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    The first public telephone call using a portable radiotelephone was made in 1973. As the inventor Martin Cooper walked down the street talking on the phone, people looked amazed. In 1983, Motorola introduced the first commercial handheld cellular phone, the DynaTAC 8000x, which cost $3,500 each. Today there are more mobile subscribers than landline subscribers worldwide, and mobile phones are much lighter and can be purchased for as little as $35. Mobile phones are now used for more than just calls, including sending photos and receiving emails. In the future, mobile phones may be used for even more applications. Most people cannot leave home without a mobile phone.

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    The first public telephone call using a portable radiotelephone was made in 1973. As the inventor Martin Cooper walked down the street talking on the phone, people looked amazed. In 1983, Motorola introduced the first commercial handheld cellular phone, the DynaTAC 8000x, which cost $3,500 each. Today there are more mobile subscribers than landline subscribers worldwide, and mobile phones are much lighter and can be purchased for as little as $35. Mobile phones are now used for more than just calls, including sending photos and receiving emails. In the future, mobile phones may be used for even more applications. Most people cannot leave home without a mobile phone.

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    The first public telephone call using a portable radiotelephone was made in 1973. As the inventor Martin Cooper walked down the street talking on the phone, people looked amazed. In 1983, Motorola introduced the first commercial handheld cellular phone, the DynaTAC 8000x, which cost $3,500 each. Today there are more mobile subscribers than landline subscribers worldwide, and mobile phones are much lighter and can be purchased for as little as $35. Mobile phones are now used for more than just calls, including sending photos and receiving emails. In the future, mobile phones may be used for even more applications. Most people cannot leave home without a mobile phone.

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    The first public telephone call using a portable radiotelephone was made in 1973. As the inventor Martin Cooper walked down the street talking on the phone, people looked amazed. In 1983, Motorola introduced the first commercial handheld cellular phone, the DynaTAC 8000x, which cost $3,500 each. Today there are more mobile subscribers than landline subscribers worldwide, and mobile phones are much lighter and can be purchased for as little as $35. Mobile phones are now used for more than just calls, including sending photos and receiving emails. In the future, mobile phones may be used for even more applications. Most people cannot leave home without a mobile phone.

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    PASSIVE VOICE MORE PRACTICE

    Exercise 1 Read this article about the history of the mobile phone. Decide if the verbs need to be active or passive and put them in the right form.

    The first public telephone call on a portable radiotelephone (1) (make) on April 3rd, 1973 by Martin Cooper, one of a team of engineers in Motorolas Communication System Division. Previously people could only phone someone from a building or a car. Martin Cooper says, As I (2) (walk) down the street talking on the phone, New Yorkers (3) (look) . amazed at the sight of someone actually moving around while making a phone call. The phone that Cooper (4) (use) looked like a large brick. In 1983, the 28-ounce DynaTAC phone, the world first commercial handheld cellular phone (5) (introduce) . by Motorola. Each phone (6) (cost) . the consumer $3,500. Today there (7) (be) more mobile subscribers than the landline phone subscribers in the world, and mobiles (8) (weigh) very little and (9) (can buy) .. as little as $35. Mobile phone today (10) (use) . to send photos and receive emails as well as for making phone calls and text messaging. In the future, who knows what else mobile phones (11) (use) . for? Certainly most people (12) (not seem) able to leave home without one.

    Exercise 2 Complete the sentences using the verbs in bracket in the right form of passive voice 1. It (think) that more text messages (send) by girls than boys. 2. Bill Gates (say) .. to be the richest man in the world today. 3. One mobile phone (steal) . every three minutes in the UK. 4. Mobile phones (should/ switch off) in the cinema. 5. Yesterday Helen (tell) to switch her phone off during lectures. 6. When mobile phone (first design) ., security was a big issue. 7. Text messaging (often use) . because it is cheaper than phoning. 8. I (just call) .. by an old friend I havent seen for ages. 9. Mobiles (carry) .. by virtually everyone in the near future. 10. The photos (take) .. at the party last night using Alexs mobile phone.

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