ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT

BY MR. HERY

COMPARE ACTIVE AND PASSIVE

 Look at these sentences.
 Nurse Jane gave an injection to Mr. Johnson.
 Nurse Jane gave Mr. Johnson an injection.
 An active sentence with a verb like “give”can have two different structure.
 If we use a passive sentence, either an injection or Mr. Johnsoncan be the subject.

EXERCISE 1: Write sentences about nurse’s activity in ward.

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2.
3.

EXERCISE 2: I WAS GIVEN...

Put the important underlined information at the end of the sentence.

1. useful work skills / they are taught to our staff.

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2. people with initiative / they are given opportunities.
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3. special training / it is given to new employees.
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4. Staff who perform well / they are given extra payments.
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EXERCISE 3: I WAS GIVEN ...

Choose the incorrect word or phrase and then correct.

1. Most employees are offered for company shares.

A B C D E

2. All hospital staffs is allowed six weeks’ holiday.

A B C D E

3. A full salary are paid to women who leave to have child.

A B C D E

4. Cigarettes are known to bad for people’s health.

A B C D E

EXERCISE 4: I WAS GIVEN....

Write sentences using these verbs below!
allow, award, fed, give, grant, hand, leave (in a will), lend, offer, owe, pay, promise, sell,
send, show, teach.

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IT IS SAID THAT.........
Here are some verbs we can use in this stucture: agree, allege,
announce, assure, believe, consider, decide, expect, explain,
hope, know, report, say, suggest, suppose, think, understand.

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EXERCISE 4 –IT IS SAID THAT....

1. People say this : This quiz champion Claude Jennings has lost his memory
Answer: ...................

2. Everyone expects this : The soap opera “Round the corner” will end next year
Answer: ...................

EXERCISE 5 –IT IS SAID THAT....

1. Journalists suppose so : The footballer Wayne Rooney is earning $ 10 millon a year.

Answer: ...................

2. Lots of people believe this : The Primer Minister and his wife have separated.
Answer: ...................
EXERCISE 6: HE IS SAID TO .....
Choose the incorrect word or phrase and then correct.

1. The quiz champion Claude Jennings is said to have lost her memory.
A B C D E

2. The soap opera “Round the Corner” is expect to end next year.
A B C D E
3. The footballer Wayne Rooney is supposed to earning $ 10 million
A B C D
a year.
E

4. The Primer Minister and his wife are believed to have separate.
A B C D E

EXERCISE 6: HE IS SAID TO .....

1. He is ...........to be the hero of the town.

a. believe c. believes e. to believe
b. believed d. believing

2. The man is said ............

a. be a nurse c. being nurse e. being a nurse
b. to be a nurse d. to being a nurse

3. He is understood ...........children.
a. dislikec. to be dislike e. being dislike
b. to dislike d. to being dislike

4. He is said................very rich in the past.

a. to has been c. has beene. to being
b. to have been d. have been

EXERCISE 7 A SHORT READING

HEALTH
Health can be 1) ..............as the level of our physical and functional
abilities to 2)...........to the changes in the surroundings and 3)..............the
system in our body work properly. There is a specific definition
4)...........by WHO (World Health Organization) in its 1948 constitution,
about health and that is, “It 5)..............a state of complete physical,
mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease
6).........infirmity.”
considered
adapt
Make
given
is
or

EXERCISE 7B -SHORT READING

In 1968, WHO further 7)..................about health by 8)............another

definition: “A resource for everyday life, not the objective of living. Health
is a positive 9)............emphasizing social and personal resources, as well
as 10).............capacities.”

physical

concept

giving

Clarified