LEVEL WC 16

REVIEW
CEVAZ

A) The first sentence is in the ACTIVE VOICE. Choose the most correct way of saying the same thing
in the PASSIVE VOICE:

1. They were interviewing her for the job.

She was being interviewed for the job.

was being interviewed

was interviewed

has been interviewed

2. Tom is writing the letter.

The letter is being written by Tom.

was written

is being written

has been written

3. Everyone understands English.

English is understood by everyone.

is understood

has been understood

was understood

4. The employees brought up this issue during the meeting.

This issue has been brought up by the employees during the meeting.

has been brought up

is brought up

was brought up

5. The professor told him not to talk in class.

He has been told by the professor not to talk in class.

has been told

was told

was being told

6. They say that women are smarter than men.

Women are said to be smarter than men.

were being said

were said

are said

7. The fire has destroyed the house.

The house has been destroyed by the fire.

has been destroyed

was being destroyed

is destroyed

8. She would have told you.

You would have been told by her.

would have been told

would be told

were being told

B) Complete the exercise with the correct forms of the phrasal verbs in the boxes. (You may need to
change the tense of some verbs.

hang up let down throw out end up with

1. I just threw out my first issue of Motorcycle Mama. I'm nobody's mama
2. and I don't own a motorcycle, so how did I end up with this subscription?
3. Well, my neighbor's son was raising money for his soccer team, and
4. I didn't want to let him down. It's easy to hang up on
5. telemarketers, but it's hard to say no to your friends and neighbors.

get to help out watch out for fall for

6. The magazine company got to me through a friendship. It's one of

7. the ways "persuasion professionals" get us to say yes. Of course it's OK to
8. help out the local soccer team. But a lot of people fall for scams
9. because of similar techniques. Watch out for these common scams.

give back find out go along with lay out turn down

1. When someone gives you something, you want to give something

2. back. This desire to return a favor can cost you money when a
3. telemarketer announces you've won a vacation or a new car. These offers
4. aren't free. When people go along with them, they always find out
5. that there's a tax or a fee to collect the "free" prize. Since they've
6. accepted the offer, they feel obligated to pay. You should turn
7. these offers down. These are scams-all too often people
8. lay out money and receive nothing.

fill out count on put on turn up pick out

1. A TV actor will put on a doctor's white jacket and talk about cough
2. medicine. In a magazine ad, a woman in a business suit will help you
3. pick out the best investment firm. Ads with fake "authority figures" are
4. easy to spot, but there's a new Internet scam that's harder to recognize.
5. The scammer sends e-mails that seem to be from well-known banks. They
6. tell you that a problem with your account has turned up . Then they
7. send you to an Internet site to fill out forms with your account
8. information and password. The site seems to have authority-it looks like a
9. real thing. But a real bank will never ask for your information over the
10. internet. You can count on that!

C) Fill in the gaps with the correct conditional using the verb in brackets.
1. If you´re late again, you will have (have) problems with the boss.
2. Do you think I will lose (lose) weight if I eat less pasta?
3. I would go to Rome next summer if you came (come) with me.
3. If you continue (continue) driving like that you will get (get) a fine.
4. Don´t worry. The dog will get (get) better if you give (give) it the medicine.
5. She is so insecure! I´m sure she would (find) a job if she were (be) more confident.
6. We could (can) go to the countryside and have a picnic if the weather was nice.
7. What would you do (do) if you found (find) 500 Euros on the street?
8. If I were (be) you, I would try (try) to take things easy.

D) Complete the sentences with the correct Reported Speech sentence.

1. Benjamin: "I often have a big hamburger."
Benjamin says (that) he often has a big hamburger.
2. Hannah: "They live in Boston."
Hannah said (that) they lived in Boston.
3. Tyler: "Ian doesn't invite girls to his parties."
Tyler told me (that) Ian doesn’t invite girls to his parties.
4. Dominic: "She understands Japanese."
Dominic remarks (that) she understands Japanese.
5. Christopher: "Do you want to dance?"
Christopher asked me if I wanted to dance.
6. Betty: "When did you come?"
Betty wanted to know when did I come.
7. Mark: "Has John arrived?"
Mark asked me if John had arrived.
8. Andrew: "Clean the blue bike!"
Andrew told me to clean the blue bike.
9. Jessica: "Write a text message!"
Jessica told me to write a text message.
10. Karen: "Don't play football in the garden!"
Karen told me not to play football in the garden.