What will the legal profession look like in 20 years? ⇐ ПредыдущаяСтр 13 из 19Следующая ⇒   Specialist lawyers……..actually (carry out) the litigation or transaction work. All filing with courts and government agencies …………… (do) electronically. Documents ………. (exchange) in online portals or extranets. Meetings ………. (hold) entirely by video conference. With the globalisation of the economy, law firms ……. (develop) global connections. They………… (conduct) virtual operations. Their attorneys ………. (work) remotely and ……… (connect) to a central office by fax, email, the Web and phone. All services ………… (price) on a fixed-fee basis. Clients ………. (search) for lawyers using free online databases. Exercise 8. Correct the mistakes.   1. The client are being interviewed by the lawyer at the moment. 2. He is often being asked to help with paper work. 3. The contract will automatically renewed. 4. Does the contract being negotiated at the moment? 5. Why is he being criticise? 6. When the contract will be sighed? The Passive Present Perfect Positive

subject

Have/ has been

past participle

The office        has been           clean ed

Negative

subject

Have / has not been

past participle

The office   hasn’t been       clean ed

Questions

Have/ has

subject + been

past participle

Has the office been            clean ed?

Past Simple

Positive

subject

Was / were

past participle

The office        was                  clean ed

Negative

subject

Was not / were not Wasn’t / weren’t

past participle

The office    wasn’t                  clean ed

Questions

Was / were

subject

past participle

Was          the office  clean ed?

Past Continuous

Positive

subject

Was/ were being

past participle

The office    was being            clean ed

Negative

subject

Wasn’t/ weren’t being

past participle

The office        wasn’t being      clean ed

Questions

Was/ were

subject + being

past participle

Was          the office   being    clean ed?

Past Perfect

Positive

subject

Had been

past participle

The office        had been           clean ed

Negative

subject

Had not / hadn’t been

past participle

The office   hadn’t been       clean ed

Questions

Had

subject + been

past participle

Had the office been            clean ed?

Exercise 9. Complete the sentences with the present perfect active or passive form of the verbs in brackets.

1. The company …… already ………… (convict) of unfair commercial practices.

2. Since April Google …………….. (investigate) by the EU officials.

3. The number of women in the legal professions ……………(increase) dramatically since 1970s.

4. Much attention …………. (pay) to the lack of working-class people, ethnic minorities and women in the legal profession.

5. High salaries in the legal profession ………recently…… (prove) by statistics.

6. ………. you ever ……… unfairly ………… (fire)?

7. ……….. you ever ……….. (wonder) what it takes to be a lawyer?

Exercise 10. Rewrite the sentences in the present perfect passive.

a. Have they already signed the contract?

…………………………………………………………………

b. She hasn’t completed her report yet.

…………………………………………………………………

c. The court has recently awarded him 10 000$ in compensatory damages. ……………………………………………………….

d. Toyota Motor Corp. has finally reached a settlement with the plaintiffs. ………………………………………………………

e. She has already taken her LSAT test.

…………………………………………………………………...

f. Since 2015 foreign investors have filed more than 10 lawsuits in federal court. …………………………………………………

g. Why has the judge dismissed this case?

…………………………………………………………………..

Exercise 11. Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use the past simple passive.

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