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(provide) by five top instructors. Entrance fees are cheap because half the cost

2. Turn the following into the passive as in the example:

3. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.

My parents own the best restaurant in our town. Last weekend my father dismissed the head waiter as he had stolen some stock from the cellar. My father is going to hire a new waiter as he is doing all the work by himself at the moment. He asked me to help serve the food. However, I mixed up all the orders and the customers made several complaints. I'm sure my father will never ask me to help him again!

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4. Fill in the right form of the verbs in brackets.

Sara Arrives

I ............ always.............. well ...........................(to taken care of). Since my father died of a heart attack, my two older sisters and my mother

…………………. (to take care) of me, their little boy. When my sisters

…………… (to get married) and …………….. (to move) out of the apartment, it was just Mama and I sitting alone at night listening to the neighbors fight next door. When I ……………. (to finish) college and went to the Police Academy, Mama was really proud. She ………….. (to think) that I ……………. (to get) a job in the city and be able to stay next to her. But when recruiters …………. (to come) from Arizona, I ……………. (to offer) a job in Flagstaff.

"Where is that girl?" Eleanor …………. (to look) out the window for Sara. "She ought to ………… (to be) here by now." "Give her time. You're always after your sister. Let her alone." Mama …….. (to get up) from her chair and

………….. (to move) over to the sink and ……….. (to begin) putting away the dishes she ………… (to wash) earlier. "She …………. (to come) when she

………. (to can). She has that new baby at home, you know. You can't just up and leave a new baby, you know."

"She can get a babysitter." My sister walked over to my mother to help put the dishes in the cabinet. "They make enough money to get a babysitter."

"You can't trust just anyone to stay with your children. You ………….. (to find out) that." Mama ………….. (to return) to her chair and ………….. (to begin) rearranging the things on the table. She …………. (to avoid) looking at me.

"Dwight, come here and help me. Your mother ………….. (to get lazy) in her old age." "Nothing lazy about me. There's just no need to put those dishes away now. I …………. (to have) plenty of time when I …… (to be) alone."

My mother's lack of humor......................... (to match) by her capability to produce guilt. It was sad to see an independent woman like my mother with a dependent image of herself.

"Mama, how can you say you ……………. (to be) all alone? Why, every child on this street is in and out of your apartment all day long looking for treats from your cookie jar. And in the evening you ……….. (play) cards and bingo with the ladies on the street. How can you say you …………… (to be alone)? You should be happy that you ………… (not to have to pick up) after this boy here." "Who are you calling 'boy'?"

"You think just because you're going off to be a police detective in Arizona that you aren't our little boy. Just don't you forget who looked after you..."

"Stop your picking on him; let him have a little peace his last few minutes here." The teasing …………. (to interrupt) by Sara's coming into the room with her little daughter Jeannie asleep in her arms. The entrance of the grandchild

……….. (to shift) the focus from me to her, and my mother immediately

………….. (to take) charge of the child's welfare. "Sara, what …………..you

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………… (to mean) by dressing that child in that light outfit? Why, she'll catch a draft and get sick in that..."

"Mama, she's all right. I ………….just …………… (to put) her in the bedroom where she can sleep." The child shifted in her mother's arms, but …………. (not to wake up).

I …………… (to follow) Sara into the bedroom and ………….. (to watch) her lay my niece in the middle of the old bed. I knew that the next time I saw my niece she would be walking and talking. My sister put a lightweight sheet over her and holding her fingers to her lips, she motioned for me to follow her back into the kitchen.

5. Use the active or the passive in any appropriate form of the verbs in

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6. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.

The Government made an important decision last night. They will ban all cars from the centre of town as pollution is seriously affecting people's health. They will allow only bicycles and buses to enter the town centre. They are making plans for a new environmental police force. After all, they must do something before it's too late.

7.Rewrite the following sentences in the passive as in the example:

1.Police use trained dogs to find drugs. ...Trained dogs are used by the police to find drugs.

2.Nurses give the patients their medicine every morning.

3.A lifeguard rescued the drowning boy.

4.An electrician is repairing our water heater.

5.A defence lawyer will represent you.

6 . They clean the rooms daily.

7.Customs officers searched her suitcases.

8.Hijackers were holding the plane passengers hostage.

9.A gas leak had caused the explosion.

10.An eyewitness gave the police a full report.

11.The government has increased the tax on cigarettes.

12.They are going to launch the product in May.

8. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.

James Fitt witnessed a horrific plane crash last night. The fire brigade fought the wreckage fire while ambulance men rescued surviving passengers. Ambulances took all the survivors to hospital. No one knows yet what caused the plane to crash. Newspaper and TV reporters have already interviewed many of the survivors. The Civil Aviation Authority has launched a full investigation. They say that someone may have put a bomb on board the aircraft. They hope that the aircraft's "black box" will provide the vital information but they haven't found it yet. They are continuing the search.

9. Make passive sentences using the words in brackets.

1.Were there many people invited to the party? - Yes, about 50 people were invited.... (about 50/people/invite)

2.Where is the accounts department? - Oh, it.................................................

(move/to the fifth floor).

3.What happened to that old woman? - She.....................................................

(attack/and/rob).

4.Why does she look so happy? - She ......................................(promote/to manageress).

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5.What will happen to the old farmhouse? - It.................................................

(pull down).

6.Where are James and Simon? - They.............................................................

(send/to the London office/last month).

10. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate passive verb form.

a) Nothing has been seen (see) of Pauline since her car....................................

under the name 'Challenger', ................................... (fit) with electric windows as standard.

11. Complete the sentences using the words in bold. You can use two to five words.

1. Oxford beat Manchester United in the Cup Final yesterday.

beaten Manchester United ...were beaten by Oxford... in the Cup Final yesterday.

2. Now that I wear contact lenses, the optician tests my eyes every three months.

stores.

4. Someone stole Mary's briefcase from her office while she was out.

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