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Grammar Present passive

1 Choose the correct words. 1 _______________ the plates _______________

I went / goed shopping yesterday. (make) from recycled paper?

1 Are you watching / Do you watch TV at the moment? 2 The date __________________ (announce) today.

2 They not saw / didn’t see the match. 3 Shampoo _______________ (not sell) at the bank.

3 We sleeped / slept really badly. Past passive

4 Do you want to / Want you to go to the cinema? 5 The article ____________________ (write) yesterday.
5 What was / were they talking about? 6 The parents ____________________ (not invite).
7 My house ____________________ (build) last year.
2 Look at the online catalogue for sports equipment. Then
circle the correct answers. 5 Complete the questions and answers.
* ** *** **** ***** 1 What ______________________________________?
good very good I’m watching TV.
Ball (small) €20 **** 2 Did they see the match yesterday?
Ball (big) €30 **** Yes, ________________________________________.
Water bottle (small) €8 ***** 3 How _______________________________________?
Water bottle (big) €10 ***** I slept really badly last night.
Table tennis table €200 ***** 4 What ______________________________________?

Tennis racket €35 ***** We were talking about football when you called.
5 How _______________________________________?
1. The small water bottle is cheaper than / more I see my grandparents about once a week.
expensive than / the most expensive the big 6 Did you go to the museum?
water bottle.
Yes, ________________________________________.
2. The big ball is not as expensive as / not as cheap
as / as expensive as the tennis racket. 6 Complete the conditional sentences using the verbs in
3. The table tennis table is cheaper than / more brackets.
expensive than / the most expensive item in the If it rains (rain) tomorrow, we’ll stay (stay) at home.
catalogue.
1 If I _______________ (get) a good mark tomorrow,
4. The cheap ball is bigger than / smaller than / as
big as the other ball. I _____________________ (invite) you to dinner.
5. The balls are as good as / better than / not as 2 If I _______________ (see) him later, I __________
good as the table tennis tables. __________ (give) him the book.
3 They __________________ (not tease) me if I
3 Write sentences from the prompts using the present
simple, present continuous, past simple or past continuous __________________ (not be) so shy.
tense. 4 You _______________ (not be) able to work if you
1 you / watch TV / at the moment / ? ______________ (listen) to music at the same time.
____________________________________________ 5 If we ______________ (sell) the car, you ________
2 They / not see / the match / yesterday ____________ (have) to walk to school.
____________________________________________
3 We / sleep / badly / last night
____________________________________________
4 What / they / talk about / when I called / ?
4 Complete the sentences using the present or past 7 Choose the correct words.
passive. I went / goed shopping yesterday.

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 1 You must / should wear a coat – it’s cold. 11 Rewrite these sentences using the reported speech.

2 We not write / didn’t write the essay. 1 ‘I live with my parents,’ Liam said.
3 He occasionally sends / sends occasionally me an ____________________________________________
email.
2 ‘Will you marry me?’ Tim asked Samantha.
4 Do you like / Like you watching TV?
____________________________________________
5 Where was / were they going?
3 ‘Why were you crying?’ my mum asked me.
8 Write present perfect sentences from the prompts. ____________________________________________
Include the word in brackets.
1 He / tell me (already) 4 ‘Leave me alone!’ Alan told me.
____________________________________________ ____________________________________________
2 I / not see / my cousin / three years (for)
____________________________________________ 12 Complete the following sentences using relative
3 They / hear / the news (just) pronouns or adverbs. If they can be omitted, write
____________________________________________
brackets.
4 She / work / for that company / 1999 (since)
The book (which) I was reading was very interesting.
____________________________________________
1 The man ................ I saw yesterday is 99.
5 We / not do / the shopping (still) 2 I know someone ................ sister is a nurse.
____________________________________________ 3 People ................ eat too much tend to have poor
health.
9 Complete the sentences with should (n’t), must (n’t) or 4 My new job, ................ I started last week, is very
(don’t) have to. stressful.
1 You ___________________ talk to her – she’ll 5 I never met someone ................ didn’t like music.
understand.
13 Put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
2 You ___________________ pay to get in – it’s free
until 10 p.m. 1 tidy / really / bedroom / have / I / to / my
3 You ___________________ leave without saying
goodbye – I’ll never forgive you! 2 have / school / to / take / bus / Derek / Does / the / ?
4 They ___________________ go to bed so late –
they’re always tired. 3 yesterday / Why / go / you / cousin’s / have / to / to /
5 You ___________________ ring this number – it’s the did / your / house / ?
only way to contact them.
4 you / study / Do / we’ll / year / to / think / hard / next /
have / ?
10 Complete the questions and answers.
1 What ______________________________________?
I went shopping yesterday.
2 Where _____________________________________? Reading
They were going to the supermarket when you saw
them. STUDENTS AND TECHNOLOGY
3 How _______________________________________? When my dad was at school, there weren’t any computers and
He emails me twice a day! the internet didn’t exist. He didn’t communicate with his friends
by email and he didn’t make new friends in chat rooms online.
4 Are you having dinner at the moment?
These days the answer to almost every question is on your
Yes, ________________________________________.
computer. How has this influenced the way we study? Firstly, we
5 Did he take the bus to school yesterday? can find information much more easily than we could in the
Yes, ________________________________________. past. You don’t need to search through books and

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encyclopaedias. You can enter your key words in a search 5 The writer thinks studying was more fun when her
engine and then choose from the many websites which can give
you the information you need. dad was at school. __________

Secondly, there are also websites which give advice and 2 Tick () the true sentences and correct the false
practical help with essays and other homework. Sometimes you
sentences.
have to pay for this, but there are a lot which are free. Some
people think this is cheating, but if you write the essay yourself, 1 The writer’s dad didn’t make new friends.
you won’t just copy text. You will also learn. ____________________________________________
All in all, I think we’re lucky today. Studying is a lot more ____________________________________________
fun! 2 We can get a lot of information through our
computers.
1 Read the text. Then read the sentences and write true or ____________________________________________
false. 3 The writer thinks homework websites are cheating.
The writer’s dad had a computer at school. False ____________________________________________
____________________________________________
1 The writer’s dad used email a lot. __________
4 Students today are luckier than before.
2 Today it’s harder to find information. __________ ____________________________________________
3 Some homework websites are free. __________ 5 You will also learn using the information from the
4 The writer thinks homework websites can help you Internet.
learn. __________ ____________________________________________

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