PASSIVE AND CAUSATIVE HAVE 2E

Choose the correct option a−d to complete the sentences.

Sunglasses ___ worn not just to protect our eyes from the sun, but also as a fashion statement.

• is being

• are

• are being

• is

Sunglasses are such a symbolic icon that they ___ by filmmakers to create memorable characters.

• are often being used

• have often been used

• have often used

• are often used

Think of such movies as ‘Blues Brothers’ (1980), or ‘Matrix’ (1999). Millions of pairs of sunglasses ___ each year to those of us who admire these characters.

• are sold

• are being sold

• are selling

• sold

However, new styles of sunglasses ___ all the time in line with modern tastes and fashions.

• are being created

• have been created

• are creating

• are created

The key ingredient of modern sunglasses is ‘Polaroid’.

It ___ in 1929 by Edwin Land of Connecticut, USA.

• invented

• was invented

• was being invented

• was inventing

Although protective eye covering of various sorts ___ before that, it was Polaroid that really made sunglasses effective.

• has been used

• had used

• had been used

• has being used

In 1929, Land ___ ‘Polaroid Corporation’.

• founded

• was founded

• had been founded

• had founded

The company made it possible that sunglasses ___ on a large scale from that time on.

• were being manufactured

• had been manufactured

• could be manufactured

• were manufactured

What of the future for sunglasses? One day, perhaps technological features ___.

• will be added

• may add

• are added

• can add

Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Where necessary, use by to say who does / did the action.

Tourists spend a lot of money on good food.

(a)