Text IV (oxbridge) Grammar summary Passive Voice

1. Choose the correct verb form

   We … … … by a loud noise during the night.
   A ) woke up	B) are woken up		C) were woken up	D) were waking up
   ‘Where … … …?’ ‘London.’
   A) were you born		B) are born	C) have you been born	D) did you born
   Why… …he … …to the party?
   A) didn’t…invite	B) wasn’t… invited		C) aren’t… invited	D) doesn’t…invite
   The painting by Rembrandt … … … from the museum yesterday.
   A) stole	B) was stolen		C) is stolen	D) were stolen
   … credit cards … in your shop?
   A) Do…accept	B) Are…accepted		C) Was…accepted	D) Were…accepted

2. Rewrite the sentences in Passive

1. Somebody cleans the room every day.

2. They cancelled all flights because of fog.

3. People don’t use this road very often.

4. Somebody accused me of stealing money.

5. People advised us not to go out alone.

3. Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive.

1. Water … … … … … (cover) most of the Earth’s surface.

2. Most of the Earth’s surface … … … … …(cover) by water.

3. The letter … … … …(post) a week ago and it … … … … (arrive) yesterday.

4. I saw an accident last night. Somebody … … … (call) an ambulance but nobody … … … … (injure) so the ambulance … … … … (not/ need).

5. Where … … … (these photographs/take)? In London? … … … …(you/ take) them?

6. Cheese … … … (make) from milk.

7. Originally the book … … … (write) in Spanish and a few years ago it … … … (translate) into English.

8. Many accidents … … … (cause) by dangerous driving.

9. In the USA, elections for President … … … (hold) every four years.

Text V–VI (students’ stories) Language summary

Vocabulary DO or MAKE

Grammar summary

The Present Perfect Simple Tense

The Past Perfect Simple Tense

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED TO ME

1. Learn the phrases by heart

DO We use do with certain nouns to describe activities, or things that have an effect on people, when we talk about general or indefinite rather than particular activities.

1. The shopping

2. Work

3. Homework (U)

4. Housework (U)=Cleaning

5. Washing up

6. Gardening

7. Military service

8. Mathematics, History, etc.

9. An exam

10. A course

11. Research (U)

12. Something interesting

13. A (boring) job, business

14. A favour

15. Sports

16. Damage

17. Good

18. harm

19. 80 miles per hour

20. one’s best etc.

MAKE We use make to talk about constructing or creating something. We also use make with certain nouns, particularly when we are talking about an action that someone performs.

1. Arrangements

2. An offer

3. A suggestion

4. A decision

5. A choice

6. A comment

7. A contribution

8. An attempt

9. An effort

10. A difference

11. A discovery

12. An enquiry

13. An excuse

14. A mistake

15. Progress

16. A noise

17. A phone call

18. A date

19. A visit

20. Friends

21. A profit = Money

22. A bed

23. A meal = A cake

24. A speech

25. Trouble etc.

2. Supply some form of make or do in the following:

1. The best cloth is _______in England.

2. He ____________ his best to help me.

3. Have you ________ your homework?

4. I have only _____________ my duty.

5. If you take this medicine, it will _____________ you good.

6. ___________ whatever you like.

7. What were you ______ing when I came in?

8. Do you________ your exercises carefully?

9. Don’t ______ a noise.

10. I have a difficult problem to __________.

3. Replace the underlined word(s) with a suitable word or expression with DO or MAKE

1. I’m going to prepare lunch tomorrow.

2. I’ll clean the house at the weekend.

3. I usually buy my food on Saturday morning.

4. They both want to become rich.

5. My Mother baked a cake for my birthday.

6. He studies Physics in detail at Oxford University.

7. Her English is good now; she improved it.

8. My brother served in the Army last year.

4. Translate into English

1. Он сделал несколько ошибок в диктанте.

2. Он заработал много денег когда был за границей.

3. Моя мама делает всю работу по дому: готовит еду, моет посуду, заправляет постель, делает покупки, а папа занимается садоводством и зарабатывает деньги.

4. Мой брат принял решение заняться наукой. Он отслужил в Армии, окончил университет и собирается поступать в аспирантуру. Сейчас он посещает курсы по английскому языку.

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5. Choose the most likely sentence ending.

1. The company makes …

1. small electric motors

2. a lot of work for charity.

2. The children in the class worked really hard. They made…

1. everything they could to help.

2. presents for all their brothers and sisters.

3. With recent advances in technology, we are now able to do …

1. powerful computers as small as a cigarette packet.

2. things we could not have dreamed of 10 years ago.

4. The local council is doing …

1. nothing to help solve traffic congestion.

2. changes to traffic flow in the city center.

5. Choose a form of do or make and one of these nouns to complete the sentences

Arrangement contribution damage discovery research

1. The storm … … … a lot of … … …to the trees in our garden.

2. I’m sure we … … …a definite … … … to meet on Thursday.

3. When they studied the figures closely, they … … … a startling … … …

4. Ann always … … … an important … … … to our meetings.

5. We are … … … some … … … to try to find the origin of the name of our street.

7. You are writing a letter to a friend. In the letter you give news about yourself and other people. Use the words given to make sentences. Use the present perfect.

Dear Chris,

Lots of things have happened since I last wrote to you.

1. I/buy/ a new car

2. My father/start/ a new job

3. I/give up/ smoking

4. Maria/do/ English exam

5. And she /make/ a decision to study at Oxford

6. Charles and Sarah/ go/ to Brazil

7. Suzanne/have/ a baby/

7. You are asking somebody questions about things he or she has done. Make questions from the words in brackets.

1. (ever/ speak/ famous person?)

2. (ever/ run/ marathon?)

3. (ever /make/ a discovery?)

4. (ever/ do/ military service?)

5. (ever/ stick/ in a traffic jam?)

6. (ever/ do/ the crossword?)

7. (ever/ catch/ a train ?)

8. (ever/ be/ England?)

9. (ever/ translate/ poems?)

10. (ever/ make/ a speech?)

7. Complete the sentences using today/ this year/ this term etc.

1. I saw Tom yesterday but I (see/not) him today.

2. I read a newspaper yesterday but I (read/not) …………… it

3. Last year the company made a profit but it (make/not)…………… it

4. Mike worked hard at school last term but

5. It snowed a lot last winter but

6. Our football team won a lot of games last season but we

7. Choose the correct verb form

I … … them since December.
a)didn’t see	b) haven’t seen
Since then I….. my job several times.
a) changed	b) have changed
..you ever ..the Queen of Great Britain?
a) Did… see	b) Have … seen
I… back on Monday afternoon.
a) arrived	b)have arrived
I … on holidays for the last two years.
a) wasn’t	b)haven’t been
They… the company two years ago.
a)started	b) have started
… you ever …to Africa?
a)Did...travel	b)Have … travelled
Shakespeare … a lot of plays.
a)wrote	b)has written

11. Read the situation and write sentences from the words in brackets. Use the past perfect simple.

1. You went to Jill’s house but she wasn’t there.

(she/ go/ out)

2. You went back to your home town after many years. It wasn’t the same as before. (it/ change/ a lot)

3. I invited Ann to the party but she couldn’t come.

(she/ arrange/ to do something else)

4. You went to the cinema last night. You arrived at the cinema late.

(the film/ already/ begin)

5. I was very pleased to see Tony again after such a long time.

(I/ not/ see/ him for five years)

6. I offered Jane something to eat but she wasn’t hungry.

(she/ just/ have/ breakfast)

11. Use the sentences on the left to complete the paragraphs on the right. These sentences are in the order in which they happened - so (1) happened before (2), (2) before (3) etc. But your paragraph begins with the underlined sentence, so sometimes you need the past perfect.

1. (1)Somebody broke into the office during the night.

(2) We arrived at work in the morning.

(3) We call the police.

We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody … … … … … … … … … into the office during the night. So we … … … … … … … …

2. (1) Ann went out.

(2) I tried to phone her this morning.

(3) There was no answer.

I tried to phone Ann this morning but … … … … … … … … … no answer. She … … … … … … … … … … out.

3. (1) Jim came back from holiday a few days ago.

(2) I met him the same day.

(3) He looked very well.

I met Jim a few days ago. He … … … just … … … … … … … … … … … He … … … … … … … … … … …

4. (1) Kevin wrote to Sally many times.

(2) She never replied to his letters.

(3) Yesterday he had a phone call from her.

(4) He was very surprised.

Yesterday Kevin … … … … … … …

He … … … … … … very surprised. He … … … … … … many times but she … … … … … … … … … … …