Change the sentences from the Passive into the Active voice

4. Change the sentences from the Passive into the Active voice

The budget must be approved by the engineering manager and the chief engineer. __the engineering manager and the chief engineer should approved the budget

Instructions will be given to you by the director.

the director will give you instructions_

The Grand Canyon is viewed by thousands of tourists every year.

thousands of tourists every yearviewedThe Grand Canyon

The metal beams were eventually corroded by the salt water.

thesalt watereventually corrodedThe metal beams

The comet was viewed by the science class.

the science classviewedThe comet

II. Reading Civil engineering

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1. Read this article about Civil engineering and circle (true) or F (false).

1) Engineers are the ones who have received professional training inpure and applied science T /

2) Civil engineers don’t build the world’s infrastructure /F

3) In the 18th century, however, the term “civil engineering”

came into use to describe engineering work that was performed by civilians for nonmilitary purposes. T /

4) Engineering is a term applied to the profession in which a knowledge of the biological sciences  /F

5) Military engineering involved such work as the preparation of topographical maps and the location T /

2. Read the text and answer the following questions.

1.Civil engineers builds the world’s infrastructure.

2. Civil engineering focuses on the infrastructure of the world which include Water works, Sewers, Dams, Power Plants, TransmissionTowers Lines, Railroads, Highways, Bridges, Tunnels, Irrigation Canals, River Navigation,Shipping Canals, Traffic Control, Mass Transit, Airport Runways, Terminals, Industrial Plant Buildings,Skyscrapers, etc.

3.Before the middle of the 18th century, large scale construction work was usually placed in the hands of military engineers.

4.Among the important subdivisions of the field are construction engineering, irrigation engineering,transportation engineering, soils and foundation engineering, geodetic engineering, hydraulic engineering, and coastal and ocean engineering.

5.In the 18th century, however, the term civil engineering came into use to describe engineering work that was performed by civilians for non military purposes.