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h)The larger portrait was painted by a little-known Flemish artist.
i)It has been agreed by everyone that no smoking should be allowed.
j)As I arrived at the conference a note was handed to me by one of the delegates.
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a) Nothing has been seen (see) of Pauline since her car........................................ |
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(find) abandoned near Newbury last week. |
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b) As our new furniture.............................................. |
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(not/damage) during transit. |
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c) The new Alhambra hatchback, which in this country........................................ |
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(sell) under the name 'Challenger', .............................................. (fit) |
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with electric windows as standard. |
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d) For the past few days I.............................................. |
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(work) in Jack's office, as |
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my own office .............................................. |
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(redecorate). |
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e) It.............................................. |
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(announce) that the proposed new office block |
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f) A major new deposit of oil.............................................. |
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the largest existing field. |
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g) Pictures of the surface of the planet Venus........................................... |
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charity concert but the target of £250,000 |
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appointment until all suitable candidates ..............................................
(interview).
15. Rewrite each sentence in a more formal style so that it contains a
passive form of the word given in capitals. |
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a) Sorry, but we've lost your letter. |
MISLAY |
Unfortunately your letter has been mislaid. |
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b) The police are grilling Harry down at the station. |
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c) They've found the remains of an old Roman villa nearby. |
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d) You'll get a rise in salary after six months. |
RAISE |
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e) They stopped playing the match after half an hour. ABANDON
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f) They stopped traffic from using the centre. BAN
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g) They took Chris to court for dangerous driving. PROSECUTE
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h) You usually eat this kind of fish with a white sauce. SERVE
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i) I don't know your name. INTRODUCE
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16.Put each verb in brackets into a suitable active or passive verb form.
Dear Mrs Patel,
We are delighted to inform you that you (1) have been selected (select) for a
free holiday. According to our information, you (2)..............................................
(answer) a telephone survey last month, as a result of which your name (3)
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(enter) in the holiday draw. Now our computer |
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(choose) your name, so you and your family (5) |
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(invite) to spend a week in a European destination |
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of your choice. |
This offer (6).............................................. |
(make) on the |
condition that you attend a special promotions day with other lucky families in
your region who (7).............................................. |
(offer) |
a similar deal. You |
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(ask) to attend on any Saturday next month at |
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the Royal Hotel, Manchester. If you (9).............................................. |
(interest) in |
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attending and taking up this offer, please (10) ...................................... |
(detach) |
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the slip below and return it to us as soon as possible. |
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17. Using the notes as a guide, complete the e-mail to all company staff. Put the verbs in brackets into a suitable passive verb form.
NOTES FROM MANAGEMENT MEETING
Tell staff:
We'll try flexi-time for 3 months.
After 3 months we'll get the opinions of all staff. We'll look at feedback comments and make a decision. We may try it for another month.
All workers will have to arrive 8 – 9.30. We hope you like the idea!
FROM: The Managing Director TO: All staff
It (1) has been decided (decide) to adopt a flexi-time system for a trial period of three months. After this period (2)..............................................
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(elapse) all members of staff (3) .............................................. |
(consult) through |
their line manager, and feedback (4) .............................................. |
(seek). |
Comments (5).............................................. |
(collect) and analysed before a |
decision (6) .............................................. |
(make) as to whether the system (7) |
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period (8).............................................. |
(extend) for a further month. All |
employees (9).............................................. |
(require) to arrive between the hours |
of 8.00 and 9.30, and to leave after they have fulfilled their contractual
obligations of eight hours. It (10).............................................. |
(hope) that this |
arrangement meets with your enthusiastic approval! |
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18. Decide whether the sentences in each pair have the same meaning. |
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a) I've just been to the hairdresser's. What do you think? |
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I've just cut my hair at the hairdresser's. What do you think? |
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b) Someone is painting our house at the moment. |
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We are painting our house at the moment. |
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c) The dentist is going to take out two of my teeth tomorrow. |
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I'm having two teeth taken out tomorrow. |
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d) The teacher made us all tidy up. |
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We were made to tidy up by the teacher. |
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e) The car is thought to have been stolen by joy-riders. |
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Joy-riders are thought to have stolen the car. |
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f) Just a minute. I'll ask someone to wrap this for you. |
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Just a minute. I'll have to wrap this up for you. |
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g) The car hasn't been serviced for a long time. |
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We haven't had the car serviced for a long time. |
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h) They're coming to put in a new water-heater next week. |
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We're putting in a new water-heater next week. |
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i) Would you consider having plastic surgery to alter your nose? |
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Would you consider having your nose altered by plastic surgery? |
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j) A qualified electrician checked the wiring. |
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We had checked the wiring with a qualified electrician. |
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19. Underline the correct word in each sentence.
a)The busy shopping street was thronged by/with people.
b)The emergency exit was concealed by/from a red curtain.
c)The price of excursions is included in/with the cost of the holiday.
d)All through January, the fields were covered by/from snow.
e)The room was crammed by/with furniture of all descriptions.
f)Two of the climbers were injured by/with falling rocks.
g)The island is inhabited by/from people of mainly Chinese origin.
h)The bank was quickly surrounded from/with armed police.
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i)The window had been smashed from/with a hammer taken from the shed.
j)The stadium was packed from/with cheering fans.
20. 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.
a)The treasure is thought to date from the thirteenth century. date It is thought to date from the thirteenth century.
b)Your hair needs cutting.
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You .................................................................................................... |
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c) Jill's parents are making her study hard. |
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Jill ......................................................................................... |
her parents. |
d) Apparently the ship did not sustain any damage. |
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appears The ship .............................................................................. |
any damage. |
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e) It is thought that the two injured men were repairing overhead cables. |
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The two injured men ..................................................... |
overhead cables. |
f) There is a rumour that the escaped prisoner is living in Spain. |
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The escaped prisoner ....................................................... |
living in Spain. |
g) We have agreed to meet again in a fortnight. |
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will |
It has ................................................................ |
meet again in a fortnight. |
h) We decided to try again later. |
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would |
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try again later. |
i) There is confirmation of Mr Jackson's intended resignation. |
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to resign. |
j) Most of the committee thought it was not a viable solution. |
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by most of the committee. |
21.Rewrite each sentence so that it ends with the word underlined. a) Another company has taken over our company.
Our company has been taken over.
b) We are dealing with your complaint.
c) We have not accounted for all the missing passengers. d) Someone had tampered with the lock of the front door. e) We don't know how they disposed of the body.
f) I must insist that you keep to the rules. g) We are looking into this allegation.
h) We will frown upon any attempts to cheat in the exam.
i) The youngest student complained that people were picking on him. j) Ann was well provided for in her husband's will.
22.Complete each sentence with a suitable preposition.
a) The tree had been decorated with coloured balls.
b) The answers have been included....................... the book.
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mud. |
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d) The victim was struck from behind....................... |
a heavy object. |
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e) The house was built...................... |
money that David borrowed from the bank. |
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f) The cat narrowly escaped being run over....................... |
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a car. |
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g) When the accident happened, Sue was struck....................... |
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flying glass. |
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h) The turkey was stuffed....................... |
chestnuts, and was very tasty. |
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i) No one knew that Peter had been involved....................... |
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the investigation. |
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j) When I left the casino, my pockets were crammed..................... |
money. |
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23. Complete the text using the phrases from the box.
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A plane carrying 15 members of the government to a conference in Brussels
(1) is known to have experienced a small-scale fire earlier this morning. The
plane (2) ................................................. |
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the fire occurred in the luggage area. It (3) .................................................... |
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the plane caught fire, but initial eyewitness accounts confirm that a trail of
smoke (4) ............................................ |
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rapidly under control, but the pilot |
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make an emergency landing. Five people (7) |
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treated |
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people flying to Belgium. All 209 |
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24. Read the following information and explain what the causative from is?
David arranged for the builder to build a shed. David had a shed built. (He didn’t do it himself – the builder did it.)
HAVE + OBJECT + PAST PARTICIPLE
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She paints her portrait. |
She has her portrait painted. |
Cont. |
She is painting her portrait |
She is having her portrait |
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painted. |
Perfect |
She has painted her portrait. |
She has had her portrait |
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painted. |
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She has been painting her |
She has been having her portrait |
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portrait. |
painted. |
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