Extras (atenção: respostas no final em vermelho; vocabulário está em inglês britânico)

Change the following sentences into passive voice:

1.They make cheese from milk.

2.Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment.

3.Somebody has cleaned the room.

4.Will you give me enough time?

5.Somebody must do something.

EXERCISES

41.1 Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form:

2 Cheese _____ from milk.

3 The roof of the building _____ in a storm a few days ago.

4 There's no need to leave a tip. Service _____ in the bill.

5 You _____ to the wedding. Why didn't you go?

6 A cinema is a place where films ______

7 In the United States, elections for President ; every four years.

8 Originally the book____ in Spanish and a few years ago it______ into English.

9 We were driving along quite fast but we _____by lots of other cars.

41.2 Write questions using the passive. Some are present and some are past

2 Ask about glass. (how/make?) How

3 Ask about Australia. (when/discover?) :

4 Ask about silver. (what/use for?) ,

5 Ask about television. (when/invent?)

41.3 Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive

2 Water ____ (cover) most of the Earth's surface.

3 Most of the Earth's surface _____ (cover) by water.

4 The park gates ____ (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

5 The letter____ (post) a week ago and it ____ (arrive) yesterday.

6 The boat_____(sink) quickly but fortunately everybody______(rescue).

7 Ron's parents ____ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister____(bring) up by their grandparents.

8 I was born in London but I _____ (grow) up in the north of England.

9 While I was on holiday, my camera _____(steal) from my hotel room.

10 While I was on holiday, my camera____ (disappear) from my hotel room.

11 Why_______, (Sue/resign) from her job? Didn't she enjoy it?

12 Why___(BiI/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?

13 The company is not independent. It ___ (own) by a much larger company.

14 I saw an accident last night. Somebody____(call) an ambulance but_____nobody (injure) so the ambulance _____(not/need).

15 Where____ (these photographs/take)?In London?

_______(you/take) them?

41.4 Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody/they/people' etc. write a passive sentence.

2 They cancelled all flights because of fog. All

3 People don't use this road very often.

4 Somebody accused me of stealing money. I...

5 How do people learn languages? How ...

6 People advised us not to go out alone.

EXERCISES I

If something is

2 unbreakable,

3 edible

4 unusable, it

5 invisible,

6 portable,

42.2 Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs (in the correct form):

Sometimes you need have ('might have', 'could have' etc.).

3 A decision will not ______ until the next meeting.

4 I told the hotel receptionist that I wanted to _______ at 6.30 the next morning.

5 Do you think that less money____ should on armaments?

6 This road is in very bad condition. It should_____ a long time ago.

7 The injured man couldn't walk and had to____.

8 It's not certain how the tire started but it might_______ by an electrical fault.

42.3 Rewrite these sentences. lnstead of using 'somebody' or 'they', write a passive sentence.

1 Somebody has cleaned the roam.

2 They have postponed the concert.

The

3 Somebody is using the computer at the moment

The computer

4 I didn't realise that somebody was recording our conversation.

I didn't realise that

5 When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.

When we got to the stadium, we found that ...

6 They are building a new ring road round the city.

7 They have built a new hospital near the airport.

42.4 Make sentences from the words in brackets.

Sometimes the verb is active, sometimes passive.

(This exercise also includes the past simple -see Unit 41 C.)

1 There's somebody behind us. (I think /we /follow)

2 This room looks different. (you I paint?)

3 My car has disappeared. (it / steal) It

4 My umbrella has disappeared. (somebody /take) Somebody

5 Tom gets a higher salary now. (he / promote)

6 Ann can't use her office at the moment (it / redecorate)

7 The photocopier broke down yesterday, but now it's OK. (it / work / again; it / repair)

8 The police have found the people they were looking for. (two people I arrest last night)

9 A tree was lying across the road. (it I blow down I in the storm)

10 The man next door disappeared six months ago. (nobody I see I since then)

11 I was mugged on my way home a few nights ago. (you I ever I mug?)

ANSWER KEY:

1.They make cheese from milk.

To make made made.

Cheese IS MADE from milk.

2.Somebody is cleaning the room at the moment.

The room IS BEING CLEANED at the moment.

3.Somebody has cleaned the room.

The room HAS BEEN CLEANED BY SOMEBODY.

4.Will you give me enough time?

To give gave given

IO: ME

DO: ENOUGH TIME

?

FUTURE: WILL BE

Will I be given enough time?

Will enough time be given TO ME by you?

5.Somebody must do something.

To do did done

Something MUST BE DONE by somebody.

UNIT 41

41.1

2 is made

3 was damaged

4 is included .

5 were invited

6 are shown

7 are held

8 was written ... was translated

9 were overtaken

41.2

2 How is glass made?

3 When was Australia discovered?

4 What is silver used for?

5 When was television invented?

41.3

2 covers

3 is covered

4 are locked

5 was posted ... arrived

6 sank ... was rescued

7 died ... were brought

8 grew

9 was stolen

10 disappeared

11 did Sue resign

12 was Bill sacked

13 is owned

14 called ...was injured ...wasn't

needed .

15 were these photographs taken ...

Did you take

41.4

2 Ali flights were cancelled because

of fog

3 This road isn't used very often.

4 I was accused of stealing money.

5 How are languages learnt?

6 We were advised not to go out

alone.

UNIT 42

42.1

2 can't be broken.

3 can be eaten.

4 it can't be used.

5 it can't be seen.

6 it can be carried.

42.2

3 be made

4 be woken up

5 be spent

6 have been repaired

7 be carried

8 have been caused

42.3

2 The concert has been postponed.

3 The computer is being used at the

moment.

4 I didn't realise that our

conversation was being recorded.

5 ...we found that the game had

been cancelled.

6 A new ring road is being built

round the city.

7 A new hospital has been built near

the airport.

42.4

3 It has been stolen! / It's been

stolen!

4 Somebody has taken it. or

...taken my umbrella.

5 He has been promoted. / He's

been promoted. or He was

promoted.

6 It is being redecorated. / It's being

redecorated.

7 It is working again. / It's working

again ...It has been repaired. /

It's been repaired.

8 Two people were arrested last

night.

9 It had been blown down in the

storm. or It was blown

down...

10 Nobody has seen him since then.

11 Have you ever been mugged?