never before.
I was happy to learn that a lot of money had been raised for charity.
The passive voice in the past continuous tense is used to refer to an action being done at a specific time in the past. The verb form is “(1) _______________________”.
The passive voice in the past perfect tense is used to express an action completed before a past time. The verb form is
“(2) ______________________”.
was/were being done
had been done
Working out the rules
B Applying the rules
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs.
B 1
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1. It was an amazing achievement for a player who ______________ (injure) so recently.
2. The swimming pool _____________________________ (clean) thoroughly the day before the competition began.
3. He felt that his talents ___________________(waste) as a basketball player and was eager for a change.
had been injured
had been cleaned/was cleaned
were being wasted
B Applying the rules
Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the verbs.
B 1
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4. Tom was told that his teammate won the race while he ____________________(treat) by the team doctor.
5.Photos of the riders ___________________________(take) before they got on their horses.
was being treated
had been taken/were taken
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the verbs.
B 2
By the time Cathy and I, together with other volunteers for the city half-marathon, arr