Ex. 62. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.
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- We use the infinitive after modal verbs and a number of other verbs. The passive infinitive is to be done / to have done.
- Ex. 1. Find the passive verbs in this text. What tenses are they?
- Ex. 2. Underline all the passives.
- Ex.4. Put the sentences into the Passive voice.
- Ex. 9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Simple or Present Progressive Passive.
- Ex. 13. Complete the text with expressions given below.
- Ex. 14. Open the brackets, using the correct form in the Passive.
- Ex. 18. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable tense in the passive.
- Ex. 20. Rewrite these sentences in the Passive.
- Ex 22. Put the verb in brackets into the Past Simple, the Past Continuous and the Past Perfect in the Active or in the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 26. Put the sentences into the passive voice.
- Passive verbs with prepositional objects
- Ex. 31. Put the sentence with a verb + preposition/adverb combination into the passive.
- Ex. 33. Express in the passive the second of each of the following pairs of sentences. Do not mention the active subjects. The first two sentences are done for you.
- Ex. 38. Rewrite these verbs as passives, keeping them in the same tense, and removing they, we, someone, etc.
- Ex. 40. Rewrite the sentences, putting the underlined verbs into the Passive. Make any other changes necessary.
- Ex. 42. Read this information about what happened to the Watsons.
- Passive structures of the verbs
- Ex. 46. Change the structure using the Passive Voice.
- Ex. 49. Most of the sentences contain one mistake. Correct it of write “right”.
- Ex. 52. Use passive or active, in any appropriate tense, for the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 53. Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets.
- Ex. 54. Use the required passive forms.
- Ex. 55. Use the required active or passive tense forms.
- Ex. 56. Translate into English.
- Ex. 58. Translate into English.
- Ex. 62. Choose the best way of continuing after each sentence.
- A) Rewrite these instructions, using simple commands instead of the passive.
- Complete these sentences using a passive construction. Only use by if it’s natural to do so.
- Turn these newspapers headlines into radio news headlines. (Informal, spoken form.)
- Ex. 66. Practice saying these sentences and answer the questions.
- Ex. 68. You are telling a friend some news. Use the notes and write each sentence in the Present Perfect, active (has done) or passive (has been done).
- Group work. Match the two columns. Then make a sentence for each, using the passive. Look at the example first.
- The formation of the passive voice………………. . . 1
- Progressive forms……………………………………. . 11
- AIDS kills Freddie's 2 lovers. Star's dead lovers
- Phone call of terror. Gay life ended 7-year affair
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.
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