Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

The passive is generally used when the focus of interest is more upon what is done or who or what it is done to . (The active focuses on who or what does something.) 1 when we want to emphasise that the passive action is continuing in the present. 2 when we want to emphasise that the passive action was going on at a certain time in the past. We frequently use the progressive form of the passive in the following cases: We often use the -ing form (gerund) in the passive after certain verbs expressing like or dislike . Progressive aspects of the passive Passive after certain verbs Examples: He has been stopped by the police 35 times. One day last year, Mr Josephs was stopped on his way to work, on his way home and on his way out that evening. Every time I am stopped , people see me and think I must have done something wrong. A spokesman for the West Midlands police agreed that Mr Josephs had been stopped on numerous occasions. Examples: What is being done to improve race relations? Even now, many black people are still being stopped by the police. He is still being harassed by the police. People stared while he was being arrested . Choose the correct meaning for the words in bold type from the text. 22 Grammar station: Revision note about the use of the passive 23 1 He does not even drive a flash car. a with a lot of lights b expensive-looking, big and bright 4 He says the police have made him a nervous wreck . a person whose confidence has been destroyed b a terrifying person 3 He has taken the West Midlands police to court   for harassment . a money in compensation for wrong suffered b repeated unpleasant and often threatening       behaviour 5 They will insist that officers were only doing their   job every time they pulled Mr Josephs over . a to order someone to raise their hands b to order a car to stop 6 People from ethnic minorities make up only about   10 per cent of the area’s population a to form, constitute b to tell lies about 2 They cannot believe there is a black man without a criminal record . a official list of crimes commited b illegal music album compensation: Entschädigung, Wiedergutmachung wrong: hier: Unrecht 88 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv