transitive verb | adjective | passive | |||
divorce to marry adopt | to get | married (to) divorced (from) adopted (by) | married by to be divorced by adopted by | ||
to be | married divorced adopted | to get | married (to) divorced (from) adopted (by) | ||
biological parents adoptive parents a birth mother a married man a single man/bachelor nuclear/immediate family extended family blended family | Note that there are two passive forms: get + verb-ed and be + verb-ed |
1.Susan _______________ (divorce) her husband in 1978 when she learned that he had been cheating on her.
2.My husband and I ________________ (marry) by a justice of the peace instead of a priest.
3.They _______________ (adopt) the child from an orphanage.
4.He was married, but now he is __________________ (divorce).
5.They have two biological children and one ________________ (adopt) child.
6.Jim ____________ (marry) Alison in a big church.
7.They got _______________(marry) last year.
8.Angelina Jolie is dating a _____________________ (marry) man!
9.They _____________________ (married) since July.
10.When her ___________________ (adopt) mother dies, she started looking for her ______________ mother.