Put the verbs into a suitable tense in the passive.
Mary has just arrived home from work. Neil is already there.
Mary: Hi! I’m back. Sorry, I’m late.
Neil: What kept you?
Mary: I had to use the ring road and I … (stick) in a traffic jam for forty minutes.
Neil: Why didn’t you use the usual route?
Mary: Because the road … (close) until work on the access road to the new hospital ... (complete).
Neil: When is it due to … (finish)?
Mary: Well, the access road … (open) by the Mayor next week, according to the newspaper, and the Health Minister … (invite) to open the hospital on the same day, but they don’t know yet whether she’s definitely coming.
Neil: A lot of money … (waste) if she doesn’t come.
Mary: Why’s that?
Neil: Haven’t you seen all those rose bushes that … (plant) round the hospital?
Mary: So? They’ll be lovely for the patients.
Neil: But the patients won’t be able to see them, because they are round the entrance, and the wards look out in the other direction. A lot of people protested about it, but all their complaints … (ignore) until it was too late.
Mary: If they had money to spare, it … (spend) on facilities for patients, not on making the front look pretty for the Minister.
Neil: Absolutely. It’s typical of this local council. They … (elect) to save money, but they do just the opposite.
Mary: Perhaps they … (throw) out at the next election.
Neil: I hope so. Now, are you ready for supper?