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Look in the text and find and highlight (or underline) the following: 
1. An example of the past perfect passive. 
2. Two examples of the present simple passive. 
3. Three examples of the past simple passive. 
4. An example of the present perfect passive. 
5. Three examples of passives where the personal pronoun and the appropriate form 
of the verb 
to be
have been omitted for the sake of style.
Should whale-hunting be completely banned by international law? 

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Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2005 
Taken from the 
Magazine 
section in 
www.onestopenglish.com
KEY 
 
1 Key 
vocabulary 
1. scarce 
2. chewy 
3. bewildered 
4. whale 
5. sushi 
6. euphemism 
7. ban 
8. inundated 
2 
What do you know? 
1. F; 2. T; 3. F; 4. T; 5. T; 6. F 
3 Comprehension 
check 
1. c; 2. b; 3. b; 4. a 
4 
Vocabulary 1 - Find the word 
1. a stone’s throw from 
2. all the rage 
3. an acquired taste 
4. to offset 
5. widely available/easily available 
6. in luck 
7. sweltering 
8. discounts 
5 
Vocabulary 2 - Collocations 
1. d; 2. f; 3. b; 4. e; 5. a; 6. c 
6 
Grammar Focus - Passives 
1. I had been warned
2. it is remembered, is designated
3. was enjoyed, was given, were inundated 
4. it has been deep fried
5. (and) placed, (when) asked, (when) confronted

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