1.

Write the verbs in the correct passive form:

1. Letters to voters at election time (send/ pr. simple)
2. The housework (do/ pr. perf)
3. This car here (can/not/ park/ pr. simple)
4. Lots of workers redundant last year (make/ past simple)
5. dinner ready by 9:30? (be/ will)
6. The computer when I arrived (fix/ past cont).
7. This museum in 2002 (redecorate/past simple).
8. The report by Monday (must/ finish/ pr. simple)
9. your TV yet?(repair/p. perf)
10. Nothing about the millionaires kidnap (say/ pr. perf)
11. Lots of money to the Third World
2.Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words,
including the word given.
a) Last Thursday we appointed a new marketing manager. was
A new ..marketing manager was appointed last Thursday.
b) Smith Ltd are supplying our company with furniture. supplied
Our company by Smith Ltd.
c) William the Conqueror built the castle in the 11th century. by
The castle ..William the Conqueror in the 11th
century.
d) No decision has yet been made. decided
Nothing ..yet.
e) People believe that someone murdered Jenkins. was
It murdered.
g) The police were following the suspects. were
The suspects police.
h) No-one has seen Peter since the day of the party. been
Peter ..the day of the party.
i) We put up a notice about the trip on the notice board yesterday. was
A notice. up on the notice board yesterday.
j) People think that an apple a day is good for you. to
An apple a day .for you.
3. Rewrite each sentence, putting the verb in italics in the passive where possible. Do you
need to mention the agent?
a) I really like this hotel. ...not possible
b) Jane won the poetry competition.
...The poetry competition was won by Jane.
c) Peter's new car cost over 20,000.
d) Martin always wears casual clothes.
e) One of our visitors lost this cigarette lighter.
f) They haven't decided the exact time of the match yet.
g) Most of the guests had left the hotel by midday.
h) Some parents read to their children every night.
i) This bike belongs to my sisters.

j) People ate most of the food at the party.

4. Put each verb in brackets into a suitable verb form
a.)Why didn't you phone? If I (know) ....had known you were coming, I (meet) you at the
airport.
b) It's a pity you missed the party. If you (come) , you (meet) my friends from Hungary.
c) If we (have) some tools, we (be able) to repair the car, but we haven't got any with us.
d) If you (not help) me, I (not pass) the exam.
e) It's a beautiful house, and I (buy) it if I (have) the money, but I can't afford it.
f) I can't imagine what I (do) with the money if I (win) the lottery.
g) If Mark (train) harder, he (be) a good runner.
h) If Claire (listen) to her mother, she (not marry) David in the first place.
5. Make one new sentence from each pair of sentences. Begin as shown, and use the word
given in capitals.
a) Brenda is a friend. I went on holiday with her. WHO
Brenda is ..the friend who I went on holiday with.
b) This is Mr Smith. His son Bill plays in our team. WHOSE
This is Mr Smith
c) Her book was published last year. It became a best seller. WHICH
Her book .
d) This is the bank. We borrowed the money from it. WHICH
This is the bank from.
e) I told you about a person. She is at the door. WHO
The person
f) Jack's car had broken down. He had to take a bus. WHOSE
Jack..
6.Put one suitable word in each space, or leave the space blank where possible.
Murder At The Station by Lorraine Small. Episode 5. Trouble on the 6.15.
The story so far: Jane Platt, (1) who is travelling to London because of a mysterious letter, is
the only person (2) ..witnesses a murder at Victoria Station. The detective to (3)
she gives her statement then disappears. Jane goes to an office in Soho to answer
the letter (4) .she had received. There she discovers that her uncle Gordon, (5)
.. lives in South America, has sent her a small box (6) ..she is only to open if
in trouble. Jane, (7).. parents have never mentioned an Uncle Gordon, is suspicious
of the box, (8) .she gives to her friend Tony. They go to Scotland Yard and see
Inspector Groves, (9) has not heard of the Victoria Station murder, (10)
was not reported to the police. Jane gives Inspector Groves the murdered man's ticket (11)
.she found beside his body. Then Jane and Tony decide to go to Redhill, (12)
. was the town (13).. the murdered man had come from. On the train they
meet a man, (14).. face is somehow familiar to Jane, (15). says he knows
her Uncle Gordon...