- •4 Complete these sentences with be, have or have been.
- •5 Write the eight completed sentences from Exercise 4 in appropriate spaces in this table.
- •6 Choose an ending (a-e) for each beginning (1-5) and add these forms.
- •7 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete these sentences with the adjectives and modals.
- •8 Do Editing. Correct the mistakes in the use of modals in this text.
- •9 Complete this dialogue with these forms.
- •11 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete each sentence with one pair of words, plus appropriate forms of can, could or be able to.
- •12 Complete this joke with appropriate forms of can or could.
- •13 Choose an ending (a-f) for each beginning (1-6) and add can, mayor be allowed to.
- •1 Can’t 4 Editing. Correct the mistakes in this text.
- •15 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete each sentence with an adjective and a modal.
- •16 Complete this text with appropriate forms of can or could plus these verbs.
- •1 Could 7 Correct the mistakes in these sentences using may, might, can or could.
- •18 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete the sentences with these words and appropriate forms of must or have to.
- •19 Complete these sentences with the verbs and adjectives.
- •20 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
- •21 Choose an ending (a-e) for each beginning (1-5) and add appropriate forms of must or can't.
- •22 Complete this dialogue with must or couldn't plus appropriate forms of the verbs.
- •23 Add these nouns and verbs to these sentences.
- •4 Complete these sentences with be, to be, being or been and decide what type of passive each one is.
- •5 Complete this news report with these verbs in the passive.
- •6 Complete each sentence with a passive so that it has a similar meaning to the one above.
- •7 Choose one passive verb phrase for each space in these sentences (from a report on the use of dna testing by the police).
- •8 Rewrite each sentence with the verbs in the passive, where possible.
- •10 Editing. Correct the mistakes in this text.
- •13 Complete these sentences, using appropriate forms of these verbs in combination.
- •14 Rewrite these sentences with verbs in the passive, where possible.
- •15 Complete these sentences (from an article about Shakespeare) with appropriate forms of the verbs, plus by or with where necessary.
- •16 Choose an ending (a-d) for each beginning (1-4) and add these verbs.
- •17 Add appropriate forms of these verbs to the text. Then in the space below, write those expressions (if any) that are used in the text to identify the agents of these verbs.
4 Complete these sentences with be, to be, being or been and decide what type of passive each one is.
After trapped for hours, they were found alive. (...) a Simple modal passive
Herds of cattle are nowhere seen. (...) b Modal perfect passive
Small teams have had to flown in to some areas. (...) с Passive gerund
Other buildings seem to have blown away. (...) d Phrasal modal passive
If the wind returns, more trees may knocked over. (...) e Passive infinitive
Dozens of people could have buried in there. (...) f Perfect passive infinitive
5 Complete this news report with these verbs in the passive.
block close destroy expect flood injure knock leave report rescue
Many homes on the island of Jamaica (1)…………..by hurricane Lester yesterday. Today, high winds (2)……………….to bring more rain and problems for the island's residents. Some parts of the island (3)……………….without electricity last night and many roads(4)………………by fallen trees that (5)………………down during the storm. The area around Savanna-La-Mar on the south coast (6)……………….and some residents have had(7)……….……….from the roofs of their houses. Most businesses and schools in Kingston(8)………….…….today as people emerge from their battered homes to survey the damage. More than 100 people (9)……………., but no deaths (10)………………
6 Complete each sentence with a passive so that it has a similar meaning to the one above.
You can't see the house from the street.
The house
'They won't correct your papers before Friday'
He said our papers
Someone must have taken the towels out of the dryer.
The towels
Nobody's going to steal your books from this room.
Your books
People were telling me what to do all the time and I didn't enjoy it. I didn't enjoy
7 Choose one passive verb phrase for each space in these sentences (from a report on the use of dna testing by the police).
is also called has also been used can be used
is believed have been shown may have been convicted
was released had been sentenced would never have been solved
DNA is the chemical in the cells of plants and animals which carries inherited characteristics, or
genetic information. DNA testing (l) to identify each person as a
unique individual on the basis of that genetic information. It (2)
'genetic fingerprinting'. The results of DNA testing are now being accepted as evidence in cases where it (3)………………..that the wrong person (4)……………………of a crime. In recent years, more than seventy people (5) ……………….to be innocent through DNA testing. Many of those people (6)……………….to life in prison. In one case, a man (7)…………….after nineteen years in prison. DNA testing(8)………………in some murder cases that (9) …………………without it.
Passive verbs