exercises for practice

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Passive voice: Make passive sentences

1) FIAT CARS / MAKE / IN ITALY

2) SPAGHETTI / BOILING WATER / COOK

3) CHILDREN / SCHOOLS / EDUCATE

4) WE / TEACH / OUR TEACHER

5) SWITZERLAND / SPEAK / GERMAN

MODALS CAN - MAY - MIGHT

1) I ____________SPEAK ENGLISH WELL

2)I _____________ GO ON HOLIDAYS TO SPAIN

3) I _________________ LIVE TO BE MORE THAN A HUNDRED EARS

4) MY MOTHER ________________ TELEPHONE ME TODAY

5) _________________I KISS YOU?

6) I __________________ BRAD PITT WHEN I AM IN HOLLYWOOD

QUESTIONS TAGS. SAY IF THE ARE CORRECT. IF NOT, CORRECT THEM,

1)THEIR NAMES ARE BILL AND BOB, ARENT' THEY?

2) WE WERE AT THE JUBILEE HOTEL LAST YEAR, DIDN'T WE?

3) YOU'RE NOT HUNGRY, DON'T YOU?

4) YOU CAN PICK UP AN INFORMATION PACK AT THE HOTEL, CAN'T YOU?

FINISH TEH SENTENCE

MY NAME IN THE OFFICE IS "SLUGGER".....................................?

THE PRICE OF GAS HASN'T FALLEN MUCH THIS YEAR.........................................?

THERE ARE TOO MANY CHAIRS AROUND THE TABLE, ....................................?

I'M LATE AGAIN ............................?

More Passive: Circle the correct option

1) Many people:______________________ (rescued/were rescued) from the floods by the firefighters.

2) Wind speeds ______________________(reached/were reached) 90 miles an hour in some places.

3)Electricity lines _____________________ (brought/were brought down, leaving thousands omes without electricity.

4) One youg girl _________________________(took/was taken) to hospital after she broke her leg.

5) Firefighters ___________________________(received/were received) hundreds of calls for help

Fill in the blanks with the appropriate forms of be allowed to/ let

1) My roommate reminded me that passengers ___________________________ use elecronically operated devices when the plane is taking off. (NEG)

2) The hotel manager __________________________use the minibar in our rooms (AFF)

3) You _________________________go out in the evening (INT)

4) Nobody ___________________________ smoke in that office (AFF)

5) Guards _______________________________ visitors take photos(INT)