2012 E.C.

Rift Valley University, Hossana Campus Communicative English

Language Skills II Home Take Assignment for First Year Students Only

Name ZELALEM SHETAHUN Id.No. 0150/19 GrouP ACCOUNTING

Part One: Write the correct active or passive forms of the verbs in brackets and
list them in the spaces provided below. Take care of the tense you use. Numbers 2,
8 and 12 are done for you as an example.
My sister and I ---------- (1. grow up) and went to school in Jamaica. We were educated (2.
educate) according to the British system. In 1997 we ----------- (3. give) the opportunity to come
to the United States. We decided to finish high school before leaving our own country. We --------
(4.concern) that the education in this country might not be as good as the one we had there, and
we wanted to improve our English too. My colleagues A, B, and I, ------------ (5. design) an
experiment to test the impact on worker perceptions of well-being when domesticated cats
------------- (6. allow) to freely roam various work environments in which the subjects were
normally employed. Three test environments ----------- (7. select) for our experiments: a law
office, a laboratory in which experiments ----------- (8. perform) using laboratory rats, and an
automobile assembly line. One-way mirrored glass panels-were installed (9.install) to allow
video cameras to record the activity and researchers to observe the same and take notes. We
secretly inserted observers directly into the work environment. These observers posed as outside
contractors and ------------ (10. uniform) as maintenance and cleaning staff, coffee and water
service vendors, and similar supporting personnel. The observers ------------ (11. draw) from the
students who had been matriculated (12. matriculate) into the experimental psychology courses
from which this study ------------- (13. develop) as an example.
Part Two: Select the correct relative pronoun from the list given and complete the
blank space in each of the following sentences.
Where When Who
Which Why Whose
14. This is a restaurant ------------- you can find many different cuisines from around the world.
15. The moment ------------------ I found out the exam results was one of the worst times in my
life.
16. Those ------------------ are eager to join the English class should sign up by tomorrow.
17. Los Angeles, --------------------- is one the most visited tourist destinations, is a fascinating
city.
18. I would like to know the reason --------------- you decided not to join us.
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ANSWER:
Part One:
1.grow up
2.were educated
3.gave
4.were concerned
5.designed
6.allowed
7.were selected
8.are performed
9.were installed
10.wear uniform
11.were drown
12.had been matriculated
13.was developed
Part Two:
14.where
15.when
16.who
17.which
18.why