Quiz 5

Quiz 5	The passive of modal verbs “Get” passive vs. “be” passive
Q1.  Rewrite the sentences in passive.
1.   They should ban car alarms on city streets. ______________________________________________________________________ 2.   They shoun’t allow people to walk their dogs without a leash. _____________________________________________________________ 3.   They have to hire more police officers. _____________________________________________________________ 4.   They ought to encourage children to stay in school. ______________________________________________________________________ 5.   They could give freee anti-smoking classes to smokers.    ______________________________________________________________________ Note: (leash: a belt, a strap or cord for restraining (holding or keeping under control) and guiding a dog or other animal.
Q2. Match the crimes with the definitions. Write the letters.
1.  kidnapping            _____ 2.  jaywalking            _____ 3.  murder                 _____ 4.  armed robbery     _____ 5.  vandalism            _____ 6.  speeding              _____			a.  destroying or damaging property b.  driving too fast c.   taking someone captive d.  crossing the street in the wrong place e.  threatening someone with a gun or a knife while stealing. f.    Killing someone
Q3. Complete the statements. Use the verbs in the box with the get passive or be passive. More than one answer is possible.
Enforce  -     fine   -      put   -      sentence        -       videotape
1.   Many people who commit a crime for the first time shouldn’t go to prison. Instead, they should ___________________ on probation. 2.   After criminals are vonvected, they ___________________ by a jury. 3.   Be careful about jaywalking here. You could _________________ $ 50. 4.   Some people think that all laws should __________________ by the police. 5.   A lot of stores now have security cameras. Everyone in the store ______________________ .

Quiz 5				READING COMPREHENSION
Q1.  Read part of an online discussion about  joyriding .
Viewpoints: What Should We Do About Joyriding?
DanW			I’ve seen a lot of news reports lately about car crashes in our community, and many of them seem to involve stolen cars. I’m really angry and frustrated about this. Everyone knows that joyrides don’t usually get sent to prison. So that’s my solution: Put them in jail!
GenXr			Well, I think penalties for joyriding should be increased, but not for the joyriders themselves. Most of the time, these are kids who are joyriding in their parents’ cars. I mean, they’ve taken their parents’ cars without permission, but the parents are at least partly to blame (responsibility for a fault or wrong). So I think the parents should be fined.
Gailmd			One thing’s for sure – we don’t need more laws. After all, joyriding itself isn’t the problem – it’s the fact that many joy riders drive recklessly, have accidents, and sometimes hurt or kill other people. We already have laws against all that.  They just need to be better enforced (implemented).
BobbyinNY			We should consider the background that most joyriders come from. Most of them are young people from poor background. They’re joyriding because they don’t have anything better to do. We need to provide more money for youth programs so they can get involved in sports and things like that.
Read the statements and check (✓) the four arguments the participants use. Next to each argument you checked, write the screen name (protection name) of the person who suggested the argument.
	Joyriders aren’t the only people who should be held responsible.
	Unfortunately, there are no laws now against joyriding.
	People who joyride don’t have enough positive encouragement.
	Joyriders don’t drive recklessly, so joyriding isn’t really a problem.
	Not enough joyriders are sent to prison.
	Taking a car for a joyride is is a s bad as breaking into someone’s house.
	There are already enough laws to deal with this problem.
	Joyriding is punished too severely already.
Joyriding: the action or practice of driving fast and dangerously in a stolen car for enjoyment. Example: Many of the younger criminals have graduated from joyriding and burglary in their teens to crimes such as drug-dealing.