Exercise 168

Change the active sentences to the passive sentences that have the same meaning and tense.

ACTIVE

PASSIVE

a. The news surprised John. b. The news didn’t surprise me. c. Did the news surprise you? a. The news surprises Helen. b. The news doesn’t surprise us. c. Does the news surprise you? a. The news will shock Steve. b. The news won’t shock Jean. c. Will the news shock Pat? a. Liz wrote that report. b. Don didn’t write it. c. Did Mary write it? a. Bob has signed the report. b. Paul hasn’t signed it. c. Has Jim signed it yet? a. Sue is going to sign the report. b. John isn’t going to sign it. c. Is Carol going to sign it?

John was surprised by the news. I wasn’t surprised by the news. Were you surprised by the news? ____________________________________ by the news. ____________________________________ by the news. ____________________________________ by the news? ____________________________________ by the news. ____________________________________ by the news. ____________________________________ by the news? ____________________________________ by Liz. ____________________________________ by Don. ____________________________________ by Mary? ____________________________________ by Bob. ____________________________________ by Paul. ____________________________________ by Jim yet? ____________________________________ by Sue. ____________________________________ by John. ____________________________________ by Carol?

Exercise 169

Write sentences using the words in brackets. All the sentences are present.

1. (this office / clean / every day) This office is cleaned every day.

2. (how often / the office / cleaned?) How often is the office cleaned?

3. (glass / make / from sand) Glass________________________________________________

4. (stamps / sell / in a post office) __________________________________________________

5. (football /play / in most countries) ________________________________________________

6. (this machine / not / use / very often) _____________________________________________

7. (what language / speak / in America) _____________________________________________ ?

8. (what / this machine / use for?) __________________________________________________ ?

Exercise 170

Write sentences using the words in brackets. All the sentences are past.

1. (the office / clean / yesterday) The office was cleaned yesterday.

2. (when / the office / clean?) When was the office cleaned?

3. (this office / paint / last month) This office__________________________________________

4. (these houses / build / about 50 years ago) ___________________________________________

5. (Ann’s car / steal / last week) _____________________________________________________

6. (why / the letter / send / to the wrong address?) _______________________________________

7. (when / television / invented) _____________________________________________________

8. (when / this contract / sign?) _____________________________________________________

Exercise 171

There is something wrong with these objects. In pairs, use the verbs below to discuss them, like this:

A: What is (what’s) wrong with the paper? B: It’s torn.

A: What is (what’s) wrong with the cheque? B: It’s not signed.