Let's go; we ____ (wanted) here.
✅ are not wanted ❌ are not been wanted
- We need the present simple passive of the verb want: present simple of be (are) + past participle (wanted).
Five people ____ (injure) after a car crashed into a bus last night.
✅ were injured ❌ injured
- It is passive because we are saying what happened to the subject (five people).
Local authorities have informed that about 500,000 dollars ____ (steal) yesterday.
✅ were stolen ❌ was stolen
- It’s passive because we are saying what happened to the subject (almost 500,000 dollars).
We could ____ no-one to fix it.
✅ get ❌ have
- We can use the structures get + someone + to do something or have + someone + do something to talk about someone doing something for us.
You should have ____ (your car repaired) a long time ago.
✅ had your car repaired ❌your car repaired
- We can use have something done in any verb tense or form. Here we need a past modal because the meaning is past.
- The form of the past modal is should have + past participle. In this case we need the past participle of have: should have had something done.
They bought him a jacket. ⇒ A jacket ____
✅ was bought for him ❌ was bought to him
- In this case, we used the structure: Subject (=active direct object) + passive verb + for + indirect object.
- Some common verbs that are used with for + indirect object are: bring, buy, cook, find, get, make.