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GRAMMAR: RESIT 2nd TERM 1. Put the following sentences into passive. a.

A jeep picked up the soldiers from the base. The soldiers b. They are going to dry-clean this suit. This suit c. Someone has sent Alice a telegram.. Alice d. ritain e!ported democracy and the "nglish language to numerous countries. #emocracy and the "nglish language e. #oes this school permit smoking$ %s &. 'ewrite the sentences using the correct form of have or get something done. a. Someone is going to clean our garage ne!t week. (e b. Someone stole the radio from my car last night. % c. They should clean )r Smith*s windows. )r Smith d. The shop assistant is wrapping the present for me. % e. Someone is walking )rs "+ans* dog as she is ill in bed. )rs "+ans ,. It is said that / He is said to a. People know that Peter had connections with drug dealers in the past. Peter b. People e!pect that ta!es will be reduced soon. Ta!es c. They say that -larin wrote ./a 'egenta0. -larin d. %t is estimated that car accidents caused more daths than tobacco last year. -ar accidents e. %t has been reported that nobody was injured. 1obody f. They claim that she was in jail in &22&. She 3. Rewrite the fo owing senten!es so that the" mean the same as the senten!e written #efore. a. %t would be good for you to stop drink-dri+ing. 4ou b. % am tired. This means % won5t be able to help yo clean your house. % am tired ... c. %t*s impossible that Susan has phoned Peter. They broke up last year. Sussan d. The hill was too high for us to reach the top. The hill wasn*t e. %n spite of ha+ing lots of money6 he ne+er spends a penny. Although f. Although it was dark6 they could see the face of the criminal. #espite g. (e ha+en*t been to the theatre for a long time. %t*s been

h. 4ou don*t ha+e to attend the lecture if you don*t want to. %t*s i. % am sure they ha+e fired Paul. They j. %t*s been ages since % ate such a good meal. % k. Although we arri+ed late6 the teacher let us come into the classroom. #espite l. The instructions were so complicated that we couldn*t work out how to operate the machine. They were m. %t*s impossible that they ha+e tidied their bedroom. They n. Andrea is so arrogant that nobody wants to go out with her. Andrea is such o. They ha+e just bought se+eral things. Some of these things are really e!pensi+e. They ha+e just ... p. The last time we heard from her was two months ago. (e 7. 8elen is working in this factory. The factory has gone bankrupt. The factory ... r. %t*s not necessary for you to do the dishes now. 4ou s. They did*t ha+e to make their beds but they did. They t. Perhaps Ste+e passed his dri+ing test last week. Ste+e u. 8e is too la9y to finish the work. 8e isn*t +. This is our first football match. %t*s the first time w.The last time % played card was a long time ago. % .. !. (hen did you start working in that company$ 8ow long y. %t would be good for you to send him an e-mail. 4ou 9. #espite being a +ery hot country6 "gypt is a fantastic place to +isit. Although

GRAMMAR: RESIT 2nd TERM 1. Put the following sentences into passive. a. A jeep picked up the soldiers from the base. The soldiers were picked up from the base by a jeep. b. They are going to dry-clean this suit. This suit is going to be dry-cleaned. c. Someone has sent Alice a telegram.. Alice has been sent a telegram. d. ritain e!ported democracy and the "nglish language to numerous countries. #emocracy and the "nglish language were e!ported to numerous countries by ritain. e. #oes this school permit smoking$ %s smoking permitted by this school$ &. 'ewrite the sentences using the correct form of have or get something done. a. Someone is going to clean our garage ne!t week. (e are going to get our garage cleaned ne!t week. b. Someone stole the radio from my car last night. % had the radio stolen from my car last night. c. They should clean )r Smith*s windows. )r Smith should get the windows cleaned. d. The shop assistant is wrapping the present for me. % am getting the present wrapped by the shop assistant. e. Someone is walking )rs "+ans* dog as she is ill in bed. )rs "+ans is getting her dog walked as she is ill in bed. ,. It is said that / He is said to a. People know that Peter had connections with drug dealers in the past. Peter is known to ha+e had connections with drug dealers in the past. b. People e!pect that ta!es will be reduced soon. Ta!es are e!pected to be reduced soon. c. They say that -larin wrote ./a 'egenta0. -larin is said to ha+e written ./a 'egenta0. d. %t is estimated that car accidents caused more daths than tobacco last year. -ar accidents are estimated to ha+e caused more daths than tobacco last year. e. %t has been reported that nobody was injured. 1obody has been reported to ha+e been injured. f. They claim that she was in jail in &22&. She is claimed to ha+e been in jail in &22&. 3. Rewrite the fo owing senten!es so that the" mean the same as the senten!e written #efore. a. %t would be good for you to stop drink-dri+ing. 4ou should stop drink-dri+ing. b. % am tired. This means % won5t be able to help yo clean your house. % am tired 6 which means that % won5t be able to help yo clean your house. c. %t*s impossible that Susan has phoned Peter. They broke up last year. Sussan can5t ha+e phoned Peter as they broke up last year. d. The hill was too high for us to reach the top. The hill wasn*t low enough for us to reach the top. e. %n spite of ha+ing lots of money6 he ne+er spends a penny. Although he has lots of money6 he ne+er spends a penny. f. Although it was dark6 they could see the face of the criminal. #espite the fact that it was dark6 they could see the face of the criminal. g. (e ha+en*t been to the theatre for a long time. %t*6s been a long time since we last went to the theatre.

h. 4ou don*t ha+e to attend the lecture if you don*t want to. %t*s not necessary for you to attend the lecture. i. % am sure they ha+e fired Paul. They must ha+e fired Paul. j. %t*s been ages since % ate such a good meal. % ha+en5t eaten such a good meal for ages. k. Although we arri+ed late6 the teacher let us come into the classroom. #espite the fact that we arri+ed late6 the teacher let us come into the classroom. l. The instructions were so complicated that we couldn*t work out how to operate the machine. They were such complicated instructions that we couln5t work out how to operate the machine. m. %t*s impossible that they ha+e tidied their bedroom. They can5t ha+e tidied their bedrrom. n. Andrea is so arrogant that nobody wants to go out with her. Andrea is such an arrogant person that no one wants to go out with her. o. They ha+e just bought se+eral things. Some of these things are really e!pensi+e. They ha+e just .... bought se+eral thins6 some of which are really e!pensi+e. p. The last time we heard from her was two months ago. (e ha+en5t heard from her for two months. 7. 8elen is working in this factory. The factory has gone bankrupt. The factory :which; 8elen is working in has gone bankrupt. < where 8elen works has gone ... r. %t*s not necessary for you to do the dishes now. 4ou don5t ha+e to do the dishes now. < needn5t do the dishes .... s. They did*t ha+e to make their beds but they did. They needn5t ha+e made their beds. t. Perhaps Ste+e passed his dri+ing test last week. Ste+e may < might < could ha+e passed his dri+ing test. u. 8e is too la9y to finish the work. 8e isn*t hard-working enough to finish the work. +.This is our first football match. %t*s the first time we ha+e played a footbal match. w.The last time % played card was a long time ago. % .. ha+en5t played cards for a long time. !. (hen did you start working in that company$ 8ow long ha+e you been working in that company$ y. %t would be good for you to send him an e-mail. 4ou should send him an e-mail. 9. #espite being a +ery hot country6 "gypt is a fantastic place to +isit. Although "gypt is a +ery hot country6 it is a fantastic place to +isit.

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