Fill the gaps by using these key words from the text

C Detailed questions 
How many of the 17 accused were found guilty? 
Why did Sandra Cardoso go to the illegal clinic? 
Why was the trial held at the tennis club? 
Who told the women about the illegal clinics? 
What items did they leave while they tried to find the money to pay for the abortions? 
Where do most of the women come from? 
Why were they arrested? 
What, according to the article, is a significant factor in suicides in young people? 
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D Vocabulary practice 
Complete the table 
V
ERB 
N
OUN 
punish 
____________ 
____________ 
accusation 
operate 
____________ 
____________ 
organisation 
____________ 
theft 
decide 
____________ 
divide 
____________ 
____________ 
treatment 
E Grammar 
– The Passive. 
Read the notes below, and then answer the following questions. 
The past simple passive form:
Was started
Were started
(regular) 
Was eaten
Were eaten
(irregular) 
Examples of the past simple passive: 
a) 
The women were accused of having abortions
b) 
The nurse was sent to prison 
Uses 
bii) (He/she) sent the nurse to prison, 
In sentence b the nurse is the subject of the sentence. In bii the person who sends her to prison is the 
subject. In the passage the writer chooses to use the passive, as the nurse is more important in subject 
position. 
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ELEMENTARY 
Underline all of the examples of the past simple passive in the text. 
Complete each sentence in the passive. 
The police arrested many protesters. 
Many 
protesters were arrested (by the police)
They sent the protesters to jail. 
The 
protesters __________________
The scientists discovered a new cure for the disease. 
A 
new cure _______________
The teacher told students to read this book. 
Students ________
________ 
They built this library in 1987. 
The Library __________
_____ 
Someone fixed the broken window. 
The broken window _____________