Passive voice

If you want to improve your grammar ( Passive voice) there is this exercise to practice.

5&6 Revise and Check

GRAMMAR
1 a    6 c   11 a
2 b    7 a   12 b
3 c    8 b   13 a
4 b    9 c   14 c
5 b  10 a   15 b

VOCABULARY
a 1 lips / mouth
2 eyes
3 nose
4 hands
5 teeth
b 1 beat
2 court
3 get injured
4 scored
5 go
c 1 close
2 common
3 touch
4 got
5 fiancé
d 1 soundtrack
2 subtitles
3 special effects
4 star
5 scene
e 1 out
2 off
3 up
4 out
5 on

PRONUNCIATION
a 1 couple      3 eyes           5 war
   2 taste         4 ears
b 1 referee     3 spectators   5 colleague
   2 review     4 director

CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
b 1 b 2 a 3 c

6B modals of deduction: might / may, can’t, must

a 2 might 3 must 4 can’t 5 can’t 6 may
b 1 can’t; must 2 can’t; might; might; might 3 can’t; must / might / may; might / may 4 can’t; must

6A the passive be + past participle

a 2 are stolen 3 disappear 4 is sent 5 is bitten 6 fights 7 falls 8 were made 9 have been bought.

b 2 will be accepted 3 be washed 4 was being followed 5 Has (the thief) been caught 6 Have (you ever) been told 7 has been robbed 8 had already been made 9 is being painted 10 wasn’t offered 11 be returned 12 had been stolen.

THEATRE

5B usually and used to

2 works 3 don’t live 4 used to dream 5 didn’t use to eat 6 (usually) cook 7 used to live
8 (usually) stay 9 didn’t use to play 10 doesn’t ride 11 (usually) wear 12 used to be 13 (usually) stay in  14 used to have

5A past tenses

3 was still feeling 4 didn’t have 5 didn’t matter 6 knew 7 had always wanted 8 called 9 told
10 was shining 11 was driving 12 were chatting  13 saw 14 had flown 15 tried 16 was buzzing 17 disappeared 18 felt 19 had stung   20 was driving 21 crashed

3&4 Revise and Check

GRAMMAR
1 c       6 a      11 a
2 a       7 b      12 a
3 c       8 b      13 c
4 b       9 c      14 b
5 a     10 b      15 b

VOCABULARY
a 1 in  2 for  3 on  4 at  5 of
b 1 limit  2 belt   3 lanes   4 rush  5 rank
c 1 stuck   2 van   3 platform  4 set   5 take
d 1 boring  2 frightening  3 excited  4 disappointed  5 depressing
e 1 leave  2 engaged  3 hung  4 screensaver   5 ringtones.

PRONUNCIATION
a 1 want       3 machine     5 argue
   2 the end   4 gossip
b 1 motorway       3 pedestrian     5 embarrassing
   2 disappointed   4 vibrate
CAN YOU UNDERSTAND THIS TEXT?
a It was a classical concert. Someone’s mobile phone rang.
b 1 It rang during the fourth movement. It was a marimba riff.
   2 No.
   3 a) The audience members were horrified. A lot of people stood up. They wanted the man with the    phone to leave.
      b) They applauded him.
  4 No.
  5 No, he started a bit before the place where he had stopped the performance.
  6 Yes

4B must, have to, should

a 2 mustn’t 3 don’t have to 4 both possible 5 should  6 doesn’t have to 7 mustn’t 8 mustn’t 9 should
b 2 mustn’t 3 don’t have to 4 must / have to  5 don’t have to 6 must / have to 7 mustn’t  8 must / have to

4A can, could, be able to

a 2 both possible 3 be able to 4 both possible 5 not being able to 6 be able to 7 both possible
8 be able to 9 both possible 10 both possible 11 being able to 12 both possible
b 2 couldn’t 3 be able to 4 can 5 been able to 6 couldn’t 7 being able to 8 can’t 9 Being able to
10 be able to 11 be able to 12 can’t