EXERCISES

41.1 Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form:
cause damage hold include invite make overtake show translate write
1. Many accidents _are caused_ by dangerous driving.
2. Cheese is made-- from milk.
3. The roof of the building was damaged-- in a storm a few days ago.
4. There's no need to leave a tip. Service is incuded-- in the bill.
5. You were invited- to the wedding. Why didn't you go?
6. A cinema is a place where films are shown-7. In the United States, elections for President are held-- every four years.
8. Originally the book was written- in Spanish and a few years ago it
9. We were driving along quite fast but we were overtaken-- by lots of other
cars.

41.2 Write questions using the passive. Some are present and some are past.
1. Ask about the telephone. (when/invent?) _When was the telephone
invented?_
2. Ask about glass. (how/make?) How is glass mande?
3. Ask about Australia. (when/discover?)when was austealia discovered?
4. Ask about silver. (what/use for?) what is silver used for?
5. Ask about television. (when/invent?) when was televisin inented?

41.3 Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or
passive.
1. It's a big factory. Five hundred people _are employed_ (employ) there.
2. Water -covers-- (cover) most of the Earth's surface.
3. Most of the Earth's surface is covered-- (cover) by water.
4. The park gates are locked- (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.

5. The letter was posted-- (post) a week ago and it -arrived-- (arrive)
yesterday.
6. The boat -sank-- (sink) quickly but fortunately everybody was rescued-(rescue).
7. Ron's parents --died- (die) when he was very young. He and his sister were
brougt-- (bring) up by their grandparents.
8. I was born in London but I -graw-- (grow) up in the north of England.
9. While I was on holiday, my camera was stolen-- (steal) from my hotel
room.
10. While I was on holiday, my camera --diappeared- (disappear) from my
hotel room.
11. Why did sue resing-- (Sue/resign) from her job? Didn't she enjoy it?
12. Why was bill sacked-- (Bill/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong?
13. The company is not independent. It is owned-- (own) by a much larger
company.
14. I saw an accident last night. Somebody --called- (call) an ambulance but
nobody was injured-- (injure) so the ambulance wasn t needed-(not/need).
15. Where were these photographs take- (these photographs/take)? In
London? did you-- (you/take) them?

41.4 Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody/they/people' etc.

write a passive sentence.
1. Somebody cleans the room every day. _The room is cleaned every day._
2. They cancelled all flights because of fog. All ---all flihts were cancelled
because of fog
3. People don't use this road very often. ---this road isnt used very often
4. Somebody accused me of stealing money. I ---i was accused of stealing
money
5. How do people learn languages? How are languages learnt
6. People advised us not to go out alone. --- we were advised not to out
alone

42.2 Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs (in the correct
form):
carry cause do make repair send spend wake up
Sometimes you need have ('might have', 'could have' etc.).
1. The situation is serious. Something must be done before it's too late.
2. I haven't received the letter. It might have been sent to the wrong address.
3. A decision will not he made-- until the next meeting.
4. I told the hotel receptionist that I wanted to be woken up- at 6.30 the next
morning.
5. Do you think that less money should be spent- on armaments?
6. This road is in very bad condition. It should have been caused- a long time
ago.
7. The injured man couldn't walk and had to be carried8. It's not certain how the fire started but it might have been caused- by an
electrical fault.

42.3 Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using 'somebody' or 'they', write a

passive sentence.
1. Somebody has cleaned the room. _The room has been cleaned._
2. They have postponed the concert. The concert has been postponed
3. Somebody is using the computer at the moment. The computer is bing
used at the moment
4. I didn't realise that somebody was recording our conversation. I didn't realise
that --I didn t realize that our conversation was bing recorded

5. When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.
When we got to the stadium, we found that the game had been cancelled
6. They are building a new ring road round the city. --- a new ring road is
being built round the city
7. They have built a new hospital near the airport. A new hospital has been
built near the airport