UNIT

5 Grammar

The passive Impersonal phrases

1 Complete the text with the correct passive 3 Find and correct the mistakes.
or active form of the verbs in brackets.
1 It said that cats have nine lives.
It is said that cats have nine lives.
Tomatoes are a fruit, although they
2 In the past, it is thought that spilling salt
1 are known (know) as a vegetable.
brought bad luck.
They 2 (grow) in South
America hundreds of years ago and
3 (bring) to Europe by the 3 Is said that elephants have very good
Spanish in the early 1500s. At first, people memories.
4 (not eat) them because
they 5 (think) they were
4 Centuries ago, tomatoes it was thought
poisonous. Today, it is an important
that were poisonous.
ingredient in the Margherita pizza,
which 6 (invent) in Naples
in the late 19th century. Tomatoes
7 (not introduce) to North Grammar round-up
America until the early 1800s. Tomatoes
don’t need 8 (cook). They can 4 Complete the dialogue with one word in
also 9 (tin) without losing their each gap.
flavour. In the future, new kinds of tomato A: K aty, 1 have you finished your essay?
10 (design) by scientists.
B: N o, I haven’t finished it 2 .
It needs to 3 done by
tomorrow, doesn’t it?
A: T hat’s right. The topic was really difficult.
I think they should 4 us
choose our own topics.
B: I agree! Did you see the message
about the science competition? It
be allowed to, let, make 5 posted on the school
website yesterday.
2 Write sentences and questions using
A: N o, I didn’t. What was it 6 ?
be allowed to, let or make.
B: W e have to think of ideas for projects
1 your parents / switch off / your phone 7 will help the school do
during dinner / ? (make) more recycling. A prize 8
Do your parents make you switch off be given to the students 9
your phone during dinner?      project recycles the most.
2 you / play computer games / whenever A: H mm. Let’s talk about it when we
you want / ? (allow) 10 school today. We can
help 11 other come up
with ideas!
3 we / wear / T-shirts to school (not allow)
B: S ounds good. We finish at 4:00 pm
today, 12 we?
4 our teacher / stay late after school
yesterday (not make)

5 my parents / stay up late on school days

(not let)

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