Key
PASSIVE VOICE
1. He is going to be bought a car.
A car is going to be bought to him.
2. Children are always loved by their
parents.
3. Some animals are going to be drawn
by the children.
4. He was offered an excellent job by
the boss.
An excellent job was offered to him by the boss.
5. You will be given plenty of time to
complete the test.
6. Have you been shown the new fitness
machine in the gym?
Has the new fitness machine in the gym been shown to you?
7. The staff was paid more than 200
euros to do the cleaning.
More than 200 euros were paid to the staff to do the cleaning.
8. An unknown actress was given an
award.
An award was given to an unknown actress.
9. It is expected that salaries will
increase in January.
Salaries are expected to increase in January.
10. Doors must not be opened when
recording.
11. It was reported that criminals
knocked over a woman when running away.
Criminals were reported to have knocked over a woman when running away.
12. In the medieval age it was believed
that the earth was the centre of the universe.
In the medieval age the earth was believed to be the centre of the
universe.
REPORTED SPEECH
1. The parents asked what the time was.
2. Bill said that he had missed his
train, then he would be late for work and his boss would be furious.
3. Bill asked me if I wanted to buy any
second-hand books.
4. The small boy said that he was going
fishing with mother that afternoon.
5. I asked my mother what she had
bought for Mary´s birthday.
6. He told me not to believe everything
I heard.
7. The police ordered me to open the
safe.
8. She suggested going by train.
9. They asked me how much we should pay
for a month in Spain.
CONDITIONAL SENTENCES
Rewrite the
following sentences using a conditional sentence.
1. If she loved him, she would marry
him/ She would marry him if she loved him.
2. If someone had told me it was your
birthday, I would not have asked you to clean out the larder. / I would not
have asked you to clean out the larder if someone had told me it was your
birthday.
3. If I were the president, I would
change many things in this country/ I would change many things in this country
if I were the president.
4. If she hadn´t been watching TV, the
children wouldn´t have started a fire./ The children wouldn´t have started a
fire if she hadn´t been watching TV.
5. If I ever won the lottery, I would
like to travel round the world/ I would like to travel round the world if I ever won the lottery.
Complete
the following sentences
1. I won´t go there unless YOU INVITE
ME TO GO.
2. If you refuse to help me I WILL NEVER
HELP YOU THEN.
3. If I had gone to the cinema I WOULD
HAVE WATCHED MEN IN BLACK3.
4. If my friends had a car WE WOULD GO
TO SEVILLA THIS WEEKEND.
5. We would have told you everything IF
YOU HAD LISTENED TO US.
CONNECTORS
Join the following sentences using the following connectors.
THEREFORE DESPITE BECAUSE
OF
1. He always makes a great effort to
achieve his goals. However, there is always someone better than him.
DESPITE MAKING A GREAT
EFFORT TO ACHIEVE HIS GOALS, THERE IS ALWAYS SOMEONE BETTER THAN HIM.
2. She was willing to go on holiday so
she started preparing everything in great advance.
SHE WAS WILLING TO GO ON
HOLIDAY. THEREFORE, SHE STARTED PREPARING EVERYTHING IN GREAT ADVANCE.
3. They had to stop driving their car
since they had run out of petrol.
THEY HAD TO STOP DRIVING THEIR CAR
BECAUSE OF THE PETROL.
