Thursday, March 3, 2011

Listen to the story carefully and discuss with your partners why passive causative or active past perfect forms have been used.


Yesterday was a typically unpredictable day in the life of detective Harry Sadler. Since Harry hadn't been able to eat at home, he got some breakfast brought up to his office from the cafeteria as soon as he arrived at work. After breakfast he e-mailed some digital photos of a crime scene to the lab to have them enlarged. He spent a couple of hours going over files and then left the office for the garage where he was getting his care tuned up. Harry's mechanic said that he should also have the windshield replaced. Harry agreed and arranged to pick the car up at the end of the day. At lunchtime he met with the members of his investigative team. Time was short, so they got lunch delivered from a nearby restaurant. They studied the evidence they had got analyzed by the police crime lab. They have completed the work by 2:00. After the meeting Harry spent a couple of hours writing a report by hand. He had finished the report by 4:00, so he then had it typed by his secretary. At 5:30 he left the office, picked up his car, and then met his wife for dinner and a movie. They were having their kitchen remodelled and couldn't do any cooking. At 11:00 P.M. they arrived home. It's a good thing Harry loves his work because it was another long, tiring, but interesting day.

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