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Exercises
Unit 42
42.1   Complete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form, present or past: -cause- damage      hold invite make
overtake      show surround      translate write
1 Many accidents.....;->*^0.....    by dangerous driving.
2 Cheese........................................................................ tn.j;: milk.
3 The roof of the building....................................................................... :n a storm a few days, ago.
4 You........................................................................to the wedding. Why didn't you go?
5 A cinema is a place where films.........................................................................
6 In the United States, elections for president.......................................................................everv four vears.
7 Originally the book ....................................................................... in Spanish, and a few years ago it
........................................................................ into English.
8 Although we were driving quite fast, we....................................................................... by a lot of other cars
9 You can't see the house from the road. It........................................................................ bv trees
42.2
Write questions using the passive. Sume arc present and some are past.
1 Ask about glass, (how/make?)  . .ri-..-..__i>_ *<:}.:U'■'
2 Ask about television, (when / invent?) .............................................................................
3 Ask about mountains, (how/ form?) ...............................................................................
4 Ask about Pluto {the planet), (when / discover?) ........................................................
5 Ask about silver, (what / use for?) ................................................................................
42.3 Put the verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive.
1 It's a big factory. Five hundred people......At*. eryrv.».Jo-.!.    (employ) there.
2 .....Pi?" WfcX-m.^'.....    {somebody / clean) this room yesterday?
3 Water.............................................................. (cover) most of the earth's surface.
4 How much of the earth's surface............................................................... (cover) by water?
5 The park gates............................................................... (lock) at 6.30 p.m. every evening.
6 The letter...................................................... (post) a week ago and it.................................................... (arrive) yesterday.
7 The boat hit a rock and............................................................. (sink) quickly. Fortunately everybody
............................................................... (rescue).
8 Richard's parents............................................................ (die) when he was very young. He and his sister
................................................................................. (bring up) by their grandparents.
9 I was born in London, but I............................................................... (grow up) in Canada.
10 While 1 was on holiday, my camera .............................................................(steal) from my hotel room.
11 While 1 was "" holiday, my camera..............................................................(disappear) from my hotel room.
12 VVh>'................................................................................ (Sue / resign) from her job? Didn't she enjov it?
13 Wh>'.................................................................................(Bill / sack) from his job? What did lie do wrong?
14 The company is not independent. It............................................................... (own) by a much larger company.
15 I saw an accident last night. Somebody........................................................... (ca|l) an ambulance bur nobody
............................................................... : injure), so the ambulance............................................................................... (not / need).
16 Where................................................................................................................................ (tnese photographs / take)? In London?
................................................................................. (you / take) them, or somebody else?
17 Sometimes it's quite noisy living here, but it's not a problem for me -I................................................................................. (not / bother) by it.
42.4 Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using somebody, they, people etc., write a passive sentence.
1 Somebody cleans the room every day. .....IM..Ipom. .r cu-.j.>.2;:l i v«>-., dxu^.
2 They cancelled all flights because of fog. All ..................................................................................
3 People don't use this road much.
4 Somebody accused me of stealing money. I...............................................................................
5 How do people learn languages? How ........................................................
6 Somebody warned us not to go out alone...................................................................................................
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