Exercise 1
What do these words mean? Use it can … or it can't …. Use a dictionary if necessary.
If something is
1washable , ________
2unbreakable , it ________
3edible , ________
4unusable , ________
5invisible , ________
6portable , ________
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1)
1 it can be washed
2 it can't be broken
3 it can be eaten
4 it can't be used
5 it can't be seen
6 it can be carried
Exercise 2
Complete these sentences with the following verbs (in the correct form):
arrest carry cause make repair send spend wake up
Sometimes you need have (might have , should have etc.).
1) The situation is serious. Something must ________ Before it’s too late.
2) I should have received the letter by now. It might ________ to the wrong address.
3) A decision will not ________ until the next meeting.
4) Do you think that more money should ________ on education?
5) This road is in very bad condition. It should ________ a long time ago.
6) The injured man couldn't walk and had to ________
7) I told the hotel receptionist I wanted to ________ at 6.30 the next morning.
8) If you hadn't pushed the policeman, you wouldn't ________
9) it's not certain how the fire started, but it might ________ by an electrical fault.
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1 be done
2 have been sent
3 be made
4 be spent
5 have been repaired
6 be carried
7 be woken up
8 have been arrested
9 have been caused
Exercise 3
Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody or they etc., write a passive sentence.
1) Somebody has cleaned the room.
________
2) Somebody is using the computer right now.
The computer ________
3) I didn't realise that somebody was recording our conversation.
I didn't realise that ________
4) When we got to the stadium, we found that they had cancelled the game.
When we got to the stadium, we found that ________
5) They are building a new ring road round the city.
________
6) They have built a new hospital near the airport.
________
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1 The room has been cleaned.
2 The computer is being used at the moment.
3 I didn't realise that our conversation was being recorded.
4 … we found that the game had been cancelled.
5 A new ring road is being built round the city.
6 A new hospital has been built near the airport.
Exercise 4
Make sentences from the words in brackets. Sometimes the verb is active, sometimes passive.
1) There's somebody behind us. (I think / we / follow) ________
2) This room looks different. (you / paint / the walls?) ________
3) car has disappeared. (it / steal!) It ________
4) umbrella has disappeared. (somebody / take) Somebody ________
5) Sam gets a higher salary now. (he / promote) He ________
6) Ann can't use her office this week. (it / redecorate) It ________
7) There was a problem with the photocopier yesterday, but now it's OK.
(it / work) It ________ again. (it / repair) It ________
8) When I went into the room, I saw that the table and chairs were not in the same place. (the furniture / move) The ________
9) A neighbour of mine disappeared six months ago. (he / not / see / since then)
He ________
10) I wonder how Jane is these days. (I / not / see / for ages)
I ________
11) A friend of mine was mugged on his way home a few nights ago. (you / ever / mug?)
________
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4)
1 I think we’re being followed.
2 Have you painted the walls?
3 it's been stolen! / It has been stolen!
4 Somebody has taken it. or … taken umbrella.
5 He's been promoted. I He has been promoted.
6 it's being redecorated. / It is being redecorated.
7 it's working again. / It is working again.
it's been repaired. / it has been repaired.
8 The furniture had been moved.
9 He hasn't been seen since then.
10 I haven't seen her for ages.
11 Have you ever been mugged?