CHECK YOUR HOMEWORK time:15 minutes EXERCISE I : Supply the correct tense and voice.. EXERCISE II : Turn into the passive voice.[r]
(1)CHECK YOUR HOMEWORK (time:15 minutes) EXERCISE I : Supply the correct tense and voice 1/ Everyone (shock) by the news yesterday 2/ Almost everyone (enjoy) _ the lecture last night 3/ English (speak) _ all over the world 4/ A terrible accident (happen) _ right here at o’clock last night 5/ Mr Smith (teach) _ at this university since 1985 6/ Not much (say) _ about the matter since last week 7/ He (borrow) _ the money from her two weeks ago 8/ A new textbook (publish) _ by that company next year 9/ Everything (go) well so far.There (be) _ no trouble yet 10/ The report (examine) _ now EXERCISE II : Turn into the passive voice 1/ He is running his own restaurant - 2/ The secretary opens the mails every morning - 3/ The teacher doesn’t allow me to take the seat by the window - 4/ Tom’s absence worried his mother - 5/ They are building a new school in this town - 6/ You should finish the report right now - 7/ We shall discuss the matter in the afternoon - 8/ Are you going to post this letter ? - 9/ No one has opened that box for the past hundred years - 10/ The fire has destroyed many houses - 11 Why didn’t they help him ? - _ 12 How many games has the team played ? - _ 13 Where people speak English ? - _ 14 How can they open this safe ? (2) 15 People saw him steal your car - _ EXERCISE III : Change to the active voice 1/ Progress in science is being made day after day - 2/ The palace was designed by a French architect - 3/ The road in front of my house has been paved - 4/ You can see that the dishes haven’t been washed - 5/ Our salaries will not be increased this year - 6/ Wasn’t that theatre built two years ago ? - 7/ The problem may be discussed again - 8/ My brother has been offered a well-paid job - EXERCISE IV : Rewrite the following sentences 1/ People don’t learn a foreign language in a short time - 2/ Did anyone ask any questions about me ? - 3/ I wasn’t introduced to any of the guests - 4/ I heard her singing very beautifully - 5/ Scientists started discovering the universe thousands of years ago - 6/ Nothing can be gained without effort - 7/ The robbers forced the bank manager to hand over the money - *8/ The police stopped Tom on the highway and made him show his I.D card - 9/ Where did your child find the keys ? - 10/ The workers are going to pull down that old building - 11/ No one told me the truth (3) (4)