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2. Write all the numbers and symbols in full, according to the way they are pronounced.

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£ 7.80

€ 3.15

₣ 250

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September 7, 2012

April 6, 2000

Verb Passive Voice

I. Rewrite the following sentence in Active voice.

1. The program was written by our leading programmer.

2. Figures should be checked more carefully.

3. It is said that women live longer than men.

4. The proposal has been rejected by the committee.

5. Billion photos are uploaded to Facebook by users every month.

6. This program was developed in Java by our software specialists.

7. The research results will be presented at the meeting by Kristina.

2. Rewrite the following sentence in Passive voice.

1. They sent technician solve the problem.

2. Steve Jobs founded NeXT, a computer platform development company.

3. People always admire this picture.

4. No one has opened this box for the last hundreds years.

5. People speak English all over the world.

6. People will forget it soon.

7. We should give teenagers an opportunity to get a job.

III. Choose the correct form of the verb.

1. The children ________ to the zoo next week.

a) are taken

b) will be taken

c) will take

d) will be taking

2. She ________ by a strange noise.

a) was waken

b) waken

c) was wake

d) has waken

3. I hate ________ like a child.

a) having treated

b) to treat

c) treating

d) being treated

4. Christo loves ________.

a) being appreciated

b) to be appreciate

c) to appreciate

d) having appreciated

5. The permission ________ never ________.

a) will/be give

b) will/be given

c) would/be given

d) is/give

6. The bus stop ________.

a) will vandalized

b) has vandalized

c) has been vandalized

d) was vandalized

7. The whole gang ________ yesterday.

a) arrested

b) was arrested

c) has been arrested

d) will be arrested

8. The train may ________ by the storm.

a) be delay

b) to delay

c) delayed

d) have been delayed

IV. Rewrite the following paragraph using Passive voice.

Somebody gave me a goat for my birthday last year. They had bought it from a farm down the road. We keep it tied to a tree in our garden. My father normally looks after it, but last week his company sent him abroad on business. A few days later, our neighbour called me to the window. I hadn’t tied the goat up properly. The goat was eating her washing!