Curso 2020 – 2021

ACTIVE – PASSIVE TRANSFORMATIONS

A. CHANGE FROM ACTIVE TO PASSIVE:

1. Families in poor countries often force their children to work.

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2. They have offered him a good job.
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3. They should have redecorated the house before Christmas.
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4. They will repair my car by next week.
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5. People say that he is a good surfer.
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6. They have treated the prisoners badly for years.
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7. You haven’t answered to my question yet.
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8. We had to call the ambulance.
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9. In Asia children do a lot of the work.
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10. You cannot reach this village by train.
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11. Settlers built this town in 1802.
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12. Committee members handed out invitations for the meeting.
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13. You must park your car in the garage.
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14. They showed us the most important paintings in the gallery.
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15. They speak Spanish here.
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16. They are serving breakfast in the dining room.
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17. They play rugby in all the Commonwealth countries.
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18. You must clean your suit for the ceremony.
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19. The authorities are opening the town health centre next week.
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20. Nobody can beat Liverpool.
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21. After John had repaired the car, he sold it.
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22. Steven King wrote the book.
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23. You should send the email today.
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24. The doctor must examine you again.
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25. The company has produced cars since the beginning of the century.
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26. The Egyptians buried pharaohs in pyramids.
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27. They will meet you at the train station.
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28. Has everyone read the instructions?
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29. The nurse reads the newspaper to the old man every day.
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30. They must have left the documents behind.
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31. People say that these herbs are good for you.
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32. They say that women live longer than men.
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33. People believe that John Lennon was a great musician.
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34. People think he is working in Germany.
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35. They knew that he had lived in London.
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36. Police have reported that it was John who caused the accident.
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B. CHANGE FROM PASSIVE TO ACTIVE:

1. That proposal has never been rejected by the committee.

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2. Plastic particles have just been found in sea salt.
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3. The house will be cleaned every Sunday.
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4. In 1995 a new version of the New Testament was published.
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5. Children are easily influenced by violent games.
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6. I was never warned against drugs.
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7. Two children were found near the White Tower.
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8. The scheme had been introduced by the Mayor.
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9. Many illegal copies are being sold on street corners.
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10. Although help has been offered by non-profit organizations, the situation of the newly arrived
immigrants is very poor.
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11. Humanitarian causes have often been supported by Spanish society.
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12. All these deaths could have been avoided by health workers.
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13. The car is being repaired in the garage.
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14. The instructions have been changed.
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15. This car was manufactured in Japan by Toyota.
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16. The test will be given at five o’clock this afternoon.
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17. All work will have been completed by five o’clock this evening.
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18. Portuguese has always been spoken in this village.
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19. I’ve just been stung by a mosquito.
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20. The papers are being made public now.
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21. I was bullied at school when I first came to the UK.
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C. CAUSATIVE

Transform the following sentences using «have» or «get» in the Causative Use:

1. The electrician solved the short circuit problems I was having at home.
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2. They checked my knee at the clinic.
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3. They took care of the mistake for us.
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4. Chinese companies assemble cars for US and European firms.
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5. The red cross supplied medicine and food for Rwanda.
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6. A private firm will oversee the implementation of the new policy for the government.
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7. She has always brought lunch for me to my office.
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8. Someone could walk my dog if I paid well.
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9. Unemployment agencies look for jobs for unemployed people.
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 D. USE THESE WORDS TO MAKE A MEANINGFUL SENTENCE. (USE ALL AND ONLY THE WORDS,
WITHOUT CHANGING THEIR FORM):

1. have / house / you / your/ did / painted / when / ?

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2. be / a / to / learner / said / fast / I’m

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3. his / were / it / said / was / useless / that / ideas

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4. longer / the / a / given / been / employees / have / holidays

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5. week / being / are / people / company / at / my / hired / this

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6. at / weekend / I / cleaned / usually / house / have / my / the

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7. just / brought / garage / Kate / had / car / to / her / has / the

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8. yesterday / washed / his / Tom / car / had

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9. watered / they / having / right / garden / are / their / now

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10. believed / he / to / fire / started / was / the / have

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