• E Grammar – The Passive.
  • F Discussion
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    C Detailed questions
    1. How many of the 17 accused were found guilty?
    2. Why did Sandra Cardoso go to the illegal clinic?
    3. Why was the trial held at the tennis club?
    4. Who told the women about the illegal clinics?
    5. What items did they leave while they tried to find the money to pay for the abortions?
    6. Where do most of the women come from?
    7. Why were they arrested?
    8. What, according to the article, is a significant factor in suicides in young people?
    Portuguese nurse who ran abortion clinic jailed
    L E V E L O N E
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    E L E M E N TA RY

    © onestopenglish.com 2002 3 This page can be photocopied.
    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. 
    Portuguese nurse who ran abortion clinic jailed
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    E L E M E N TA RY

    © onestopenglish.com 2002 4 This page can be photocopied.
    1. Underline all of the examples of the past simple passive in the text.
    2. Complete each sentence in the passive.
    a) The police arrested many protesters.
    Many protesters were arrested (by the police)
    b) They sent the protesters to jail.
    The protesters __________________
    c) The scientists discovered a new cure for the disease.
    A new cure _______________ 
    d) The teacher told students to read this book.
    Students ________
    ________
    e) They built this library in 1987.
    The Library __________
    _____
    f) Someone fixed the broken window.
    The broken window _____________
    F Discussion
    Should abortion be legally available everywhere? Why do some people think abortion should
    be illegal?
    Portuguese nurse who ran abortion clinic jailed
    L E V E L O N E
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    E L E M E N TA RY

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    www.onestopenglish.com

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