Rewrite the sentences in the passive

Class 2

1. Complete this paragraph from a travel book. Fill in few, a few, little, a little:

The main town on the island is very small and does not have (1)…………….important buildings. The islanders

do not have (2)……………. money, and they have (3)…………… contact with the outside world. There is

not (4)……………..chance of the place attracting large numbers of tourists. The roads are not very good.

There are lots of bicycles but not (5)…………… cars. And there are hardly any of the modern facilities

which visitors expect. There are (6)…………… shops, and there is (7)……………. entertainment.

2. Match the beginning of each sentence with the correct ending:

1. There was a little rice left, so…

A. we couldn’t have any with our curry. B. we had a spoonful each with our curry.

2. There was a lot of rice left, so

A. we made a really big salad with it. B. we had to have potatoes with our curry.

3. There was very little rice left, so

A. we all had a lot with our curry. B. we had to have potatoes instead.

4. There were a few potatoes left, so

A. we had one each with our meal. B. we had to have rice with our meal.

5. There were very few potatoes left, so

A. we had to have rice with our meal. B. we had two or three each with our meal.

3. Underline the correct option:

Complete the text with expressions from the box.

had been given / had been told / had never been taught / was given / was given / was offered / was promised / was sent / was shown/ wasn't being paid

I'll never forget my first day at that office, all those years ago. I ______________________ to arrive at 8.30. but when I got there the whole place seemed to be empty. I didn't know what to do, because I _____________________ no information about the building or where I was going to work, so I just waited around until some of the secretaries began to turn up. Finally I _____________________a dirty little office on the fifth floor, where I _____________________a desk in a corner. Nothing happened for an hour; then I _____________________some letters to type on a computer by one of the senior secretaries. This wasn't very successful, because I _____________________how to use a computer. (In the letter I _____________________when I _____________________the job, I ______________________ computer training, but they'd obviously forgotten about this.) By lunchtime things hadn't got any better, and I decided that I _____________________enough to put up with this nonsense, so I walked out and didn't go back.

Rewrite the sentences in the passive

1I made this omelette with onions and cheese.

2Everyone considers her to be the best student in the class.

3Mary wants someone to help her when she paints the house.

4They will have built the new bridge by the end of the year.

5People ask Eve question about her job all the time.

6The detective had collected all the information before he handed in his report.

7Do people expect Jane to get a promotion this year?

8Frank doesn’t like people telling him what to do.

9They washed the car with soapy water.

10Who will make the speech tomorrow?

11What did they decorate the streets with?

12 An expert is restoring the antique car.

13Steven Spielberg has directed a lot of successful films.

14 The judge has fined him £300.

15 A number of reporters will meet the professor at the airport.

16 A famous designer is going to redecorate the President’s house.

17 The Romans founded Bath in the first century A.D.

18 A nightmare woke Marry up.

19 People chop down a lot of trees every year.

20 Someone has stolen Mike’s bicycle.

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Revise for the test on determiners.

Murphy unit 45

6. Complete the text with many, much, few, lots, none and little:

7. Fill in a lot of, many, few, much, and little:

Darren isn’t very happy with his new job. He doesn’t earn (1) ………………. money even though he has (2) ………………….. responsibilities. Very (3) ………………….. companies he has worked for in the past have paid him so (4) ………………………. money for so (5) ………………………. hard work. He has sent (6) …………………….. applications to other companies, but there are very (7) ………………………… jobs and too (8) ………………………. people looking for work these days. In the current economic climate he has (9) ……………………….. hope of finding anything better, but when things improve he’ll probably find a job which pays him (10) ……………………… more money.

8. Rewrite the following sentences in the passive:

a) Somebody gave me a goat for my birthday last year. They had bought it from a farm down the road. We keep it tied to a tree in our garden. My father normally looks after it, but last week his company sent him abroad on business. A few days later, our neighbor called me to the window. I hadn’t tied the goat up properly. The goat was eating her washing.

b) Our apartment-block is starting a new scheme. We will collect all the old newspapers ant tin cans. We will put them in a special container. When the container is full, the council will collect it. They will take it to a factory. The factory will recycle the newspapers and cans into something new.

c) Someone broke into the National Gallery late last night. The Thieves had broken the alarm system before they climbed through a window. They stole some priceless works of art. They used a getaway car to escape. The police have questioned some suspects. They have not caught the thieves yet.

d) A few days ago, somebody stole Keith Dunn’s motorbike. Keith had left his motorbike outside his house. Keith reported the theft to the police. Police told him they would try to find his motorbike. This morning the police called Keith and asked him to go to the police station. They had found his motorbike. The thieves had painted it and then sold it to someone else. The new owner had parked the motorbike outside the police station. The police arrested the thieves.

e) Yesterday afternoon, a volcanic eruption destroyed an entire village. Mount Sirius, which experts thought was dormant, erupted at 3 pm. Tourists had seen smoke rising from the mouth of the volcano two days before. The police moved the villagers away from the area for their own safety. Tons of lava and rock came out of the volcano and wrecked houses, roads and trees. Although the blast physically injured only a few people, doctors are treating many for shock. The authorities are keeping the area surrounding Mount Sirius clear in case of further activity.