1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

1 Currently, our understanding of the body _________________ (revolutionize) by developments in

genetic science.

2 The patient _________________ (just / give) an injection. He’ll be asleep in a moment or two.

3 The importance of using antiseptic _________________ (understand) for the first time two
hundred years ago.

4 Sandra _________________ (must / give) the wrong medicine. That’s why she looks so ill.

5 Such a difficult operation _________________ (not carry) out before. It really was a first.

6 Everybody _________________ (tell) to evacuate the building when we got there.

2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

A new cookbook (1) _________________ (just / publish) which is full of recipes that (2)
_________________ (design) to make you fit. It (3) _________________ (write) during last
summer’s major athletics championships. At that time, a number of top athletes (4)
_________________ (ask) to describe what they ate on a typical day. It is their recipes that (5)
_________________ (include) in the book. So, now you can eat what athletes eat. However, you
(6) _________________ (should / warn) that if you want to win an Olympic medal, the recipes (7)
_________________ (have to / follow) exactly! Buy one now. By next Christmas the books (8)
_________________ (will / sell) out.

3 Rewrite the sentences in the passive form. Omit the agent where possible.

1 Someone is showing the researchers around the new facility.

___________________________________________________________

2 Doctor Smith is treating one of his elderly patients for arthritis.

___________________________________________________________

3 Someone must clean all the equipment after every experiment.

___________________________________________________________

4 The athlete recently broke the world record for the 800 metres.

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 5 Medical researchers have discovered a new cure for cancer.

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4 Rewrite the sentences in two ways. Use the direct object as the subject, then the indirect
object as the subject.

1 People are giving charities lots of money to fight epidemics in Africa.

___________________________________________________________

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2 The teacher should have told the students the truth.

___________________________________________________________

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5 Rewrite the sentences in two different ways, beginning as shown.

1 A scientific journal has reported that the number of cases of meningitis is rising.

It _________________________________________________________ .

The number of cases _________________________________________ .

2 Many people think science is more important than arts and literature.

It _________________________________________________________ .

Science ____________________________________________________ .

3 Some said that mapping the human genome was impossible.

It _________________________________________________________ .

Mapping ___________________________________________________ .

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4 It is said that a cure for old age will be found soon.

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