Exercise 11. Turn from Active into Passive.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 836.

Exercise 10. Choose Present Perfect or Past Simple Active or Passive.

1. When it became clear that he would be moving to Austria, he _____________(sell) the house to his brother.

2. All the copies of the book already _______________________(sell out).

3. __________the car _______________(sell) for $2000 some days ago?

4. The tickets cost too much and ____________________(sell) badly.

5. Do you know if your neighbours _________________________(sell) their car?

6. According to yesterday's newspapers, astronomers in Australia ______________(discover) a planet in a galaxy close to ours.

7. A new planet ________________________ (discover) but I don't remember its name.

8. Radium ______________________ (discover) by Pierre and Marie Curie.

9. His father _________________ (receive) so many complains about the noise that he told Chris to sell his drums.

11. Over 50 letters of support _____________________ (receive) in the last 10 days.

12. His project ____________________ (receive) a lot of attention lately.

1. Someone is helping her with the housework. _She is being helped with the housework.

2. Thousands of people bought the book.___________________________________________

3. You must give up your cigarettes_______________________________________________

4. Fleming discovered pen education.______________________________________________

5. They opened the Statue of Liberty in 1886._________________________________________

6. You can improve your health with more exercise. __________________________________

7. They are holding the meeting at 11 o'clock._______________________________________________

8. My friend sent me an invitation. ________________________________________________

9. The secretary has given Mrs Jones some letters. ____________________________________

10. The traffic warden had already given him a ticket for illegal parking. __________________

11. People must obey the law. ____________________________________________________

12. They are performing the concert in London______________________________________________

13. They returned my keys to me: someone had picked them up in the street. _______________

14. You should keep the flowers in a warm sunny place. _______________________________

15. A famous author was writing a TV documentary about India_________________________

16. We can't repair your clock. ___________________________________________________

17. Someone is interviewing Dr Johnson at the moment. _______________________________

18. You mustn't touch this button. ________________________________________________

19. They have made huge advances in computer technology in the last five years.___________

20. The newspaper must print the story tomorrow.____________________________________