Active - Passive - Unit 12 BE 3

Some verbs can only be used in the active:

Occur, rise, happen, arise, fall, exist, consist (of), depend (on), result (from).

Some verbs which often appear in the passive are:

(be) born, situate, design, estimate, base, test, accuse, jail, shoot, bother.

The result of the leadership contest was based on the boardroom vote.

The leadership contest was depended on the boardroom vote.

Where were you when the president was being shot?

The CEO has been accused of stealing funds from the pension fund.

They are depending on the CEO to show strong leadership.

He was jailed for six months.

I can’t bother (don’t care) to finish this report.

All the candidates need to be tested.

Problems may occur after the leadership vote.

The CEO’s strategy is based on her second book.

The president of the company was born in 1962.

The audience consist largely of senior executives.


 Competition:

A number of multinational enterprises (which are) taking advantage of lower wages and labor standards abroad is recently accused of practicing unfair competition.

Her last painting, Pink Rose, is going to be sold at auction tomorrow. Its value is estimated at $1m - $1.5m.

Currently, seven of the UK’s airports are owned by a company call the British Airport Authority.

Google was found by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.

Liquid petroleum gas, which is also known as propane, is essentially for domestic users who are not supplied with energy through pipes, for example because they live in remote areas.

There are rumours of a take over. Apparently, the matter is currently discussed at the highest levels.