Nov 15, 2016
- What do these words mean? Use ‘it can …’ or ‘it can’t …’. Use a dictionary if necessary.
- If something is
• washable, it can
• unbreakable, it can’t
• edible, it
• unusable,
• invisible,
• portable,
- If something is
- Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs (in the correct form). Sometimes you need ‘have’ (‘might have’, ‘could have’ etc.):
carry ○ cause ○ do ○ make ○ repair ○ send ○ spend ○ wake up - The situation is serious. Something must before it’s too late.
I haven’t received the letter. It might to the wrong address.
A decision will not until the next meeting.
I told the hotel receptionist that I wanted to at 6.30 the next morning.
Do you think that less money should on armaments?
This road is in very bad condition. It should a long time ago.
The injured man couldn’t walk and had to
It’s not certain how the fire started but it might by an electrical fault.
- The situation is serious. Something must before it’s too late.
- Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using ‘somebody’ or ‘they’, write a passive sentence.
- Somebody has cleaned the room.
The room - They have postponed the concert.
The concert - Somebody is using the computer at the moment.
The computer - I didn’t realise that somebody was recording our conversation.
I didn’t realise that - When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game.
When we got to the stadium, we found that - They are building a new ring road round the city.
- They have built a new hospital near the airport.
- Somebody has cleaned the room.
- Make sentences from the words in brackets. Sometimes the verb is active, sometimes passive. (This exercise also includes the past simple—see Unit 41 C.)
- There’s somebody behind us.
I think / we / follow - This room looks different.
you / paint? - My car has disappeared.
it / steal! - My umbrella has disappeared.
somebody / take - Tom gets a higher salary now.
or
he / promote - Ann can’t use her office at the moment.
it / redecorate - The photocopier broke down yesterday, but now it’s OK.
it / work / again. it / repair - The police have found the people they were looking for.
two people / arrest / last night - A tree was lying across the road.
or
it / blow down / in the storm - The man next door disappeared six months ago.
nobody / see / since then - I was mugged on my way home a few nights ago.
you / ever / mug?
- There’s somebody behind us.
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