WEEK 25

Rewrite these sentences in the passive voice.

1. People should send their complaints to the head office.
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2. They had to postpone the meeting because of illness.
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3. They are going to hold next year’s congress in San Francisco.
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4. The bill includes service.
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5. People don’t use this road very often.
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6. They cancelled all the flights because of fog.
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7. They are building a new ring-road round the city.
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8. I didn’t realize that someone was recording our conversation.
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9. They have changed the date of the meeting.
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10. Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit.
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11. We will pay the gardener a lot of money.
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12. They can’t find Joanna.
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13. They should decorate the room with flowers.
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14. Archaeologists have discovered an ancient temple.
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15. The youngest student in the class has written the best composition.
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16. You must not cross this line.
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17. They had picked the oranges before the storm.
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18. Two men were following Tom.
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19. She is telling the children a story.
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20. Doctor Simms is going to examine her.
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 FURTHER PRACTICE
I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. steak B. beans C. cream D. sweet
2. A. jazz B. sneeze C. freeze D. pizza
3. A. biscuit B. grill C. whisk D. cuisine
4. A. hunger B. diet C. hereditary D. overeat
5. A. desert B. fitness C. dessert D. possess
II. Circle the correct answer to complete each sentence.
1. The last student ________ was interviewed was Tom.
A. who B. that C. whom D. which
2. At this time tomorrow morning, they ________ to the museum together.
A. are going B. will go C. go D. will be going
3. Animals ________ in a zoo generally adjust to captivity better than those that are captured in the wild.
A. bearing B. born C. are born D. were born
4. Bread and butter ________ what I want for breakfast.
A. is B. are C. were D. was
5. This is the woman ________ whom my manager talked yesterday.
A. with B. on C. to D. through
6. By the time the teacher ________ to class, we ________ our homework.
A. comes/ will finish B. came/ had finished
C. comes/ will have finished D. came/ have finished
7. My father ________ at this company for exactly 14 years by the end of this year.
A. will have worked B. will have been working
C. have worked D. will work
8. ________ the door, he took a shower and then ate dinner.
A. Locking B. Locked C. Locks D. Being locked
9. As ________, my father rides a bike and my mother takes a bus to work.
A. usually B. often C. usual D. frequently
10. I met her by ________ at the airport.
A. error B. fortune C. me D. chance
III. Use the correct verb forms to complete the sentences below.
1. No one (use) this car for several years.
2. Last night when we (visit) him, he (do) an experiment on the upstairs.
3. The sewing machine which you (use) at present (invent) in 1830 by French.
4. Toshiba had her car (repair) by a mechanic.
5. By the end of this month, we (finish) half of our monthly report.
6. The man, (wash) the red car over there, is my new neighbour.
7. The robber who (arrest) recently suddenly appeared in my hometown this afternoon.
8. What is the official language (speak) in Ireland?
9. Look at these dark clouds. It (rain) .
10. Be careful! The truck (come)
IV. For questions 1–8, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to
form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).
Example 0. more
About Fish and Aquariums
There are (0) .....more…... than 200,000 species of fish inhabiting many MUCH

(1) …………………. waters. New species of fish are discovered every year. DIFFER

From the deepest part of the seas thousands of feet down in total
(2) …………….., to the beautiful aqua-blue waters of the coral reefs, to the DARK

streams, lakes, and ponds of freshwater found throughout the world, fish

have adapted an incredible variety of life-forms, styles, and (3) ................... BEHAVE

The group of aquatic animals we call fishes has evolved for over 400

million years to be the most (4) …………………... and diverse of the major NUMBER

vertebrate groups. Forty-one percent of the world's fish species inhabit only

fresh water. This is pretty (5) ……………………….... considering that fresh AMAZE

water covers only 1 percent of the world's surface. As you probably already

know salt water covers 70 percent of the earth's surface. So the number

and (6) ……………………... of fresh water species to marine or saltwater VERY

species is all the more mind-boggling. While they inhabit the smallest

amount of water, they have, in fact, adapted to a much (7) ……………….... WIDE

range of habitats and to a greater variety of water conditions. Let's take a

closer look at the unique adaptations of fish that have allowed them to live

so (8) ………………….... in the medium we call water. SUCCESS

V. Rewrite the sentences in such a way that they mean the same as those printed before them.
1. I wrote this book in three weeks.
→ It took _____________________________________________________________.
2. You will catch a cold if you don’t keep your feet dry.
→ Unless _____________________________________________________________.
3. He mended the washing machine for me.
→ I had ______________________________________________________________.
4. He is such a slow speaker that we get bored.
→ He speaks __________________________________________________________.
5. They were too excited to sleep.
→ They were _________________________________________________________.
6. The children are looked after by the woman. Their parents are very busy.
→ The children whose __________________________________________________.
7. I haven’t played tennis for six years.
→ The last ___________________________________________________________.
8. I hope to receive a letter from my parents.
→ I am looking _______________________________________________________.
9. He had his car repaired yesterday.
→ His car ____________________________________________________________.
10. Unless you study harder, you won’t pass the final test.
→ If _______________________________________________________________.
VI. Read the passage and answer the questions given.

Match the people with the best restaurant for them. Write the corresponding letter next to the question
numbers 1-6.
A. Your Local Caff B. The Lemon Tree C. Fast Best
D. The Chocolate Box E. Last Days of the Raj F. A Taste of Tuscany
1. ____ Tom, 18: “My girlfriend and I are vegetarian. Could you recommend a suitable restaurant for us?”
2. ____ Lucy, 16: “My friend has a sweet tooth and I want to take her somewhere special this weekend”.
3. ____ Dino, 21: “My mates and I all love spicy food. Can you recommend somewhere good for us to go
tonight?”.
4. ____ Melissa, 27: “I only get 30 minutes off for lunch and I'm in a hurry. Where can I get something quick
to eat?”
5. ____ Micky, 38: “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day in my opinion. Do you know anywhere
that serves a good brekkie?”
6. ____ Momo, 22: “We love Italian food, especially pasta. Everyone loves Italian, don't they? Any good
Italians near here?”
Find ONE word that is closest in meaning to the phrases below
7. ___________________: belonging to the present time.
8. ___________________: affordable.
9. ___________________: attractive and designed well.
10. __________________: the state of being complete and correct in every way.