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Write the answer to the definition.

1. a person who is on trial for committing a crime. accused

2. a decision made in court, stating if somebody is guilty or not. verdict

3. a person in court who can decide how criminals should be punished. judge

4. to take somebody to the police station because the police believe they may be guilty of a crime. arrest

5. to ask somebody about something officially. question

6. the information that is used in court to try and prove something. evidence

7. the opposite of innocent. guilty

8. to decide and state in court that somebody is not guilty of a crime. acquit

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Crime and punishment | English File | Oxford University Press

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Students >English File >Upper-intermediate third edition >Vocabulary >Crime and punishment

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Lots of English grammar exercises and quizzes both online and in PDF to help you practise your English

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The passive voice - all tenses

Exercise 1

Choose the correct passive voice forms for each gap below.

The passive voice with the different tenses

In a passive sentence, the object of an active sentence becomes the subject. Then we have to use the verb be in the tense we need and add the past participle of the main verb after it. In a passive voice sentence, the subject is the receiver of the action, not the doer of the action.

They take the photos in Africa. (active)

The photos are taken in Africa. (passive)

You can see how to use the passive voice with different tenses below.

When do we use the passive voice?

In English, we us the passive voice when we don't know, or we don't want to talk about who or what does the action in a sentence. Check the following examples.

A bank was robbed yesterday. (=We don't know who robbed the bank.)

He was arrested last night. (=It's obvious that the police arrested him.)

I have been told that you insulted my brother. (=I don't want to say who told me.)

Jurassic Park was filmed by Spielberg in 1993. (=I'm talking about Jurassic Park and not about Spielberg.)

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The passive voice - all tenses - Test-English

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Gap-filling exercises, multiple choice exercises and clozes to review how the use of the passive voice in all tenses and verb forms.

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Students >English File Student's Site >Upper-intermediate third edition >Vocabulary >Verbs often confused

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Advanced Grammar | Past Modals Exercise | esl-lounge Student

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What's the difference between USED TO / BE USED TO / GET USED TO & WOULD?

USED TO / WOULD = Regular Habit in the Past

I used to/ would ride my bike after school every day.

I used to smoke. I would smoke.

I used to/ would smoke a packet of cigarettes every day.

TO BE USED TO + ING = Something is normal or not new for you

I'm used to walking to work. I've done it every day for the last 2 years.

I'm used to living by the sea. In fact, I've lived by the sea all my life.

He wasn't used to eating with chopsticks before he went to live in Japan.

TO GET USED TO + ING = The process of something becoming normal or not strange for you

She didn't like have her hair cut at first but she is getting used to it. (Her new hairstyle is becoming normal for her.)

He was very scared at first but he got used to driving his motorbike. (Driving a motorbike is normal for him now.)

She doesn't like animals but now she has got used to the cat. (The cat is not a problem for her anymore.)

Exercise 1: Multiple Choice
Exercise 2
Select all the verb forms which can be used to complete the sentence below.
Be careful. In some of the sentences, more than one answer is correct.

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BE USED TO / GET USED TO / WOULD EXERCISE

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What's the difference between USED TO / BE USED TO / GET USED TO & WOULD? USED TO / WOULD = Regular Habit in the Past I used to/ would ride my bike after school every day. I used to smoke. I would smoke. I used to/ would smoke a packet of cigarettes every day.

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Used to - Grammar Chart

Used to + infinitive

Repeated actions in the past

We can use used to + infinitive to talk about past habits or things that we did repeatedly in the past.

Situations or states that are no longer true

We can use used to + infinitive to talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which were true in the past, but they are no longer true.

Used to, didn't use to, did you use to

The negative form of used to + infinitive is didn't use to..., and we make questions with did you use to ...

I usually do (NOT I use to do)

Used to only has a past form. If we want to talk about present habits or things that we do repeatedly in the present, we should use usually, normally, often with present simple.

Be used to

If you are used to something or to doing something, you are accustomed to it. Maybe it's something that is new, strange or difficult, but you have done it for some time and now you don't find it new, strange or difficult any more. Be used to is a state, so it is never used in continuous forms. It's normally used in simple tenses.

Get used to

If you get used to something or to doing something, you become accustomed to something. Get used to something is the process of becoming used to something.

Used to + infinitive, be/get used to + -ing

The past verb used to is always followed by infinitive. The word to is part of the infinitive.

After be used to, or get used to, we use a noun or a - ing verb. The word to is a preposition, not part of an infinitive. That is why when a verb follows, it must take the - ing form.

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Usually, used to, be used to, get used to - Test-English

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Usually, used to, be used to, get used to. Present and past habits and states, and repeated situations. English intermediate grammar exercises.

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Listening practice - Upper intermediate part 2