ercises
Are the sentences correct? Ifnot, correct any.
mistakes with the passive.
| My new book can found online or i
bookshops. vy “nue bea! dem be loow' a
Is the building being painted this week? #2".
The hole in the roof stil hasn’t be repaired!
Your order was been sent to you ten days ago.
‘The show is watched from millions of people
all over the world,
5 Our friends’ food being brought to the table
when we arrived.
7 Will the meeting be finished before lunch?
3 Thadn’t was told about the party.
Choose the correct options to complete the text.
eat meal at Re)
js new Mexican restaurant ' has adectised / has
en advertised quite a lot on'the radio recently, $0 |
cided to ty it. | love Mexican food anyway!
@ arrived at around 8 pm. It was really busy, but
2 gave / were given a table after just five minutes.
hile our table ’ was prepared / was being prepared,
s “looked / were looked at thé menu. There's a
eat selection and the prices are good.
ter * we'd ordered / we'd been ordered, our food
yas brought / brought quickly. Everything was
jicious. We only had one complaint. We'd asked for
pottie of tap water. But when we paid, we saw that
"had added / had been added for the bottle. This
dn’t seem fair tap water is free in all the other
staurants in town! But overall, I'm sure Rexo wil
‘success and their delicious food will * enjoy / be
jayed by everyone! i
Rewrite the information in the passive. Don’t
include the agents in brackets,
| The supermarket has ust delivered the
ere we been duluerd
The shopping "Y° 5 ~ heey dalivered
2 (The technician is fixing my computer.
My computer 4% Sevag (ixed
3 Will (you) invite Sonia to the party?
MALT sori Ge 100 led t the pry?
i (We) didn’t finish the ork
TheworkWasydpueished
5 (You) can’t use mobile phodes here.
Mobile phones 2a net be oxc! here.
5 Themanager had called the police,
‘The police "eet cen Leldlec!
7 Do (you) accept credit cards?
art creditcards accep fre?
3 (People) don't use the new shofing rene,
Thenow shopping centre) nu} Std
MS oalve o4 1.
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4 Complete the text with the, a(n) or ~ (zero article).
148 _ cash machine in? New York
had to be switched off because it was giving out
too much money. ‘machine, in one of
s busiest underground train stations,
was giving® ten-dollar notes instead of
five-dollar notes. As soon as”
people realized what was happening,*
aueue developed. Within thirty minutes, news
of what was happening appeared on’. Yt _
internet, and even more people arrived. But not
long after,” employee from the bank
came to switch it ff
Complete the second sentences with these
quantifiers so that they mean the same as the first
sentences.
acouple of alittle how much
loadsof |,
plenty of several too much
an
1 There’s more traffic than we wantin this town,
There's te wiht traffic in this town.
2. There are one or twp good shops in this street.
‘There are good shops in
this street
3. Thavesome money eft but not very much,
Thave “AC “money left
4 There are alot of good! offers in that shop.
Thereare leo) 9 good offers in
that shop.
5 We won'the late - we've got more time than
we need.
We won't be late ~ we've got
suo’ time, ¢
6 Four orfive new restaurants have opened near
my flat.
rn restaurants have opened
‘near my flat.
7 How many bottles of juice do we have?
fou wud juice do we have?
Choose the correct options to complete the
conversation, 2
A: Right, we've spent ‘alot of / much money now.
Let’s go home. .
B: Not yet. [still need to get 2 couple of ?londs of
things —just anew dress and some shoes.
AD Really? You've already got * many ‘Ages a
pairs of shoes at home ~more than you need, in
my opinion.
B: Yes, but 1 @oHT hi
that match my new coat!
A: Tsee. Well, Chow nuichy/ how many timedo you
need? I'm getting hungry. I only had "abit 9
4 couple of breakfast. .
B: won't be long -I promise, Why don’t you go
to the café over there? Then I can have % lttle)/
litte time to myself. — ~
Alright. I'l see you in *& few
"Y have not any shoes
>
»)/ few minutes.