Trevor Cole is a newsreader for a national television station. Every day, he is given notes on all of the stories in the news bulletin. Look at the prompts and make full sentences using the passive, as in the example.
e.g. Japan was hit by a big earthquake during the night…


Japan/ hit/ a big earthquake during the night/a few people/hurt – help/already send/ Red Cross.




Burley’s Bank/ rob/ this morning/ $500,000/ steal – two suspects/ question/ the police.




A diamond ring/ find/ the garden/ Mrs. Mary Silver/ yesterday – it/ lose/ for twenty years.




Another gold medal/ win/ British athlete, Terry Black – he/ award/ the medal for breaking the world record in the 100m race.




Tonight’s charity football match/ cancel – half the players/ take/ to hospital suffering from food poisoning – a new date for the match/ set/ tomorrow.