Additional exercises Passive ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE

Additional exercises

Passive

22	Put the verb into the most suitable passive form. 1 There's somebody behind us. I think ___ we’re being followed ______ (we /follow) . 2 A mystery is someth.mg that ____ can’t be explained _____ (can't /explain). 3 We didn't play football yesterday. The game _______________ (cancel). The TV _______________ (repair). It's working again now. In the middle of the village there is a church which _______________ (restore) at the moment. The work is almost finished. 4 5 6 The tower is the oldest part of the church. _______________ (it /believe) to be over 600 years old. If I didn't do my job properly, _______________ (I /would /sack). A: I left a newspaper on the desk last night and it isn't there now. B: _______________ (It /might /throw) away. 7 8 9 I learnt to swim when I was very young. _______________ (I /teach) by my mother. After _______________ (arrest), I was taken to the police station. _______________ (you /ever /arrest)?' 'No, never.' Two people _______________ (report) to _______________ (injure) in an explosion at a factory in Birmingham early this morning. 10 11 12
23	Put the verb into the correct form , active or passive. 1 This house is quite old. It ____ was built _____ (build) over 100 years ago. 2 My grandfather was a builder. He _____ built ____ (build) this house many years ago. 3 'Is your car still for sale?' 'No, I _______________ (sell) it.' A: Is the house at the end of the street still for sale? B: No, it _____________ (sell). 4 5 Sometimes mistakes _______________ (make). It's inevitable. I wouldn't leave your car unlocked. It _______________ (might /steal). My bag has disappeared. It _______________ (must /steal). I can't find my hat. Somebody _______________ (must /take) it by mistake. It’s a serious problem. I don't know how it _______________ (can /solve). 6 7 8 9 10 We didn't leave early enough. We _______________ (should /leave) earlier. Nearly every time I travel by plane, my flight _______________ (delay). A new bridge _______________ (build) across the river. Work started last year and the bridge _______________ (expect) to open next year. 11 12
24	Read these newspaper reports and put the verbs into the most suitable form. 1. Castle Fire Winton Castle (1) ___ was damaged ___ (damage) in a fire last night. The fire, which (2) _________ (discover) at about 9 o'clock, spread very quickly. Nobody (3) _________ (injure), but two people had to (4) _________ (rescue) from an upstairs room. A number of paintings (5) _________ (believe /destroy). It (6) _________ (not /know) how the fire started. 3. Road delays Repair work started yesterday on the Paxham-Longworth road. The road (1) _________ (resurface) and there will be long delays. Drivers (2) _________ (ask) to use an alternative route if possible. The work (3) _________ (expect) to last two weeks. Next Sunday the road (4) _________ (close), and ' traffic (5) _________ (divert). 2. Shop Robbery In Paxham yesterday a shop assistant (1) _________ (force) to hand over £500 after (2) _________ (threaten) by a man with a knife. The man escaped in a car which (3) _________ (steal) earlier in the day. The car (4) _________ (later /find) in a car park where it (5) _________ (abandon) by the thief. A man (6} _________ (arrest) in connection with the robbery and (7) _________ (still /question) by the police. 4. Accident A woman (1) _________ (take) to hospital after her car collided with a lorry near Norstock yesterday. She (2) _________ (allow) home later after treatment. The road (3) _________ (block) for an hour after the accident, and traffic had to (4) _________ (divert). A police inspector said afterwards: The woman was lucky. She could (5) _________  (kill).'

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