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Active and passive.

Read the following active sentences and change them to passive sentences.

1. You can buy fuel here.

Fuel can be bought here.
2. I clean the windscreen everyday.
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3. The ground crew are checking the plane.

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4. ATC have told the Airbus to give way.

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5. The pilot paid the landing fee.

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6. The pilot was taking avoiding action.

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7. The ICAO don‘t allow pilots and ATC to speak their own language.
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8. Pilots and ATC must speak English.

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9. The pilot damaged the plane when he landed.

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10. The maintenance crew didn‘t fit the correct screws.

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Answers:

2. The windscreen is cleaned everyday

3. The plane is being checked by the ground crew.
4. The Airbus has been told to give way.
5. The landing fee was paid.
6. Avoiding action was being taken.
7. Pilots and ATC are not allowed to speak their own language.
8. English must be spoken.
9. The plane was damaged when it landed.
10. The correct screws were not fitted by the maintenance crew.
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