II- Complete the sentences with the given words.. III- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capital.. Do you know where I can rent a ……… apartment?. ENCOURAGE IV-
Trang 1REVISION OF THE PASSIVE I-
Change the active to the passive if possible
1- My cat died yesterday
2- I agree with Jim’s theory
3- Dr Ikedadeveloped that theory
4- Tim dropped the cup
5- The cup fell on to the floor
6- The manager will interview me
7- They have gone to the shop
8- A hurricane destroyed the small fishing village
9- The solution to my problem appeared to me in a dream
10- After class, one of the students always erases the chalkboard
11- When did someone invent the radio?
12- My grandfather planted this tree 50 years ago
13- Mary has just washed those dishes
14- They are going to build a new hospital here
15- What should we do now?
16- We can do nothing to help her
17- When is someone going to announce the result of the contest?
II- Complete the sentences with the given words.
1- Ali and Mica (complain)……….to the landlord many times since they moved into their new apartment, but to date nothing (do)………… about the leak in the roof and the broken
window in the bedroom
2- Yesterday I told my teenage daughter to clean her room before she (go)……… to school After she had left the house, I looked in the room She (pile) ……… all her clothes on the chair Everything else (shove)………… under the bed.
3- Sometime people (intimidate)………… by salespeople As a result, they sometimes (buy)
………things that they don’t really want
4- Two days ago I (put) ………… an ad in the newspaper so that I could find a buyer for my old car Yesterday I(sell)…………it It (buy)………… by a teenager who (look) ………… for
an old car to fix up himself Today a friend of mine told me that he wanted to buy my old
car, but he was too late By the time he talked to me, the car (sell already) ………… to the
teenager
5- The wheel (invent)………over 5,000 years ago Throughout history, it (assist)……….
People in making better use of oxen, horses and other animals in transporting goods
6- Mark is a genius By the time he graduated, he (offer)………… jobs by a dozen computer
companies
7- After the test papers (return)………… To students in class tomorrow, the students (give)
………their next assignment
Trang 28- Ever since it (build)………… Three centuries ago, the Tag Mahan in Agra (describe, often)
………… as the most beautiful building in the world It (design) ………… by a Turkish architect, and it (take) ……… 20,000 workers 20 years to complete it.
III- Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in capital
1- The book …………me It is an………book I’m ………in it INTEREST
2-That chemical……….your skin The chemical is ………… Your skin is……… IRRITATE 3- The trip……… everybody Everyone was………… The trip was………… TIRE
4- Ann ………an egg She took the egg out of the ………….water She had an ………egg for breakfast BOIL
5- The new ……….us We were………… The news was……… UPEST
6- Ann heard a noise in her car that disturbed her It was a ……… noise She was ……
when she heard it DISTURB 7- Jessica’s arguments convinced us She presented…………arguments We were…………
CONVINCE 8- I don’t have any furniture of my own Do you know where I can rent a ………
apartment? FURNISH 9- The equator is the ……….line between the Northern and Southern Hemisphere DIVIDE 10- The poor who live in shack south of the city don’t have ……….water RUN 11- No one may attend the lecture except …………guests INVITE 12- We all expect our ……….officials to be honest EXPECT 13- Because we have a ………….agreement, our landlord won’t be able to raise our rent for 2 years 14- After an ……… trip of 12 hours, John fell asleep at the dinner table EXHAUST 15- There are many ……….activities in a large city STIMULATE 16- I like to hear the sound of gently………… rain FALL 17- Skydiving is a ………experience THRILL 18- When I get home from work, I’m going to take a long, …………bath RELAX 19- The game was played in our stadium The ……… team scored the ……… goal in the last seconds of the soccer game Nevertheless, the ………fans continued to cheer our team VISIT / WIN / DISAPPOINT 20- I heard some ……… news ENCOURAGE IV- Rewrite the following sentences, beginning as shown 1- Last Thursday we appointed a new marketing manger – A new………
2- Smith Ltd are supplying our company with new office furniture – Our………
3- No decision has been made – Nothing………
4- People believe that someone murdered Mr Stone – It is………
5- Your hair is very long You ought to get it cut – Your hair is long It………
6- The police were following the suspects – The suspects ………
7- No one has seen Peter since the day of the party – Peter………
8- We put up a notice about the trip on the notice board yesterday – A notice…………
Trang 39- People think that an apple a day is good for you – An apple a day……….
10- At the time my aunt was looking after the children for us – At the time our children……
11- The police have issued a description of the wanted man – A description………
12- Everyone knows that eating fruit is good for you – Eating fruit ………
13- Everyone thought the painting had been destroyed – The painting………
14- People say the late Mr Johnson was difficult to work with – The late………
15- People think the jewels were stolen by one of the guests – One of the guests…………
16- It is believed that the Chinese invented gunpowder – The Chinese………
17- There is a rumor that the escaped prisoner is living in Spain – The escaped………
18- It is thought that the two injured men were repairing high-tension cables - The two injured men………
V- Use a form of have something done to rewrite the following sentences: 1- A painter painted our house last month ………
2- The hairdresser is cutting my hair this afternoon ………
3- Someone has stolen my motorbike ………
4- The dentist has taken out all Jim’s teeth ………
5- I haven’t been to the car-wash for a long time ………
6- The men are coming to put in the new central heating on Saturday ………
7- Someone broke Harry’s nose in a fight ………
8- Isn’t it the time someone fixed your television? ………
9- Helen’s publishers have just published her book ………
10- The police towed away Tim’s car ………
VI- Rewrite each sentence so that it contains a form of passive, but does not contain the words underlined. 1- Apparently, Green has a wife in Scotland Green is said to have a wife in Scotland 2- Nobody knows anything about Brenda’s family ………
3- People think that someone started the fire deliberately ………
4- You should ask a doctor to see to that cut ………
5- People say that Christ was in the army ………
6- My trousers need to be pressed before I leave ………
7- No one has signed this letter ………
8- Mary’s hair still needs cutting ………
9- People believe that Norma is living in Paris ……… 10- The director of the school has decided that smoking is no longer allowed
VII- Choose the most suitable preposition in bold:
1- The busy shopping street was thronged by / with people
2- The emergency exit was concealed by / from a red curtain
3- The price of excursions is included in / with the cost of the holiday
4- All through January, the fields were covered by / from snow
Trang 45- The room was crammed by / with furniture of all descriptions.
6- Two of the climbers were injured by / with falling rocks
7- The island is inhabited by / from people of mainly Chinese origin
8- The bank was quickly surrounded from / with armed police
9- The windows had been smashed from / with a harmer
10- The stadium was packed from / with cheering fan