LEVEL WC 16

REVIEW
CEVAZ

A) The first sentence is in the ACTIVE VOICE. Choose the most correct way of saying the
same thing in the PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They were interviewing her for the job.

She ________________ for the job.
was being interviewed
was interviewed
has been interviewed

2. Tom is writing the letter.

The letter ________________ by Tom.
was written
is being written
has been written

3. Everyone understands English.

English ________________ by everyone.
is understood
has been understood
was understood

4. The employees brought up this issue during the meeting.

This issue ________________ by the employees during the meeting.
has been brought up
is brought up
was brought up

5. The professor told him not to talk in class.

He ________________ by the professor not to talk in class.
has been told
was told
was being told

6. They say that women are smarter than men.

Women ________________ to be smarter than men.
were being said
were said
 are said

7. The fire has destroyed the house.

The house ________________ by the fire.
has been destroyed
was being destroyed
is destroyed

8. She would have told you.

You ________________ by her.
would have been told
would be told
were being told

B) Complete the exercise with the correct forms of the phrasal verbs in the boxes. (You may
need to change the tense of some verbs.

hang up let down throw out end up with

1. I just _________ my first issue of Motorcycle Mama. I'm nobody's mama

2. and I don't own a motorcycle, so how did I ____________this subscription?
3. Well, my neighbor's son was raising money for his soccer team, and
4. I didn't want to ______ him _______. It's easy to _________ on
5. telemarketers, but it's hard to say no to your friends and neighbors.

get to help out watch out for fall for

6. The magazine company ___________ me through a friendship. It's one of

7. the ways "persuasion professionals" get us to say yes. Of course it's OK to
8. ___________ the local soccer team. But a lot of people _____________ scams
9. because of similar techniques. _____________ these common scams.

give back find out go along with lay out turn down

1. When someone gives you something, you want to __________ something

2. _____. This desire to return a favor can cost you money when a
3. telemarketer announces you've won a vacation or a new car. These offers
4. aren't free. When people _____________ them, they always ______________
5. that there's a tax or a fee to collect the "free" prize. Since they've
6. accepted the offer, they feel obligated to pay. You should _____________
7. these offers __________. These are scams-all too often people
8. ___________ money and receive nothing.
fill out count on put on turn up pick out

1. A TV actor will _________ a doctor's white jacket and talk about cough
2. medicine. In a magazine ad, a woman in a business suit will help you
3. __________ the best investment firm. Ads with fake "authority figures" are
4. easy to spot, but there's a new Internet scam that's harder to recognize.
5. The scammer sends e-mails that seem to be from well-known banks. They
6. tell you that a problem with your account has ____________ . Then they
7. send you to an Internet site to _________ forms with your account
8. information and password. The site seems to have authority-it looks like a
9. real thing. But a real bank will never ask for your information over the
10. internet. You can ____________ that!

C) Fill in the gaps with the correct conditional using the verb in brackets.
1. If you´re late again, you _________ (have) problems with the boss.
2. Do you think I ___________ (lose) weight if I eat less pasta?
3. I would go to Rome next summer if you __________ (come) with me.
3. If you _______ (continue) driving like that you __________ (get) a fine.
4. Don´t worry. The dog ___________ (get) better if you __________(give) it the medicine.
5. She is so insecure! I´m sure she _________ (find) a job if she _________(be) more confident.
6. We ____________ (can) go to the countryside and have a picnic if the weather was nice.
7. What ______you ________ (do) if you _________ (find) 500 Euros on the street?
8. If I _________ (be) you, I ___________ (try) to take things easy.

D) Complete the sentences with the correct Reported Speech sentence.

1. Benjamin: "I often have a big hamburger."
Benjamin says (that) __________________________________________________
2. Hannah: "They live in Boston."
Hannah said (that)____________________________________________________
3. Tyler: "Ian doesn't invite girls to his parties."
Tyler told me (that)____________________________________________________
4. Dominic: "She understands Japanese."
Dominic remarks (that)_________________________________________________
5. Christopher: "Do you want to dance?"
Christopher asked me _________________________________________________
6. Betty: "When did you come?"
Betty wanted to know_________________________________________________
7. Mark: "Has John arrived?"
Mark asked me _______________________________________________________
8. Andrew: "Clean the blue bike!"
Andrew told me______________________________________________________
9. Jessica: "Write a text message!"
Jessica told me________________________________________________________
10. Karen: "Don't play football in the garden!"
Karen told me ________________________________________________________