Language focus 1 L The passive: present simple, past simple and will 1 Complete the passive sentences. Active Passive Present simple They make this tap in This tap 1 is made in gold or silver. gold or silver. Electric fans don't cool The air 2 by the air. electric fans. Past simple We sold the first microwaves in 1946. Edison didn't invent the light bulb on his own. will They'll show the new range tomorrow. We won't use plugs in the future. The first microwaves 3 in 1946. The light bulb 4 by Edison on his own. The new range 5 tomorrow. Plugs 6 in the future. 2 Circle the correct options in the text. 3 ✰✰ Complete the sentences with the correct active or passive form of the verbs in brackets. 1 Experts predict that in 20 years' time 20% of shopping will be done (do) online. 2 Apparently, low-energy light bulbs (invent) by General Electric in the USA in the 1970s, but they (not manufacture) until the 1980s because they were very expensive. 3 Over a billion mobile phones. (sell) worldwide every year, and they all have a charger. I'm sure a lot of these chargers (not need). 4 Centuries ago, people in Africa and the Middle East (not use) candles. They used olive oil lamps instead. 5 In the future, products bought online robot delivery planes. the USA. (not deliver) in a van. Soon (test) in 6 The first TV remote control (make) in 1956. It used ultrasonic signals. Nowadays, infrared light (use), which is invisible to the human eye. 4 ✰✰✰ Complete the text with the correct passive form of the verbs in the box. Add by if necessary. hold injure order finish fly release add delay edit film Home World Health Tech news news news Film news The first video game, a table tennis game, 'invented/was invented by a physicist in 1958. This followed/was followed by more sport and space games and the first video arcade game ³released / was released in 1971. People said / were said it was too difficult to play! The first Nintendo home consoles Swent / was been on sale in the 1980s. However, in those days, many games 6played/ were played on PCs. In 1989, the first hand-held console 'saw / was seen in a few homes. Then in the 1990s PlayStation, still the most popular console, developed / was developed. Nowadays, many teenagers (and adults!) 'spend/ are spent hours playing many different kinds of video games at home, usually on games consoles. Sometimes tournaments 10play/are played on the Internet by people who never meet. I'm not sure what new games "will design / will be designed in the future, but I'm sure teenagers 12will find / will be found them exciting. Two months ago, the production of the new Jay Jones film' when Jay 2 was delayed an action scene and 3. for six weeks in a fall during to hospital by helicopter. He'd broken his ankle and 4 weeks. The action scenes in Botswana. his doctors to rest for six Now, Jay himself tells us that filming 6 to wait while the film and the special effects The film 9 year, and the premiere 10 Botswana. We can't wait! at last. However, we have Universal next in 48 Unit 5