Use the verbs in brackets in the proper tenses in the passive voice.. How much money steal ………in the bank robbery yesterday.. People spend a lot of money on advertising every day.. Use
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I Choose the best answer
1 The new law to conserve wildlife in the are will come into force next month.( protect, pollute, destroy, eliminate )
2 Water pollution is more and more serious due to the tests of nuclear weapons in the seas and oceans ( circulation, environment, elimination, contamination)
3 At times, my father plants some trees in the garden and he often say planting trees is a necessary thing to do ( Never, Always, Sometimes, Rarely )
4 Without plants, most water would run off as soon as it falls, taking away valuable soil ( supplying, recovering, removing, holding )
5 There is no sign of plant life in this area It must have drought for a long time ( marine, vegetation, prison, pollution )
6 This channel allows rainwater to run off( keep inside, move around, flow into, flow out of )
7 We are doing damage ……our environment deliberately or incidentally ( for, with, to, on )
8 We should do something immediately to save the Earth ……… … being destroyed ( from, for, in, at )
9 A noisy smoke-filled room is not a good …… to work in ( environment, conservation, dam, nature )
10 If all trees in the area are chopped down, the soil will be ………… ( grown, planted, cultivated, eroded )
11 The natural ……… of water is influenced by trees, grasses, and other plant life.( round, round, circulation,surround, road )
12 We are now facing the possible ……….of several rare species ( ( danger, variety, existence, disappearance )13.The new laws will be …….to restrict wildlife destruction ( pasted, passed, supplied, taken away )
14 Plants play an important ………….in the natural circulation of water.( role, section, act, area )
15 All the plants and animals needs a constant ………of water to live ( offer, borrow, supply, provide )
16 A large hydroelectric ……….was built on the river Danube ( power, dam, bank, wall )
II Grammar :
A
Word forms
1 ………… …….air makes people unpleasant to breathe ( pollution )
2 Environmental pollution has bad effects on the balance of …….(natural)
3 She is a famous ………She is interested in protecting wild animals from extinction ( conserve )
4 Up to now, we have hardly estimated the …… that our country suffered during the war ( destroy )
5 If people go on cutting down trees, it will lead to forest ……… ( reduce )
B Structure :
1 Do they teach English here ?
2 Is she making a big cake for the party ?
3 Will busses bring the children home ?
4 Have they changed the window of the laboratory ?
5 Is she going to write a poem ?
6 How many days did she spend finishing the work ?
7 What time can the boys hand in their papers ?
8 Who looked after the children for you ?
9 Why didn’t they help him ?
10 What books are people reading this year ?
11 Don’t let them wear jeans at work
12 It is impossible to do this work
13.The teacher made us do a lot of homework
14 People saw him steal your car
15 The detective saw the woman putting the jewelry in her bag
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17 I don’t like people telling me what to do
18 She is too fat She neither does exercise She doesn’t go on a diet , either
( Inversion : nor )
I Rewrite sentences, not change the meaning.
1 The traffic is heavy during rush hours, they are not sometimes late for school
II Verb tenses
1 The earth ( depend ) ………….……on the sun for its heat and light
2 Robert is going to be famous for some day He ( appear)……… in three movies
3 Our teacher told us that light ( travel )………….………faster than sound
4 Father promised he ( buy ) ……… … me a bike
5 How long …… they ( know)……… each other before they ( get married ) ?
6 The students ( write ) ……….busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she ( leave )……… in theoffice
7 I don’t feel good I ( stay ) ……… …home from work tomorrow
8 He was told that after he ( graduate ) … ………., he ( employ ) ……… by a famous firm
III Prepositions
1 She prefers walking to school ……… ……riding her motorbike
2 I would like to work ………… someone who has something ………… common with me
3 She has been working ………Honda company
4 The students get ……….the bus at 8 am and get …………at 8.30 am
5 There’s no need to rebuild the house It is still ……….very good condition
6 ……… the age of 20, he had visited 20 countries
7 She stared at the girls who were pumping water ……….their buckets
8 At the police station, he was asked to fill ………a form
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10 I don’t think I can pick you ……… .My bike has been ………… order
IV Passive voice
1 He hasn’t prepared his lesson yet
2 He is doing his exercise carefully
3 My mother told us an interesting story
4 Have you met him before ?
5 Who wrote this letter ?
6 Don’t they send the letter ?
7 How did they carry it home ?
8 We heard him come in
9 He let her go
10 Don’t let the others laugh at you
11 John hates people looking at you
12 Ann gave the boy a ticket and let him to the theatre
13 No one can do anything unless someone gives us more information
14 You should open the wine about 3 hours before you use it
15 When they have widened this street the roar of the traffic will keep residents awake all night
16 When I returned I found that they had towed my car away I asked why they had done this and they told me that itwas because I had packed it under a “ No parking “ sign ( 4 passives )
V Use the verbs in brackets in the proper tenses in the passive voice.
1 English ( speak ) ……… in many places in the world
2 He never ( beat ) ……….at tennis
3 His new book ( publish ) ……… next month
4 My fountain pen ( lose ) ………
5 She ( tell ) ……… about it yet ?
6 He ( teach ) ……… well when he was at school ?
7 His stolen car ( find ) ……… yet ?
Trang 48 Two letters ( write ) ……….before he left his house.
9 How much money ( steal ) ………in the bank robbery yesterday ?
10 He ( arrest ) ……….when he got off the plane in London ?
12 The building ( build ) ………since last year
E 10 – Improving exercises Unit 10
I Rewrite sentences, not change the meaning.
1 The traffic is heavy during rush hours, they are not sometimes late for school
II Verb tenses
1 The earth ( depend ) ………….……on the sun for its heat and light
2 Robert is going to be famous for some day He ( appear)……… in three movies
3 Our teacher told us that light ( travel )………….………faster than sound
4 Father promised he ( buy ) ……… … me a bike
5 How long …… they ( know)……… each other before they ( get married ) ?
6 The students ( write ) ……….busily when Miss Brown went to get a book she ( leave )……… in theoffice
7 I don’t feel good I ( stay ) ……… …home from work tomorrow
8 He was told that after he ( graduate ) … ………., he ( employ ) ……… by a famous firm
III Prepositions
1 She prefers walking to school ……… ……riding her motorbike
2 I would like to work ………… someone who has something ………… common with me
3 She has been working ………Honda company
4 The students get ……….the bus at 8 am and get …………at 8.30 am
5 There’s no need to rebuild the house It is still ……….very good condition
6 ……… the age of 20, he had visited 20 countries
7 She stared at the girls who were pumping water ……….their buckets
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9 Your daughter has just started work, hasn’t she ? How’s she getting …… ?
10 I don’t think I can pick you ……… .My bike has been ………… order
IV Passive voice
1 He hasn’t prepared his lesson yet
2 He is doing his exercise carefully
3 My mother told us an interesting story
4 Have you met him before ?
5 Who wrote this letter ?
6 Don’t they send the letter ?
7 How did they carry it home ?
8 The teacher returned out written work to us
9 They will hold the meeting before May Day
10 Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife
11 The boys broke the window and took away some pictures
12 Ann gave the boy a ticket and let him to the theatre
13 People spend a lot of money on advertising every day
14 No one believes his story
15 Will you invite her to your wedding party ?
V Use the verbs in brackets in the proper tenses in the passive voice.
1 English ( speak ) ……… in many places in the world
2 He never ( beat ) ……….at tennis
3 His new book ( publish ) ……… next month
4 My fountain pen ( lose ) ………
5 She ( tell ) ……… about it yet ?
6 He ( teach ) ……… well when he was at school ?
7 His stolen car ( find ) ……… yet ?
8 Two letters ( write ) ……….before he left his house
9 How much money ( steal ) ………in the bank robbery yesterday ?
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12 The building ( build ) ………since last year
English 12- Improving Exercise
I Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form :
Barbara and John are neighbours They ( know) ………… each other for several years Barbara ( move ) ………….intoher house in 1985, and John ( live ) ……… next door since he ( come ) …… to the area in 1986
Barbara is a writer She ( write ) ………….seven novels and ( win ) ………….several awards for her books A fewyears ago, she ( win ) ……… the Pulizer Prize for the most promising author of the year At the moment, she( write ) ………….a detective story John hasn’t got a job He (be ) ……….unemployed for six months He( work ) ……….for a textile firm which ( have to ) …………close because it ( not have ) ………… enoughorders He ( spend ) ………….most days looking through the job pages in the newspapers
Yesterday afternoon, Barbara went round to John’s house John ( read ) ………… a book “ Hello, John “ saidBarbara ” How are you ? “
“ I ( not / feel ) …………very well, actually “ John replied “ What’s the matter ?” I ( have ) ……….a pain in my chestsince Monday When I cough, it really ( hurt ) ……….it ( not be ) ………….so bad if I ( not smoke ) ………….somuch, but I don’t seem to be able to stop ”
“You really should try to cut down I ( feel ) ……… much better since I ( stop ) ………… you ( have) any replies
to your letters of application ?”
“ Yes Quite a few I’ve got an interview tomorrow, and I think I stand quite a good chance If I ( get ) ………… thejob, we ( go ) ………out to celebrate
“ What a lovely idea! Good luck with the interview, and careful with your smoking ! ”
II Use the verb in brackets in the proper tense in the passive :
1 English ( speak ) …………in many places in the world 2 He never ( beat ) ………… at tennis
3 His new book ( publish ) ………… next month 4 My fountain pen ( lose ) ………
5 Two letters ( write ) ………before he left his house 6 She ( tell ) ………about ityet ? 7 How much money ( steal ) …….in the bank robbery yesterday ? 8 The building ( build ) …….since lastyear
9 He ( arrest ) ……… when he got off the plane in London ?
II Put the following into passive voice
1 They didn’t leave the report here 2 You should follow your father’s advice
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17 He hasn’t prepared his lesson yet 18 He is doing his exercise carefully ……… ………
19 My mother told us an interesting story 20 Have you met him before ? ……… ………
21 Who wrote this letter ? 22 Don’t they send the letter ? ……… ………
23 How did they carry it home ? 24 The teacher returned out written work to us ……… ………
25 They will hold the meeting before May Day 26 Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife ……… ………
27 The boys broke the window and took away some pictures ………
28 Ann gave the boy a ticket and let him to the theatre ………
29 People spend a lot of money on advertising every day ………
30 They were starting a new system because people didn’t return books ………
31 When they have widened this street the roar of the traffic will keep residents awake all night………
E 10 – Improving exercises Unit 11 I Put the verb into the correct form 1 He (eat) ………….dinner when I (go) ……….to see him
2 While I (walk) ……… around park, I (see)……… Mr John 3 We (study) ……… a very hard lesson the day before yesterday
John (work) ……… thirty eight hours a week 5 I (try)……… to learn English for years, but (not succeed) ……… yet
6 It (rain) ……….very much in the summer It (rain)……… now 7 John (wait)……… for you since noon
8 When it (rain), she (carry)………… an umbrella 9 I (come)……… and (see)……… you before I (leave) ……….for Hai Phong
10 She (not come) ……….until you (be)……… ready
11 Hurry up: the train (come) ……….in
12 How many films you (see) ……… this month? 13 Where are you? I’m upstairs I (have) ……….a bath
4 Look! That little girl (run)……… to catch to the bus
15 My brother used (smoke) ………a pack of cigarettes a day last year
16.Money is used for (buy)……… and (sell)……… goods
17 When I (come) ……….back home yesterday, my mother (prepare) t………he meal
18 Tom often (learn) ……… the lesson at night
19 If Peter ( check ) ………his car the drive this morning, he ( not have ) t………….he problem of out of petrol now
20 If Peter ( leave ) …………for work last early Monday morning , he (catch ) ……….the bus
21 It ( not be ) …………a good meeting if Rosa ( not be )………… there
22 If I ( not step ) ………on the brakes, I ( hit )……… the child on the bicycle
23 I didn’t know you were in hospital If I ( know ) ……… , I ( go )………… to visit you
24 Ken got to the station in time to catch his train If he ( miss )………… it, he ( be ) ……… late for his interview
Trang 825 How was your holiday ? Did you have a nice time ? We ( enjoy ) …………it more if the weather
( be……….better
II Using the given information, make conditional sentences Use if
1 Without this treatment, the patient would have died
1 A school ( build)………… in our village last month
2 When I ( walk ) ……… to class yesterday morning, I ( see )………… Dick We ( say ) …… hello and I ( walk )
……… the rest of the way l
3 When I (hear ) …… a knock at the door last night, I ( walk)…… to the door and ( open)………… it When I(open ) …….the door I (see) ………….my brother I(say)……… hello to him and (ask) ……….him to come in
4 Mrs White ( turn ) on the radio in her car while she( drive ) home yesterday She( listen ) to some music when shesuddenly( hear) a siren She (look) in the mirrorand (see) an ambulance behind her.she immediately( pull) her car to theside of the road and (wait) for the ambulance to pass
5 She ( have) a headache for several hours
6 My name is David I ( be ) a journalist I ( be) born in England but I (live) in Australia when I ( be) a child I ( finish)secondary school there then I ( come ) back to England and ( work ) for a newspaper I ( be ) a journalist for severalyears
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a year ago.In my letter, I ( tell ) that he could stay with us The house ( have ) many large rooms and there is a largegarden
8 Jane ( not be ) in such a trouble if she ( be ) careful when she typed the contract
9 If Peter ( check ) his car the drive this morning, he ( not have ) the problem of out of petrol now
10 If Peter ( leave ) for work last early Monday morning , he (catch ) the bus
11 It ( not be ) a good meeting if Rosa ( not be ) there
12 If I ( not step ) on the brakes, I ( hit ) the child on the bicycle
13 I didn’t know you were in hospital If I ( know ) , I ( go ) to visit you
14 Ken got to the station in time to catch his train If he ( miss ) it, he ( be ) late for his interview
15 How was your holiday ? Did you have a nice time ? We ( enjoy ) it more if the weather ( be ) better
E 12 – Improving exercises Unit 11 – 27/1/2009 – Week 22
I Change the following sentences to the passive
1 People should save pandas from extinction
2 People must obey all traffic laws
3 Someone ought to repair this broken window
4 Someone had better take this garbage to the dump soon
5 People can pick tomatoes before they are completely ripe
6 Someone has to finish this work today
7 Customers must not use that door
8 Children shouldn’t smoke cigarettes
9 We might see a comet tonight
10 My professor has told me that they may invite me to give the speech at the conference this year
11 Students should memorize English verbs
E 10 – Improving exercises Unit 11 – 5/3/2009
I Change the following sentences into the passive voice
1 They are building a new highway around the city
2 People should send their complaints to the head office
3 The committee will hold the meeting in San Francisco
4 The chairman has just changed the date of the party
5 A stranger attacked Jim in the street
6 Nobody was cleaning the room when I came yesterday
7 The old man treated the little boy badly
8 Mrs Laura often takes care of homeless children when she is free from work
9 The shopkeeper is accusing me of stealing money
10 Someone has already sent your letter
11 When will you do the work ?
12 What time can the pupils hand in their papers ?
13 The house was dirty They hadn’t cleaned it for weeks
14 Is the teacher going to explain the lesson ?
15 Archaeologists have discovered a new tomb in Egypt
II Rewrite sentences
1 I might win $ 10 and then I’d travel to New York to live the rest of my life
Trang 108 Yesterday, I really wanted to swim but it was too cold so I couldn’t ( If
9 I wasted a lot of money Therefore I couldn’t buy a new car
12 She is not in your position, so she isn’t able to advise you If
III Complete the sentences with the correct form of the following verbs
locate, establish, orphan, abandon, contaminate, explore, release, defeat, contain, endanger, pollute
1 There is a danger of serious from radioactive waste
2 The giant panda is in danger of becoming extinct It is an species
3 Cuc Phuong National Park is 160 km South West of Hanoi
4 He wants how the human brain will function under these circumstances
5 He has been since he was five
6 The enemy was in a decisive battle
7 His mother him when he was five days old
8 The board agreed two committees to examine the proposals
9 Toxic gases from industrial factories were into the atmosphere
10 Brown rice a lot of vitamins and minerals
11 This river is being The has killed a lot of fish
IV Choose the best answer
1 George won’t lend you any money you promise to pay him back ( until, when, if, unless )
2 Do you think that we Tom the job ?( offers, offering , should offer, had offered )
3 What would you do if you a million dollars ? ( would win, win, won , had won )
4 So far, more than 100 valuable animals because of the forest fires in this area ( were killed, have killed,had killed, have been killed )
5 We are having a party next Sunday Why don’t you to enjoy it? (come, comes, to come, coming)
6 If he half a mark more, he wouldn’t have failed in the exam.( gets, got, had got, could get )
7 If you here yesterday, you the situation to her ( were/would explain, had been / would have
explained, had been / would explain, were / would have explained )