A2 Unit

Extra grammar practice extension

The passive; The passive with by; Zero 4 If Dad cooks dinner, Mum the dishes.
conditional; First conditional 5 If you that button, the music plays.
6 If you ice cream in the freezer, it melts.
1 Complete the passive sentences.
1 Televisions found in homes all over the 5 Complete the sentences with the correct form of
world today. these verbs. There is one extra word.
2 Cars invented around the end of the
1800s. not go • be • not put • play • sell • bring
not pass
3 The washing machine used every day
in our house. 1 If he the drums loudly, the neighbours
4 The first digital camera made in 1975. will be angry.
5 Smartphones invented in the 1960s. 2 If he doesn’t study hard, he the exam.
3 If they invent an app, they it to
2 Put the words in order and put the verbs in the a multinational company.
correct form to make passive sentences. Use by if 4 If she to school, she’ll have a lot of
necessary.
extra homework.
1 The Statue of Liberty / design / Bartholdi and Eiffel
5 If we don’t eat now, we hungry later.
. 6 If you milk in the fridge, it will
2 In the film / James Bond / Daniel Craig / play /
go bad.
Spectre
. 6 Find the ten extra words.
3 The first fridge / sell / in / 1913
. If you will ask people to name important
4 The sound of Big Ben / for the first time / hear / in inventions of the 20th century, the list will to
1859 include cars, planes, personal computers and, of
course, the Internet. The Internet is a form of
.
5 The Shadow of the Wind / write / Carlos Ruiz Zafón communication that is used be widely today. It
wasn’t invented in one particular year, it was
.
been developed over several decades. Initially, in
3 Find and correct the sentences with the 1970s, networks were be used internally by
mistakes. Tick (✓) the correct sentences. research companies. In 1989, a browser called
1 Microwaves are find in most kitchens these days. the World Wide Web was created by the Tim
2 The first oilfield in England was discovered in 1919 Berners-Lee. A few years later other browsers
in Derbyshire. such as Internet Explorer and Google were
3 My laptop was used mainly by my son when he’s working too. All of them are still to used today.
home from school. They are known collectively as ‘the Web’. In the
4 The film Jurassic World weren’t directed by space of fifteen years the way we communicate
Steven Spielberg. has changed completely. The Internet is used for
5 Our CD player isn’t used much anymore.
shopping, banking and finding out information
6 The Hunger Games series was written by
rapidly. It is also used to speak to people in other
Suzanne Collins.
countries because it is not cheaper than the
7 The earthquake wasn’t predict to be so strong.
telephone. If we will continue to use the Internet
4 Complete the sentences with the correct form of regularly, we won’t not talk to people face-to-face
these verbs. so often. It is a fact that if you don’t practise
something, you will forget how to do it. Will we
touch • not put • wash • open • not sleep • use forget how to communicate with other people?

1 If I drink coffee at night, I well.

2 If you the door, the dishwasher stops.
3 If you the microwave, it saves time.

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