Ex. 62. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.

Ex. 62. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.

1. He lives in a small house. a) Somebody built it about forty years ago.

b) It was built about forty years ago.

2. English is worth learning. a) People speak it in a lot of countries.

b) It is spoken in a lot of countries.

3. He got a sport car, but he didn’t like it. a) So he sold it again.

b) So it was sold again.

4. My nephew is an artist. a) He has just painted another picture.

b) Another picture has just been painted by him.

5. The new Virginia Meyer film is marvellous.

a) They are showing it at our local cinema.

b) It is being shown at our local cinema.

 

Ex. 63. Choose the best sentence from each pair to build up a continuous text.

E.g.: a) How books are made?

b) How people make books?

1.  a) First of all, printers print big sheets of papers.

b) First of all, big sheets of papers are printed.

2.  a) Each sheet contains the text of a number of pages (e.g. 32).

b) Each text of a number of pages (e.g. 32) is contained in each sheet.

3.  a) People fold and cut the sheets to produce sections of the book.

b) The sheets are folded and cut to produce sections of the book.

4.  a) These sections are called signatures.

b) We call these sections signatures.

5.  a) The printers put all the signatures together in a correct order.

b) All the signatures are put together in a correct order.

6.  a) Then they are bound together and their edges are trimmed.

b) Then they bind the signatures together and trim the edges.

7.  a) Finally, the cover — which has been printed separately — is attached.

b) Finally, they attach the cover — which they have printed separately.

8.  a) Now the publishers can publish the book.

b) Now the book can be published.