Words in the News Intermediate Lesson 10

Today we are going to learn: Key vocabulary in the news Passive Voice in the news

Words from the news story To pull faces wallet A courtroom India accused of robbing a police officer A market face a sentence of three years Two chimpanzees local zoo

News Story Last Friday a court in India, was thrown into laughter as two chimpanzees were escorted into the room. The two monkeys were accused of robbing a police officer in a market.

News Story The police officer claimed that he was going to pay for bananas when he was distracted by a monkey pulling faces at him while another monkey robbed him of his wallet.

News Story After that, the monkeys threw the wallet to a man, who immediately ran away and is now at large. The monkeys were arrested and are now facing a sentence of three years in the local zoo.

Crime sequence To commit a crime To rob someone of a wallet/to steal To be suspected* To be questioned To be arrested To be charged with robbery* To face a sentence of ..years To be sentenced to ..years of To be found guilty/innocent*

Glossary: To accuse – to say someone did it. To be suspected of a crime – police think you did it. To be charged with a crime – police have some information and they can prove that you did it.

Passive PASSIVE: The two monkeys were accused of robbing a police officer. Who accused the monkeys? Why don’t we mention it? Subject: two monkeys Verb: were accused Doer: police We use Passive when the doer is not the subject of the sentence. Passive is used a lot when the subject or the doer of the action is obvious. In the news, we often know that things were done by the reporters, police, etc. ACTIVE: The police accused the two monkeys of robbing a police officer.

Object + to be + 3rd form of the verb + by (doer) Active Passive The police accused the monkeys. The monkeys were accused. The monkeys threw the court into laughter. The court was thrown into laughter. The guards escorted the monkeys. The monkeys were escorted into the room. The police have not found the owner of the monkeys. The owner of the monkeys has not been found. Past Simple: was/were + 3rd form Present Perfect: has/have been + 3rd form Present Continuous: is/are being + 3rd form Present Simple: is/are + 3rd form Future: will be + 3rd form

Find more Passive in our news story and decide why it was used Last Friday a court in India was thrown into confusion and laughter. Two chimpanzees were escorted into the room. He was distracted by a monkey pulling faces at him. The monkeys were arrested.

Passive verbs in the news Beaten (beat) Found (find) Injured (injure) Killed (kill) Attacked (attack) Shot (shoot) Damaged (damage) Stolen (steal) Fired (fire) = laid off (to lay off) Discovered (discover)

Three people were/have been killed in a car accident. Three people killed in a car accident. 2000 workers were laid off as the factory shut down. 2000 workers laid off as the factory shuts down.

Practice 1 Make sentence from the news using Passive and choosing the right tense. Robber-find-in a suitcase-on board a plane. Circus owner-fined-for not locking the circus door. New kind of virus-discover-on the Moon. Prime Minister-charge-with-killing a cat. Lego-accuse of-making violent toys. Shahtar-beat-by Dynamo-2:1. He-question-by the police- at the moment. More Wifi hotspots-install-in Kreshatik next month.

Practice 1 Answers A robber was found in a suitcase on board a plane. Circus owner was fined for not locking the circus door. New kind of virus has been discovered on the Moon. Prime Minister will be charged/was charged with killing a cat. Lego was accused of making violent toys. Shahtar was beaten by Dynamo 2:1. He is being questioned by the police at the moment. More Wifi hotspots will be installed in Kreshatik next month.

Today we have learned: Key vocabulary in the news Passive Voice in the news