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Read the following stories about Dr Jack Kevorkian. Then, in groups,complete the gaps with the correct verbs, in the passive voice. All the verbs needed are shown below with their definitions.

Passive Voice
All the verbs in the gaps are expressed in the passive voice in different tenses, including the infinitive. Below is a list of the missing verbs and their meanings. Check you answers with Text 4. From The Guardian. to be charged to be provided to be acquitted to be prosecuted to be cleared to be declared to be sentenced to be convicted to be regarded to be shown to be given to be officially accused of a crime by the police and sent for a trial eg. She was charged with theft. to be given something eg.The vitims of the earthquake were provided with blankets. to be found not guilty at a trial and freed. eg. She was acquitted of the charge of theft. to be tried in a court for a crime you are charged with. eg. She was prosecuted for murder in the High Court. to be found not guilty of a crime. eg. She has been cleared of the charge of theft. to be publicly acknowledged eg. He was declared to be bakrupt. to be given a punishment by a judge for a crime after being found guilty at a trial. eg. She was sentenced to four years imprisonment by the Judge. to be found guilty of a crime at a trial..eg. She was convicted of theft and sentenced to four years imprisonment. to be thought of as something. eg. She was regarded by friends as unlucky to receive a sentence of four years. The verb used for TV programmes. eg. The programme was first shown in 1997. Passive voice of give eg. He was given a life sentence.

1. From The Daily Telegraph: Monday 23 November 1998

Americans See Dr Death Kill on TV

AMERICAN TV viewers last night watched a terminally-ill cancer patient receiving a fatal injection from Dr Jack Kevorkian, known as "Dr Death" for his role in at least 120 assisted suicides. Footage showing the death of Thomas Youk, 52, from Detroit, _____ ______________ by Dr Kevorkian himself. It_____ ______________ on 60 Minutes, America's most-watched TV news magazine, despite several advertisers pulling out of the CBS broadcast in protest and criticism from church leaders. Dr Kevorkian, 70, a retired pathologist from Michigan who ______ _____ ______________ in 3 wrongful death trials, told viewers that this was the first time he had administered the lethal injection himself. He said that he expected_____ _____ ______________and hoped his trial would re-open the debate on euthanasia in America. He said that by denying terminally-ill patients the right to take their own lives, society was denying them their basic liberty. He said: "That's what I'm fighting for. I may end up suffering terribly. And if it helps everybody else, so be it. This could never be a crime in a society that deems itself enlightened. If I _____ ______________, I will starve to death in prison."

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2. From the Daily Telegraph: Wednesday 25 November 1998

Kevorkian charged over TV death

A DOCTOR______ _______ ______________ with the first-degree murder of a terminally-ill man. Helping other people kill themselves and euthanasia are crimes in the state of Michigan, where Jack Kevorkian _____ ______________ He has always said that by taping the death for television he hoped to create a confrontation with the state to get the law on assisted suicide and euthanasia changed. Dr Kevorkian, 70, has had a role in 130 assisted suicides since 1990 and has stood trial three times for five deaths in Michigan. He _____ ______________ each time, and a fourth trial _____ ______________ a mistrial. He says that Thomas Youk, the man he killed on television on Sept 17, was his first euthanasia. Mr Youk, 52, _____ ______________ lethal drug injections. Yesterday, CBS television said it would hand over the unedited tapes of Mr Youk's death to Michigan prosecutors who want to establish the level of Dr Kevorkian's involvement in the killing and whether Mr Youk agreed to it. 3. From The Daily Telegraph: Wednesday 14 April 1999

Dr Death jailed for man's TV suicide

JACK KEVORKIAN, the doctor champion of euthanasia and assisted suicides for the terminally ill, _____ ______________ to 10 to 25 years in prison yesterday for helping a man to kill himself on American television. Last month he _____ ______________ of second degree murder, a crime for which the maximum sentence is life imprisonment. Among his opponents, Kervorkian, known as Dr Death, ________ _________ ______________as lucky to have got off so lightly. His supporters, including the widow of his last patient, have called any penalty unfair. Before the sentencing in Michigan, Melody Youk, the widow of Thomas Youk, the man Kervorkian helped to die on television, appealed to Judge Jessica Cooper for compassion. She said of her husband: "He was not depressed, he was not a victim. He requested Dr Kervorkian's help and was grateful for it. He did not wish to be on a ventilator, nor completely dependent on others in a paralysed body. I was heartbroken to realise that in spite of our efforts, we had come to an end. I came to understand that it was selfish for me not to support him in his decision." Mr Youk, who had Lou Gehrig's disease, died by lethal injection. Kervorkian, 70, _____ ______________to an additional three to seven years for delivery of controlled substances. He has had a role in 130 assisted suicides since 1990 and has stood trial three times for five deaths in Michigan. He _____ ______________each time, and a fourth trial _____ ______________ a mistrial. After Mr Youk's death, he challenged state prosecutors, saying: "I want _____ _______ ______________ for euthanasia. I am going to prove that this is not a crime, ever."

4. From The Guardian: Tuesday 13 April 1999

Prison term for 'Dr Death'

A judge in the US state of Michigan has sentenced assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian to 10 to 25 years in prison for murder. "You had the audacity to go on national television, show the world what you did and dare the legal system to stop you. Well sir, consider yourself stopped," said Judge Jessica Cooper. "This trial was not about the political correctness of euthanasia. This was about you, sir," the judge added. Family pleads for clemency The defence had asked for a suspended sentence, citing the victim's family statements during the sentencing hearing and the Dr Kevorkian's age. He will be 71 in May. The retired pathologist says he has helped more than 130 people die since 1990. The wife and younger brother of Thomas Youk, the man Dr Kevorkian was convicted of killing, called on the judge to show compassion and grant the assisted suicide advocate clemency. "It troubles me that the jury has heard only one distorted version of this story, and I wonder aloud, 'can this be justice?'" said Thomas Youk's younger brother Terrence. Prosecutors asked for a minimum of a 10-year sentence. He has previously been acquitted by three juries on assisted suicide charges. A mistrial was declared in a fourth trial. "This case is about what Jack Kevorkian did, and what he did under the law under the state of Michigan is commit murder," the prosecutor said. Death on TV The judge and the prosecutor made a point that Kevorkian provided a videotape of Mr Youk's death to the television programme "60 Minutes," and challenged the legal system to stop him. Mr Youk suffered from a wasting disease. Before he died, he was confined to a wheelchair, and had difficulty breathing and eating. During Mrs Youk's statement, she said, "the tape was produced for no other reason than to show my husband's consent." Dr Kevorkian has previously threatened to go on hunger strike if convicted and jailed.