When a joyrider in a stolen vehicle (65.involve) in a police chase, the Stinger can (66.lay) out on the road in front of the speeding driver, bringing the car to an abrupt halt.. Last we[r]
(1)Sesion “Passive voice”
Full name: Date: October 2007
I Put the following sentences into the passive voice:
1 You should open the wine about three hours before you use it We use this room only on special occasions
3 In some districts farmers use pigs to find mushrooms They are pulling down the old theatre
5 Why didn’t you repair the roof ? Someone will serve the students
7 People don’t have to leave bicycles in the hall
8 Noone can anything unless someone gives us more information People are spending far more money on food now than in the past 10 She used to make cakes on her own at Christmas
11 It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child 12 The judge gave him two weeks to pay the fine
13 They make these artificial flowers of silk 14 Students are doing a lot of work
15 We won’t admitchildren under sixteen 16 What did he write it with ?
17 Did the idea interest you ?
18 They used to start their engines by hand 19 They didn’t pay me for the work
20 We ask the man not to play his radio loudly at mid-night 21 A machine could this much more easily
22 We have to pick the fruit very early in the morning 23 She is going to redecorate her bedroom
24 Nobody has used this room for ages
25 The examiner ought to read the passage three times 26 Someone stole my car and abandoned it fifteen miles away 27 Why did no one inform me of the change of the plan? 28 You should keep dogs on leads in the garden
29 When they have widened this street the roar of the traffic will keep residents awake all night 30 She didn’t use to prepare his lessons before school
II Choose the best answer for each sentence:
31 Their new house yet
A wasn’t finished B hasn’t been finished C hasn’t finished D isn’t finished 32 The robbers as soon as they left the bank
A were arrested B have been arrested C had arrested D will arrested 33 Sue told us that her baby two weeks earlier than expected
A was born B would be born C is born D had been born
34 If there is too much snow, the match
A will cancel B will be cancelled C has been cancelled D won’t cancel 35 By the time we got there , the rain
A had been stopped B will have stopped C is stopping D had stopped
36 When about the news?
3A were you told B had you been told C did you tell D will you tell 37 Most of the passengers easily to the shore
A was swimming B were swum C were swimming D have been swum 38 The winning horse by Pat Murphy
A was ridding B was ridden C has ridden D rode
39 I looked again for the old man, but he
A was vanished B was being vanished C had vanished D would vanish 40 I don’t think that you to show your passport
A will be asked B are being asked C will ask D have asked 41 John is believed to two weeks ago
A be murdered B have been murdered C have murdered D be murdering 42 Marry was the last applicant
A to be interviewed B to be interviewing C to interview D to have interview 43 The equipment in our office needs
A modernizer B modernizing C to modernize D modernize
44 Most of the crew members are thought in the storm last night
A to be killed B being killed C to have been killed D to be killing 45 I wasn’t let with my friends last night
A going out B to go out C go out D to have gone out
46 For the rest of his life he lived in fear of down(bat duoc)
A being tracked B be tracked C tracking D being tracking 47 I was made every night by my parents
A working B to work C work D to be working
48 The prisoner is found from the prison
(2)49 You should to by a doctor
A have the cut seen B get the cut to see C the cut have seen D have the cut seeing 50 It that smoking is no longer allowed
A decides B has decided C has been decided D is deciding
III Choose the underlined part which is not correct:
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
The Gulliver Sports Centre, which has been completely rebuilding, was reopened yesterday by A B C D
the Minister for Sport The building was originally using as a market, but was sold to Fairdene A B C D
Council in 1981, and then converted into a sports hall Local schools were played football and (thay doi) A B C D
baseball indoors, and keep fit classes organised there In 1990 the hall was damaged by a fire A B C D
which broke out in the heating system The hall could not use and remained empty while A B C D
discussions continued about its future It was then decided that the hall would rebuild, and A B C D
an appeal for money was launching Two years ago a local businessman offered to pay for the A B C D
building work, and plans were drawn up The new hall is included a swimming pool, running A B C D
tracks and other sports facilities which can use by anyone in the Fairdene area The A B C D
Minister made a speech in which she was congratulated everyone involved A B C D
IV Complete the passage with the correct passive form of the verbs in bracket:
An ingenious device like a bed of nails, which (61.originally use) by the great Carthaginian general Hannibal to restrain his elephants, is currently (62.put) to a similar use in parts of Britain It (63.know) as the Stinger, and recently it (64.successfully deploy) in Greater Manchesterand the Midlands When a joyrider in a stolen vehicle (65.involve) in a police chase, the Stinger can (66.lay) out on the road in front of the speeding driver, bringing the car to an abrupt halt Last week a car chase in Bolton, which had lasted 90 minutes, (67.end) in 30 seconds, when the fugitive’s tyres (68.puncture) by the Stinger It (69.hope) that this device will save police time and enable more joyriders to (70.catch), as well as reducing the length of dangerous high-speed chases
V Rewrite each of the following sentences so that it means exactly as the sentence before it:
71 It is expected that tax increases will be announce in tomorrow’s budget statement -> Tax increases 72 We understand that inner-city crime rates are going up in most areas
-> Inner-city crime rates 73 They say that the rock star’s wife has had at least two facelifts
-> The rock star’s wife 74 We believe that nine crew members were lost overboard in the storm
-> Nine crew members 75 It was considered that Ralph’s speech was one of the best
-> Ralph’s speech 76 The police reported that a man had been helping them with their inquiries -> A man 77 It is said that three people died in the accident
-> Three people 78 It was once believed that the earth was completely flat
-> The earth 79 I must have my trousers pressed before I leave
-> My trousers need 80.Mary’s hair still needs cutting
-> Marry hasn’t
KEY: was originally used/ being put/ is known/ has been sucessfully deployed/ is involved/ be laid/ was ended/
were punctured/ is hoped/ be caught
A recent front-page story in the British press revealed a truly sensational musical discovery-six Haydn piano sonatas (find) in Germany Apparently the long-lost sonatas (discover) by a German music teacher in the home of an elderly lady Strangely enough, the manuscripts, which (pronounce) genuine by several eminent musicologists, (not make) available in their original form, so no scientific tests could (carry) out in order to verify their authenticity The musical world (throw) into a state of great excitement by this news Preparations (make) for a prestigious recording of the sonatas, and authoritative article (publish) in the BBC’s Music Magazine Since then, however, a note of doubt has crept in, and experts now say that unless the originals (hand) over very soon, the munuscripts must (regard) as a forgery, albeit a very clever one