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Passive and phrasal verbs.

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  • Passive: The police assume that the arrested man has robbed the bank.
    The arrested man is assumed to have robbed the bank.
  • Phrasal verbs: cut a tree, so that it falls.
    cut down
  • If you can see to the drinks for the party, I'll take care___ the food.
    of
  • Phrasal verbs: produce and start to sell a new product.
    bring out
  • Phrasal verbs: stop being fresh.
    go off
  • The government should create posters to inform people___ the danger to the environment.
    about
  • He will report directly ___ the chief executive.
    to
  • Many people have reacted ___the situation by organising protests.
    to
  • Many people saw a well-known celebrity dining alone in a restaurant last night.
    A well-known celebrity was seen dining alone in a restaurant last night.
  • When I give my presentation, I will probably have to refer __my notes.
    to
  • Can you imagine somebody giving you a million euros?
    Can you imagine being given a million euros?
  • When will they have completed the exam?
    When will the exam have been completed?
  • I don’t have to go to the newsstand because the paper (deliver) to our house every day
    is delivered
  • Phrasal verbs: produce heat, a smell, a gas...
    give off
  • Phrasal verbs: Become extinct.
    die out
  • You can't always depend ___ flights arriving on time.
    on
  • Some plumbers have installed a new central heating system in our house.
    We have had a new central heating system installed in our house
  • Phrasal verbs: use all of something and not have any left.
    run out.
  • The dentist is going to take out one of his wisdom teeth
    he is going to have one of his wisdom teeth taken out
  • You need not clean the bathroom. It (clean/already) by someone else.
    has already been cleaned
  • He's been accused__ robbery.
    of
  • Phrasal verbs: become better after cloud or rain.
    clear up.
  • If you’d locked the door, nobody would have broken into the house.
    If the door had been locked, the house wouldn’t have been broken into.
  • Many believe that e-books are still not as popular as printed books.
    E-books are believed to be still not as popular as printed books.
  • Phrasal verbs: get rid of rubbish...
    throw away.
  • A carpenter is going to replace our windows tomorrow.
    we are going to have our windows replaced tomorrow
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