28. Rewrite these passive sentences in the active form. Begin with the word in brackets. The first one is done for you as an example.

1. The first automatic coffee machine was installed in 1982. The firm …

The firm installed the first automatic coffee machine in 1982__________

2. Further modifications will be made to this service for other customers.

The suppliers …

3. The machines can easily be operated by ordinary office staff.

Ordinary office staff …

4. The new generation of PCs can be placed comfortably on your desk. You …

5. The power, reliability and flexibility of computers have been increased by the microchip. The microchip …

6. Standard letters are now sent out a week earlier. The department …

7. Better results can only be achieved if you work harder. You …

8. The new note-taking method will be introduced in our office. We …

9. You should be warned about the dangers of not cooperating with the personnel manager. I …

10. All relevant information about the meeting will be supplied in advance.

The organizers …

29. This exercise gives you practice in using the right preposition after a verb, a noun or an adjective. The first one is done for you as an example.

deal with dispose of engaged to equivalent to

give priority to have a look at have a look for

have confidence in inferior to insure against

interfere with introduce to invest in involved in

1. Company turnover has been so good that we shall be able to invest in some new production equipment.

2. We are one of a large number of firms which are _______ environmentally safe projects.

3. This uncertainty about oil prices could ______ our plans for expansion.

4. The computers coming from the Far East are not _____ those manufactured in Europe.

5. At the company reception the new director was. _____ the management by the MD.

6. The accounts manager asked the auditors to _______ the annual figures.

7. Our marketing department is encouraging customers to _______

8. If you’re dealing with the French orders be sure to ______ the Duchamp order above all others.

9. The service engineer said he would ______ the defect. But he expected to take several hours to find it.

10. 10. In many parts of the world the price of a car is ____ several years’ wages for a worker.

11. Most enterprises supplied by BEC ______ their product.

12. Our overseas customers usually ______ damage or loss at sea just to be safe.

13. My secretary has just become _____ the personnel manager’s son.

14. Our company has been_____ the same bank for thirty years now.

30. Decide how best to fill the gap in each of these sentences, as in this example:

How many copies ……..with the order?

1. did we sent

2. sent we

3. have we sended

4. did we send 

1. I remember asking him on the phone last November ……..

a) that the goods arrived on time.

b) when the goods will arrive.

c) if the goods would arrive on time.

d) whether the goods arrived on time.

2. I can’t find my glasses …….. them anywhere in the office this morning?

a) Did you see	c) Have you seen
b) Saw you	d) Did you have

3. Their product ……..more imaginatively this season.

a) is being marketed	c) is been marketed
b) is marketing	d) is marketed

4. If we want to make a big impact, ……..consider a TV campaign.

a) we’ll have to

b) we better

c) we had to0d)

we’ve got

5. A word processor is ……..a typewriter.

a) more easier to use than	c) as easy to use as
b) easier to use as	d) not as easy to use than

6. If you ……..ice in warm water, it soon melts.

a) will place

b) would place

c) place

d) placed

7. The level of discount …….. the size of the order that is placed.

a) is depending of	c) is depending on
b) depends of	d) depends on

8. We are looking forward ……..you at next year’s conference.

a) to see

b) to seeing

c) seeing

d) that we will see

9. The warehouse entrance is ……..the main car park.

a) opposite to	c) opposite from
b) opposite of	d) opposite

10. The new price lists ……..tomorrow and will be available in a few days.

a) are being printed	c) were printed
b) are printed	d) will print

11. He told us that he ……..for a new job.

a) thought he would apply	c) is applying
b) applied	d) had been applying

12. If the components ……..delivered earlier we might have been able to start work on time.

a) might have been	c) would have been
b) were	d) had been

13. When ……..writing the report of the meeting?

a) have you finished	c) do you finish
b) are you finishing	d) will you have finished

14. Mr Brown …….. ten years.

a) has been head of this department for

b) is head of this department for

c) is head of this department since

d) has been head of this department since

15. The number of orders went up ……..we increased our prices by 15%.

a) because

b) although

c) when

d) if

16. Mr Black is the …….office you’ll be sharing this month.

a) man, whose	c) man of whom the
b) man, of whom the	d) man whose

17. These documents arrived on Thursday, ……... .

a) arrived they?	c) didn’t they?
b) didn’t there?	d) weren’t they?

18. …….. our new brochure, which should arrive next week.

a) I just have sent	c) just I have sent
b) I have just sent	d) I have sent just

19. When the post …….., I’ll bring it in to your office.

a) will arrive	c) is arriving
b) arrives	d) is going to arrive

20. …….. an English course can be an interesting experience.

a) To assist	c) Attending
b) To attend	Assisting