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Grammar
Passives: Present simple and Present continuous
1 Underline the mistakes in the sentences. Then write out the
corrections. There is one mistake in each sentence.
→ The new school is been built near the old one.
The new school is being built.
1 Kangaroos are find in Australia.
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2 J.K. Rowling is being interview on the radio at the moment.
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3 English is spoke all over the world.
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4 My car is been repaired, so I can’t give you a lift today.
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5 These shoes were made in Italy?
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6 Pasta is eating all over the world.
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Passives: Past simple, Past continuous and Past perfect

2 Complete the sentences with the Past simple passive, Past continuous
passive or Past perfect passive form of the verb in brackets.
→ The pyramids were built (build) by the ancient Egyptians.
1 ___________ (electricity/discover) by Faraday or Franklin?
2 The Treaty of Rome ___________ (sign) in 1957.
3 John F. Kennedy ___________ (drive) through the streets of Dallas when
he was assassinated.
4 The Great Fire of London ___________ (not cause) by a bomb.
5 America ___________ (probably/explore) by many others before
Columbus reached there.
6 Paper and fireworks ___________ (invent) by the Chinese.
7 The First World War ___________ (fight) when the Russian Revolution
happened.

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8 The first book ___________ (already/print) by the Chinese hundreds of

years before Gutenberg printed his.

Passives: Present perfect and will

3 Rewrite the sentences using the passive form.
→ They will give you a ticket when you arrive.
You will be given a ticket when you arrive.
1 They have opened a new swimming pool in Oxford.
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2 They have sold their best player.
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3 They will probably close the old car park.
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4 Have they bought new computers for the school?
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5 They won’t build a new airport this year.
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6 They will tell you when to start the test.
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Passives: all tenses

4 Choose the correct alternative.
→ You won’t be asked/aren’t asked to show your passport tomorrow.
1 Michael was born/is born in 2006.
2 They aren’t sure, but the computer problem might be caused/had been
caused by a virus.
3 You were met/will be met at the airport when you arrive.
4 I’m sure it wasn’t sung/hadn’t been sung by the Beatles.
5 Is the goal scored/Was the goal scored before halftime?
6 Our neighbour has been arrested/was arrested last week.
7 Olives are grown/is grown in this area of Italy.
8 Their house wasn’t painted/hasn’t been painted yet.

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have/get something done

5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs below.

→pick shave
He got cleanpicked
his pocket pierce
at thebreak into
airport.
1 Have you had your ears __?
2 We really must have the house __ a nicer colour.
3 Josh got his tablet __ while he was at work.
4 My brother’s gone to the police station because he got his flat __
yesterday.
5 I think I’m going to have my hair __ red.
6 Louise hasn’t had her head __ yet, but she wants to.
7 Why don’t you have that dirty jacket __?

Vocabulary
Migration
6 Replace the underlined words with the words below that have a
similar meaning.

I migrated struggle
moved → migrated economic
from my home 1 native welcoming
__ country to Italy more than fifteen
years ago. When I arrived, I thought the people might not like foreigners 2

__ like me, but in fact everyone was very friendly 3

__ and I found it easy to
fit 4
__ into society. At first, I found the language quite a problem 5
__
to learn, because everyone seemed to speak so fast. Now I’m used to 6
__
the way people speak so it’s easy. I didn’t move here for money 7
__
reasons: employment opportunities 8
__ in my home country were very
good. I actually moved here because I liked the people and the weather!

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Extreme adjectives
7 Complete the sentences with an extreme adjective from Unit 6.
→ Karen was furious, I’ve never seen her so angry.
1 Venice is really crowded in the summer and the waterbuses are p __!
2 That’s a beautiful photo of Becky’s kittens. Don’t they look g __?
3 Tom’s had a b __ idea for the storyline. He’s a lot brighter than Mark.
4 Where have you been? Your shoes aren’t just dirty, they’re f __!
5 Tim isn’t a r __ player at all. He’s never done anything impressive in any
match he’s played.
6 The best piece in the exhibition was an a __ Egyptian cat. Nobody knows
how old it is.
7 We were already hungry by 7 o’clock so by 9 o’clock we were s __!

Easily confused words: migration

8 Complete the definitions with the words below.

→lose remind
If you effort
lose something, stranger
it means you remember
can’t find it.
1 When you __ an appointment, it means you didn’t go to the
appointment.
2 If you forget someone’s name, it means you don’t __ it.
3 If you __ someone to do something, you’re helping them so they don’t
forget.
4 Someone you don’t know is a __.
5 Someone who comes from a different country from you is a __.
6 If you make an __ to do something, it means you try hard to do it.

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Expressions with home

9 Choose the correct alternative.

Hi Mum,
I just wanted to let you know that everything’s fine and I’m not
feeling at all → homeless/homesick. Of course, I miss you, but I am
20 and that’s a good age to 1leave home/get home!
You’ll be happy to know that I’ve found a room to rent, so I’m not
2
from home/homeless! I feel quite 3homesick/at home here already
– I feel like part of the family. Eleanor, my landlady, told me to
4
make myself at home/be home to, so I can use the kitchen when I
want, watch TV with the family and use the washing machine when
I need to. Her husband is a keen gardener, so I’m cooking with lots
of 5home town/home-grown fruit and vegetables. I’m going to learn
how to make 6at home/home-made jam (I’ll send you some if it
tastes OK)!
That’s all for now,
Lena xxx

Prefixes for adjectives

10 Complete the sentences by adding one of the prefixes below to the
words in bold.

→inter- over-
It’s an under-expensive
incredibly extra-place to eat and the portions are undersized.

1 The stadium at Twickenham is the home of most of England’s national

rugby matches.
2 Do you think terrestrial life exists?
3 Thalia was so paid for her Saturday job, she didn’t even have the
money for a pizza.
4 I think crowded places are dangerous. What happens if there’s a fire?
5 Bob’s a brilliant swimmer but he never gets to swim for the team. He’s
really rated by our coach.

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6 Our cat’s called Swampy because he likes water, which is ordinary for a
cat.
7 Hetty and I are playing this great active video game together but she’s
much better than I am.

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