Grammar passive (8)

8.	Without changing the meaning, rewrite each sentence using a verb from the table in the passive form. Remember that it is not always necessary to mention the subject of the active sentence. The first one has been done for you as an example.

conceal	assassinate	breach	sink	shell	blow
shoot down	ambush	intercept	compromise	capture	outrange

1. We destroyed three enemy fighters during the battle. …Three enemy fighters were shot down during the battle. …

2. Last night, someone shot the Chief of Police. ………………………..

3. They hid the weapons in an old oil drum. ……………………………

4. An enemy submarine has torpedoed HMS Brilliant. …………………

5. The engineers have demolished the bridge at Zemun. ……………….

6. The enemy have taken the airfield. ……………………………………

7. Enemy artillery is firing at B Company. ……………………………..

8. Partisans opened fire on the convoy as it was moving through the gorge. ………………………………………………………………………...

9. We have cleared a lane through the minefield. ………………………

10. The enemy is listening to our radio transmissions. …………………..

11. The enemy tanks can shoot further than ours. ………………………..

12. Some local people have seen our OP. ………………………………..

9.	Write passive sentences in Present Simple.

1. the documents / print

2. the window / open

3. the shoes / buy

4. the car / wash

5. the litter / throw away

6. the letter / send

7. the book / read / not

8. the songs / sing / not

9. the food / eat / not

10. the shop / close / not

10.	Write passive sentences in Past Simple.

1. the test / write

2. the table / set

3. the cat / feed

4. the lights / switch on

5. the house / build

6. dinner / serve

7. this computer / sell / not

8. the tables / clean / not

9. the tables / clean / not

10. the children / pick up / not

11.	Write passive sentences in Present Perfect.

1. the postcard / send

2. the pencils / count

3. the door / close

4. the beds / make

5. the mail / write

6. the trees / plant

7. the money / spend

8. the room / book / not

9. the rent / pay / not

10. the people / inform / not

UNIT 27:

NATO

Lesson 9

Military trivia quiz

1.	See how many of these questions you can answer.

1. Who is more senior? A lieutenant-general or a major-general?

2. What is the nick-name of the American F-4 fighter aircraft?

3. What is a Kalashnikov?

4. What is Fuller’s earth used for?

5. What is Semtex?

6. Which service of the British armed forces is senior? The army or the navy?

7. What does ASAP mean?

8. How do you convert a grid bearing into a magnetic bearing?

9. There are 360 degrees in a circle. How many mils are there?

10. What is Kevlar?

11. What is scrim?

12. Which is bigger? A division or a brigade?

13. What is the equivalent of the Red Cross in Islamic countries?

14. What does starboard mean?

15. What is the main weapon on a British Scimitar light tank?

16. What does MASH mean?

17. What is a padre?

18. What is the American equivalent of a British air vice marshal?

19. What is a kukri?

20. How fast is one knot?

2.	See how many of these questions you can answer.

1. What does reveille mean?

2. What is a bowser?

3. What is a twelfth letter of the phonetic alphabet?

4. What are dragon’s teeth?

5. What does C-in-C mean?

6. What are caltrops?

7. What is the nickname of the American UH-1 utility helicopter?

8. What is the main role of a hunter-killer submarine?

9. What is the name of the officer’s mess on a warship?

10. What is a Jolly Green Giant?

11. What is no-man’s land?

12. What is an iron bomb?

13. What is flak?

14. What is a mechanism which prevents a weapon from being fired?

15. What does neutral mean?

16. What is a pontoon brigade?

17. What does FLOT mean?

18. What is a Molotov cocktail?

19. What is the chief of staff in a British brigade usually called?

20. What is the name of the national headquarters of the United States Department of Defence?