Unit Grammar practice The passive; the causative Rewrite the sentences in the passive Use by + agent if necessary the formal or informal form shown in brackets Kate’s car broke down, so a mechanic repaired it ( formal) Kate had her car repaired by a mechanic Do they sell jeans in this shop? The doctor is testing Julian’s eyes ( formal) Are jeans sold in this shop? Someone is washing her car He doesn’t like people making fun of him Is Peter making lunch? The waitress will bring Bill some drinks (informal) Designers made some clothes for me last month ( formal) The plumber was fixing her sink (informal) My grandmother will sing an old song Sue showed me some fashion magazines The teacher had completed our report cards No one has watered the garden yet People wore those clothes in the 1960s The decorators have painted our house ( formal) My dad made lunch for my friends (informal) The dentist cleaned my teeth yesterday ( formal) Correct the sentences Three sentences are correct Sheila got her dress make in Turkey Complete the text Use the correct passive form of the verbs in the list become buy call design send set up wear Rewrite the sentences using the causative Use either earn laugh at As we all know, a lot of money is earned every year by people in the fashion industry However, it isn’t only ‘people fashion’ that’s making designers, fashion houses and shops rich! Pet fashion is also a real money-maker Pet clothes (1) by many companies, and one of the more famous ones (2) Coco Pet Fashion The company (3) to help our pets be fashionable and look good After customers place an order with Coco Pet Fashion, they pet clothes that are (4) comfortable and elegant Coco Pet Fashion (5) popular with celebrities in the last few years, and many of them (6) Coco clothes for their pets (7) Coco clothes by your pet at the moment? If they aren’t, perhaps your favourite cat or dog (8) recently by the other neighbourhood pets! Sheila got her dress made in Turkey Lydia is get her nails manicured at the moment They were having their roof repaired when it began to rain Did Julia getting her pool cleaned yesterday? The new fashions were design last week Helen had a new dress made, but she isn’t allowed to wear it! I’m getting the report photocopy right now Kevin’s hair was dyed by the hairdresser Shoes have made here for nearly 50 years The flowers aren’t going to plant until next month PHOTOCOPIABLE © OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS 4327510 OTY TRB2.indb 17 17 16/05/2013 10:28