- •4 Complete these sentences with be, have or have been.
- •5 Write the eight completed sentences from Exercise 4 in appropriate spaces in this table.
- •6 Choose an ending (a-e) for each beginning (1-5) and add these forms.
- •7 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete these sentences with the adjectives and modals.
- •8 Do Editing. Correct the mistakes in the use of modals in this text.
- •9 Complete this dialogue with these forms.
- •11 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete each sentence with one pair of words, plus appropriate forms of can, could or be able to.
- •12 Complete this joke with appropriate forms of can or could.
- •13 Choose an ending (a-f) for each beginning (1-6) and add can, mayor be allowed to.
- •1 Can’t 4 Editing. Correct the mistakes in this text.
- •15 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete each sentence with an adjective and a modal.
- •16 Complete this text with appropriate forms of can or could plus these verbs.
- •1 Could 7 Correct the mistakes in these sentences using may, might, can or could.
- •18 Using a dictionary if necessary, complete the sentences with these words and appropriate forms of must or have to.
- •19 Complete these sentences with the verbs and adjectives.
- •20 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
- •21 Choose an ending (a-e) for each beginning (1-5) and add appropriate forms of must or can't.
- •22 Complete this dialogue with must or couldn't plus appropriate forms of the verbs.
- •23 Add these nouns and verbs to these sentences.
- •4 Complete these sentences with be, to be, being or been and decide what type of passive each one is.
- •5 Complete this news report with these verbs in the passive.
- •6 Complete each sentence with a passive so that it has a similar meaning to the one above.
- •7 Choose one passive verb phrase for each space in these sentences (from a report on the use of dna testing by the police).
- •8 Rewrite each sentence with the verbs in the passive, where possible.
- •10 Editing. Correct the mistakes in this text.
- •13 Complete these sentences, using appropriate forms of these verbs in combination.
- •14 Rewrite these sentences with verbs in the passive, where possible.
- •15 Complete these sentences (from an article about Shakespeare) with appropriate forms of the verbs, plus by or with where necessary.
- •16 Choose an ending (a-d) for each beginning (1-4) and add these verbs.
- •17 Add appropriate forms of these verbs to the text. Then in the space below, write those expressions (if any) that are used in the text to identify the agents of these verbs.
14 Rewrite these sentences with verbs in the passive, where possible.
People have claimed that they cannot use tasks successfully with beginner level students. I designed the following study so that I could investigate that claim. I created two groups of students, each with different proficiency levels. I gave them a task in which I showed them a set of pictures and I asked them to tell a story. I recorded them as they spoke and then I examined their stories.
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Passives with by-phrases and ergatives
15 Complete these sentences (from an article about Shakespeare) with appropriate forms of the verbs, plus by or with where necessary.
consider establish experience fill perform not write
Shakespeare was born in 1564 and many to be the greatest English writer.
His early reputation writing and appearing in his own plays.
His plays interesting characters and memorable speeches.
Today, at the new Globe Theatre, the plays in conditions similar to those
which audiences in Shakespeare's time.
Some people have claimed that many of the plays Shakespeare.
Passives with get
16 Choose an ending (a-d) for each beginning (1-4) and add these verbs.
get beaten up reacted were reported were stolen
get caught were defeated were smashed were treated
After their team 2-0 by a a but no serious injuries…………………… …,
local rival on Wednesday night, (...) according to the police.
Several shop windows (...) b 'Of course not,'he explained.'Because nobody
wants to……………………by those hooligans.'
'Did any of the thieves ?' с and items such as televisions, radios and
asked one shop owner in frustration. (...) cameras………………….
Some people in hospital d angry football fans violently.
for minor cuts and bruises, (...)
17 Add appropriate forms of these verbs to the text. Then in the space below, write those expressions (if any) that are used in the text to identify the agents of these verbs.
carry crash explode hand injure knock open run shake stop ✔tell
When I was in Ireland, people often told me that I was lucky. I remember one time,
years ago, when I was sitting with friends in the Emerald Arms, Belfast. The door suddenly
(l) and a voice called out, 'Bomb! Get out!' Conversations (2)
instantly as everyone and everything suddenly moved. Glasses and bottles (3) to
the floor. As I started to get up from my seat, I (4) down. I struggled to my feet
and then I (5) along by the surging crowd towards the back door. I was pushed
out of the door backwards by the force of the people behind me. Then I just (6)
like everyone else until I reached a crowd at the end of the street. As I stood there waiting, an old
woman told me that there was blood on my cheek. We waited, but no bomb (7) ,
no walls (8) and no windows shattered into a thousand pieces. I wiped the blood
from my cheek with a piece of cloth that (9) to me by the old woman. I thanked
her. 'It's just a scratch,' she said. 'You're lucky you didn't (10) seriously
Agents: (Example) …. People,……………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
Tests
A Choose the word or phrase which best completes each sentence.
We were told to put it where it was usually .
a belonged b fit с had d stored
It wasn't the first time they had been how it worked.
a taught b reported с explained d described
DNA tests accepted in court cases.
a are known b were used с have been d will have
4 Something________________happened or they would be here by now.
a must b must be с must have d must have been
5 There______________to be serious flaws in the design.
a claimed b reported с were said d were told
В Identify the one underlined expression (А, В, С or D) that must be changed in order to correct these sentences.
1 When he said they weren't going to get engaged because they were getting married right away, I
А В assumed he wasn't already got married, but I didn't know he had just got divorced that day.
С D
2 No one died, but four people were injured and had to be taken to hospital after a small plane
А В С was crashed near Dublin last night.
D
3 The main door couldn't be opened. It had been locked by a special key that the caretaker
А В didn't have. He had been given a large set of keys, but none of them fitted the main door.
С D
The sign said parking was prohibited, but my car wasn't left there more than five minutes while I
А В ran to pick up the shoes were repaired at Mendems, but I was given a parking ticket anyway.
С D
5 A new company has taken over the office which located next to yours and it's going to be
А В
redecorated after it's been cleaned up a bit.
С D
С Complete this text with appropriate passive forms of these verb phrases plus by, if necessary.
believe bite consider can cure experience recommend may say
A hangover is the unpleasant physical feeling which (1)_____________the day after drinking too much alcohol. The expression 'a hair of the dog that bit you' refers to another drink of alcohol that you might have to help you recover from a hangover. In the past, it (2)________that, if you (з)________a mad dog, you (4)________________placing a hair from that dog on the wound. This treatment (5)____________ widely doctors up to the middle of the eighteenth century, but it (6)___________ no longer_________
effective. The same (7)_____________about trying to use more alcohol as a cure for a hangover.
D Complete each sentence in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the sentence above it.
1 'They didn't build Rome in a day'. There's a saying that Rome__________________.
2 They have collected the tests and checked the answers. The tests_________________.
A bee sting is more likely to cause death these days than a snake bite. Death______________.
It was reported that there were serious problems with the new design. There______________.
No one gave us instructions or showed us what to do. We_________________.
E Choose one verb phrase from each pair to fill each space in the text.
a are feeding b are being fed с are being caused d have caused e being hit f having hit g brought
h was brought i died j was died к frightened 1 was frightened m have driven n have been driven о to take p to be taken
Thailand has a problem with unemployed elephants which (1) on to the streets by the country's economic crisis and a loss of traditional employment. Many of them(2)___________by tourists who like (3)______________photographs of them. Major traffic problems (4)__________by homeless elephants wandering the streets. Traffic (5) to a standstill one day by a
raging bull elephant which(6)______________by the sounds of motorcycles and cars.
Another elephant(7)______________after (8)________________by a car in Bangkok last month.