The Passive (4) Passive "oice and #odal "erbs

Sometimes a modal verb can be used before the auxiliary verb: subject + modal verb + auxiliary verb (be) + main verb (past participle)

Teacher's Resource Book - We all %now we can)t allow the situation to continue - he situation .. - We)ll hold the next meeting in *ay. - he next meeting ... - +f course we must %eep the factory open - he factory ... - We should warn the staff - he staff ... - We ha'e to reduce costs - #osts ... - hey will ha'e to rebuild the entire front of the prototype. - he entire front of the prototype ... 2. Complete the following sentences with a modal verb (must have to can should !.) - ed)s flight from &msterdam too% more than ,, hours. - He ... -to be. exhausted after such a long flight. - he boo% is optional. *y professor said we could read it if we needed extra credit. /ut we ... -to read. it if we don)t want to. - Susan ... -not to hear. the spea%er because the crowd was cheering so loudly. - he tele'ision isn)t wor%ing. It ... -be. damaged during the mo'e. - 0ate1 ... you... hold. your breath for more than a minute" $ac%1 (o2 I can)t. -to

- He ought to be punished. - It cannot be necessary.

! Notice that modal verbs are always followed by the bare infinitive.

1. Put these sentences into the passive voice: - I can answer the question. - - She would carry the box. - - You should open the window. - - We might play cards. - - You ought to wash the car. - - He must fill in the form. - - hey need not buy bread. - - He could not read the sentence. - - Will the teacher test our !nglish" - - #ould $enny loc% the door" - - We all agree that we must ta%e action - &ction ... - We ought to ma%e things clear to them - hings ... - !'eryone agrees that the company will employ no more staff. - (o more staff...

- You ... -to be. rich to be a success. Some of the most successful people I %now ha'en)t got a penny to their name. - I)'e redone this math problem at least twenty times2 but my answer is wrong according to the answer %ey. he answer in the ... -to be. wrong3 4. You ... -to do. the 5ob if you didn)t spea% $apanese fluently. 6. You ... -to worry. so much. It doesn)t do you any good. !ither you get the 5ob2 or you don)t. If you don)t2 5ust apply for another one. !'entually2 you will find wor%.