Use Future Simple Passive instead of the infinitives in brackets.

Example: The Judicial Studies Board organizes separate training courses for judges who (to ask) to try criminal, civil, and family cases.

The Judicial Studies Board organizes separate training courses for judges who will be asked to try criminal, civil, and family cases.

 

1) The police (to expect) _______________ to investigate the case thoroughly.

2) Each case that comes before the courts (to base) _______________ upon different facts.

3) Before trial a defendant (to charge) __________­­­­_____ with an offence.

4) Anyone who breaks a law (to take) _______________ to court.

5) The appeals in civil cases each (to hear) _______________ by three Lord Justices.

6) Jurors (to swear) ________________ on the holy book of their religion.

7) Complaints against the police carefully (to investigate) __________________.

8) Your name (to select) ________________at random and (to place) ______________ on a list of potential jurors.

9) An innocent man (to hang) ________________.

10) New courts (to add) _________________ to our system of justice.

7. Make the sentences passive according to the pattern. Use by where necessary.

Example: A Police Authority supervises each police force.

Each police force is supervised by a Police Authority.

1) Bertillion made the problem of identifying criminals much easier.

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2) The court gave him a sentence of three months in prison.

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3) The criminologists used photography to identify criminals.

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4) Fingerprinting soon replaced photography.

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5) The church forbade priests to take part in a trial.

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6) Someone shot Lee Harvey Oswald dead before he could be brought to trial.

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7) A number of disciplinary sanctions maintain control of the prison.

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8) The Government supports most of the amendments.

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9) The plotters stabbed Caesar to death on the steps of the Capitol.

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10) His brother David brought the notorious terrorist to justice.

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Choose the correct alternative.

Example: The Ripper was/were never caught and his identity remains a mystery.

The Ripper was never caught and his identity remains a mystery.

In many countries the constitution is/are written down.

In many countries the constitution is written down.

 

1) The area was/were named after the residence of Scottish kings in London.

2) Many hundreds of criminals was/were caught in the first years of the system’s operation.

3) Trial by jury was/were brought to England by the Normans in 1066.

4) At first the jury was/were made up of local people who knew the defendant.

5) One of the world’s shortest wills was/were left by an Englishman named Dickens.

6) An offender’s time in prison is/are usually reduced as a reward for good behavior.

7) In Britain young offenders is/are held in reformatories.

8) Large amounts of money is/are spent on locking people up.

9) He was/were sent to Devil’s Island, the French prison colony off the coast of Guiana.

10) Titles of Hereditary peers is/are passed down from generation to generation.

 

Make up sentences using the prompts.

Example: are employed/ Some/ by companies/ directly/ barristers.

Some barristers are employed directly by companies.

1) were executed/ there/ Several/ during/ spies/ World War I.

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2) the tower/ was taken/ on a charge of/ Anne Boleyn/ to/ adultery.

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3) of people/ are imprisoned/ conditions/ Hundreds of thousands/ in inhumane.

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4) When/ was searched/ the house/ her dismembered body/ in a cellar/ was discovered.

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5) of the Peers/ of the Realm/ The House of Lords/ is made up.

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6) own/ Ma Barker`s gang/ of her/ was composed/ four sons.

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7) executions/ to keep/ were employed/ order/ Constables/ at public.

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8) list of/ A weekly/ is published/ in the Police Gazette/ wanted criminals.

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9) a modest wage/ were provided/ Policemen/ with accommodation/ and.

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10) in the laboratories/ Police officers/ to work/ are also trained.

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Match the parts of the sentences.

1) He was executed	a) sheriff to capture Billy the Kid.
2) Pat Garrett was elected	b) are represented by lawyers.
3) The lawsuit is started	c) was drawn up in 1992.
4) In England legal profession	d) by hanging on 31st January 1606.
5) The clients	e) by filing a paper called a complaint.
6) The Constitution of South Africa	f) three terms: Autumn, Easter and Summer.
7) In 1932 Hitler was appointed	g) is divided into two types of lawyers.
8) The judges as a whole are called	h) were made of human hair.
9) The legal year is divided into	i) the judiciary.
10) At first wigs	j) chancellor of Germany.