- •Exercise 11 Add tag questions
- •Exercise 12 Fill in the spaces with the correct tag
- •Exercise 15 Complete the sentences below with appropriate adverbs based on the words in the list
- •Hard loud long efficient early bad often careful quick
- •Exercise 16 Complete the text with proper forms of adjectives. Find and explain all the comparative constructions used in the text
- •Exercise 17 Complete the dialogue between a car salesman (s) and a customer (c). Make comparisons between the two cars
- •Exercise 18 Write questions which correspond to the given answers. Use the information in the text given
- •Exercise 19 Read the headings in the specification table for four luxury yachts, then delete the wrong answers below
- •Exercise 20 Complete the sentences with a comparative or superlative form, adding any words that are needed. You may use some words twice
- •Exercise 21 Write a sentence comparing the items given, and using the word in brackets
- •Exercise 22 Look at the information in the table and complete the sentences about Bob and Tony using the prompts given and the forms of comparison as...As, so...As, the same (as), like, as
- •Exercise 23 Read this diary entry. Use the adjectives and adverbs in brackets in a correct form
- •Exercise 28 Look at each of these active sentences. Change them to the passive, and decide whether to include the agent or not
- •Exercise 29 Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning of the sentence remains the same. Include a verb in the passive voice
- •Arrest wake knock check translate find drive make spend hear carry
- •Exercise 32 Now you have to read a sentence and write another sentence with the same meaning
- •Exercise 33 Read a sentence and then write another sentence with the same meaning. Begin each sentence as shown
- •Exercise 34 Make a passive sentence from the words in brackets.
- •Exercise 39 Put each verb in brackets into the passive voice in a suitable tense
- •Exercise 40 Use the words in brackets (...) to complete the sentences. Pay special attention to sentences 1, 3, 7, 10
Exercise 28 Look at each of these active sentences. Change them to the passive, and decide whether to include the agent or not
1 The postman has delivered a lot of letters this morning.
A _____________________________________________________
2 Someone has stolen some money from my bag.
Some __________________________________________________
3 People are drinking more coffee than tea these days.
More __________________________________________________
4 Pizarro first brought potatoes to Europe in 1554.
Potatoes ________________________________________________
5 You have to return all videos to the shop before 6 p.m.
All videos ______________________________________________
6 You are not permitted to smoke in the cinema.
Smoking _______________________________________________
7 An electric element in the boiler heats the water.
The water _______________________________________________
8 The company employs forty - five technicians.
Forty –five technicians ____________________________________
9 Someone invented the Espresso machine in Italy.
The Espresso machine _____________________________________
10 Some people have not returned books to the library.
Some books _____________________________________________
Exercise 29 Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning of the sentence remains the same. Include a verb in the passive voice
1 Ingmar Bergman was the director of this film.
This film _______________________________________________
2 Someone has stolen my handbag!
My handbag _____________________________________________
3 They are going to build a new theatre here.
A new theatre ___________________________________________
4 They usually serve drinks during the interval.
Drinks _________________________________________________
5 They could plant more trees in the square.
More trees ______________________________________________
6 They have cancelled tomorrow’s performance of Hamlet.
Tomorrow’s performance of Hamlet __________________________
7 You have to fill in this application form in pen.
This application form _____________________________________
8 Rembrandt painted all of these pictures.
All of these pictures ______________________________________
9 You should feed the dog now.
The dog ________________________________________________
10 We’ll pay you on Friday.
You ___________________________________________________
Exercise 30 Change the active to the passive
1 Shakespeare wrote that play.
2 Bill will invite Ann to the party.
3 Alex is preparing that report.
4 Waitresses and waiters serve customers.
5 The teacher is going to explain the lesson.
6 Shirley has suggested a new idea.
7 Two horses were pulling the farmer’s wagon.
8 Kathy had returned the book to the library.
9 By this time tomorrow, the president will have made the announcement.
10 I didn’t write that note. Jim wrote it.
11 Alice didn’t make that pie. Did Mrs. French make it?
12 Does Prof. Jackson teach that course? I know that Prof. Adams doesn’t teach it.
13 Mrs. Andrews hasn’t signed those papers yet. Has Mr. Andrews signed them yet?
14 Is Mr. Brown painting your house?
15 His tricks won’t fool me.
Exercise 31 Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs (in the correct form)