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itis L4 Passive (1) (is done / was done) Study this example: This house was built in 1930. “Was built’ is passive. Compare active and passive: Somebody built {this house ]in 1930. (active) subject object This house | was built in 1930. (passive) | subject ! ‘We use an active verb to say what the subject does: © My granéfather was a builder. He built this house in 1930. © It's. big company. It employs two hundred people. ‘We use a passive verb to say what happens to the subject: © This house is quite old. It was built in 1930. © Two hundred people are employed by the company. When we use the passive, who or what causes the action is often unknown or unimportant: © A lot of money was stolen in the robbery. (somebody stole it but we don’t know who) @ Is this room cleaned every day? (does somebody clean it? — it’s not important who) If we want to say who does or what causes the action, we use by...: © This house was built by my grandfather. © Two hundred people are employed by the company. ‘The passive is be (is/was/have been etc.) + the past participle (done/cleaned/seen etc.): (be) done (be) cleaned (be) seen {be} damaged {be} buile etc. For irregular past participles (done/known/seen etc.), see Appendix 1. Study the active and passive forms of the present simple and past simple: Present simple active: clean|s\/see(s) etc. Somebody cleans [this room every day. passive: amiislare cleaned/seen etc. [This room jis cleaned every day. © Many accidents are caused by careless driving. © I’m not often invited to parties. © How is this word pronounced? Past simple active: cleaned/saw etc. Somebody cleaned [this room| yesterday. passive: wasiwere cleanediseen etc. This room] was cleaned yesterday. @ We were woken up by a loud noise during the night. @ ‘Did you go to the party” ‘No, I wasn’t invited.” @ How much money was stolen? Passive fother forms) > by» [ED UNIT ACISES 41 plete the sentences using one of these verbs in the correct form: damage hold include invite make overtake — show write 1, Many accidents ..are caused. by dangerous driving. Che se cnrernernnnenneeenenee from milk The roof of the building in a storm a few days ago. There's no need to leave a tip. Service... cones inthe bill, Yow ss. to the wedding. Why i dida’t you go? Acinema is a place where films... . Inthe United States, elections for President Orginal the book ... every four years. in Spanish and a few years ago it into English. ‘We were driving along quite fase but we . sromsnmunnsnsinnan By lots of other cars. rite questions using the passive, Some are present and some are past. AL Ask about the telephone. (when/invent?) _..When.was.the.belephone.invented?. 12. Ask about glass. (how/make?} How conse a 4 Ask about Australia. (when/discover?} 14 Ask about silver. (what/use for?} Ask about television. (when/invent?} Pucthe verb into the correct form, present simple or past simple, active or passive. 1 Ivsa big factory. Five hundred people ..are.employed... (employ) there. 2 Water... won {cover} most of the Earth’s surface, 3. Most of the Earth's surface oss... (cover) by water. 4 The park gates... sm UQ¢k) a€ 6.30 pan, every evening, 5 The letter {post} a week ago and if enim arrive) yesterday, 6 The boat ...csnsnnernvnnncnnnene (Sink) quickly but fortunately everybody {rescue}. 7 Ron’s parents reese nnn sun (die} when he was very young. He and his sister brine up by their grandparents. 8 Twas born in London but I... (grow) up in the north of England. 9 While I was on holiday, my camera . (steal) from my hotel com, 10 While T was on holiday, my cameta vo... (disappear) from my hotel room. Th Why oo ocesouinsnsmnnanninseneann (Sueftesign) from her job? Didn’t she enjoy it? 12 Why... (Bili/sack) from his job? What did he do wrong? 13 The company is not independent. It {own) by a much larger company, 14 Tsaw an accident last night. Somebody (call) an ambulance but AOBOUY seve vores (injure) 50 the ambulance .... .~ (notineed}. 18 Where . . “a (these photographs/take}? In London? (youltake) them? {| Rewrite these sentences. Instead of using ‘somebody/they/people’ etc. write a passive sentence, 1 Somebody cleans the room every day... The.coamis.cleaned every. day... | 2 They cancelled all flights because of fog. All... "3 People don’t use this road very often. 4 Somebody accused me of stealing money. 1 5 How do people learn languages? How 6 People advised us not to go out alone. 83 ts Uy. Passive (2) (he/been/being done) Study the following active and passive forms: Infinitive acti (to) dofclean/see ete, Somebody will clean the room later. passive: (to) be done/cleaned/seen etc. The room will be cleaned later. The situation is serious, Something must be done before it's too late. © A mystery is something that can’t be explained, © The music was very lond and could be heard from a long way away. Anew supermarket is going to be built next year. @ Please go away. I want to be left alone. Perfect infinitive active: have done/cleanediseen etc. Somebody should have cleaned the room, passive: have been done/cleaned/seen etc. The room should have been cleaned. © haven't received the letter yet. It might have been sent to the wrong address. © If you hadn’t left the car unlocked, it wouldn’t have been stolen. @ There were some problems at first but they seem to have been solved. Present perfect active: havefhas (done) The room looks nice. Somebody has cleaned it. passive: havefhas been (done) ‘The room looks nice. It has been cleaned. © Have you heard the news? The President has been shot! @ Have you ever been bitten by a dog? @ ‘Are you going to the party?” ‘No, I haven't been invited.’ Past perfect active: had (done} The room looked nice. Somebody had cleaned it. passive: had been (done) The room looked nice. Ir had been cleaned, @ The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They had been cooked for too long. @ The car was three years old but hadn't been used very much. Present continuous active: amvisfare (dojing Somebody is cleaning the zoom at the moment. Passive: anvis/are being (done) The rooms is being cleaned at the moment. @. There’s somebody walking behind us. I think we are being followed. (ia shop) ‘Can I help you, madam?’ ‘No, thank you. I'm being served.’ Past continuous active: was/were (do)ing Somebody was cleaning the room when I arrived. passive: was/were being (done) The room was being cleaned when I arrived. @ There was somebody walking behind us. We were being followed, Passive (1) and (3) -> PRETREEy UNIT EXERCISES 42 What do these words mean? Use it can... or it can’t... . Use a dictionary if necessary. I something is 1 washable, t.can be waghed. 4 unusable, 2 unbreakable, it... ssnsnssnnamennananamen 5 invisible, 7 3 edible, i sastacuns 6 portable, .... Complete these sentences with one of the following verbs (in the correct form): camy cause de make repair send spend wake up Sometimes you need have (‘might have’, ‘could have’ etc.) 4. The situation is serious. Something must ...be.done.. before it’s too late. 2 Lhaven’t received the letter. It might ...have.been gent. to the wrong address. 3 Adecision will not commnanwee Until the next meeting. A. Ttold the hotel receptionist that I wanted to... at 6.30 the next morning. $ Do you think that less money should ...-seo-mininoninnsensnseuewonsenens OM agMaments? 6 This road is in very bad condition. It should .. along time ago. 7 The injured man couldn’t walk and had to .. 8 It's not certain how the fire started but it might electrical fault. sen coe By am FRaurite these sentences. Instead of using ‘somebody’ or ‘they’, write a passive sentence. 1 Somebody has cleaned the room. _..The. ream hae been cleaned, They have postponed the concert. The Somebody is using the computer at the moment. The computer ‘4 [didn’t realise thar somebody was recording our conversation. Ididn’r realise that... '5 When we got to the stadium we found that they had cancelled the game. When we got to the stadium, we found that sus They are building a new ring road round the city. ‘They have built a new hospital near the airport. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Sometimes the verb is active, sometimes passive. (This exercise also includes the past simple ~ see Unit 41C.) 1 There's somebody behind us. (I think / we / follow) ..Lhit 2. This room looks different, {you / paint?) ..Have.you. pale 3 My car has disappeared. {it/ steal!) Ir. 4 My umbrella has disappeared, (somebody / take) Somebody 5 Tom gers a higher salary now. {he / promote} ... . 6 Ann can't use het office at the moment. it redecorate). ss . 7 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) 9 A tree was lying actoss the road. _(it/ blow down / in the som) 40 The man next door disappeared six months ago. (nobody / see / since then} 1 Iwas mugged on my way home a few nights ago. (you / ever / mug?) 85 Passive (3) Iwas bom... ‘We say: I was born... (not ‘1 am born’): © Iwas born in Chicago. © Where were you born? (not ‘where are you born’) but @ How many babies are born every day? present simple past simple Some verbs can have two objects. For example, give: © We lice th L (= in i the lice. gave the police formation, (= We gave the information to the police.) object 1 object 2 So it is possible to make two passive sentences: © The police were given the information. or The information was given to the police, Other verbs which can have two objects are: ask offer pay show teach tell When we use these verbs in the passive, most often we begin with the person: © Lwas offered the job but I refused it. {= they offered me the job) © You will be given plenty of time to decide. (= we will give you plenty of time) © Have you been shown the new machine? (= has anybody shown you...?) © The men were paid £200 to do the work. {= somebody paid the men £200) I don’t like being... The passive of doing/seeing etc. is being done / being seen etc. Compare: active: I don’t like people telling me what to do, passive: | don’t like being told what to do. © Tremember being given 2 toy drum on my fifth birthday. {= I remember somebody giving me a toy drum...) © Mr Miller hates being kept waiting, (= he hates people keeping him waiting) ®@ We managed to climb over the wall without being seen. {= ...without anybody seeing us) Get Sometimes you can use get instead of be in the passive: © There was a fight at the party but nobody got hurt. (= nobody was hurt} ® I don’t often get invited to parties. {= Pm not often invited) © I'm surprised Ann didn’t get offered the job. (...Ann wasn’t offered the job) You can use get to say that something happens to somebody or something, especially if this is unplanned or unexpected: © Our dog got cun over by a car. ‘You can use get only when things happen or change. For example, you cannot use get in these sentences: © Jill is liked by everybody. (not ‘gets liked? — this is not a ‘happening’) © He was a mystery man. Nothing was known about him. (not “got known’) We use get mainly in informal spoken English. You can use be in all situations. We also use get in the following expressions (which are not passive in meaning): get married get divorced xget dressed (= put on your clothes} get changed {= change your clothes) Passive (1) and (2) > [IEEIEEH UNIT 43 Elvis Presley 1452 1869 1929 ‘Mahatma Gandhi Leonardo da Vinci 1564 1891 1935 Martin Luther King William Shakespeare 1770 4904 alt Dioney.was horn in 190... ‘And you? T tite these sentences in another way, beginning in the way shown. They didn’t give me the money. 1. alven the, 2 They asked me some difficult questions at the interview. Janet’ colleagues gave her a present when she retired. TaD eC ocssermennse sss sustains Nobody told me that George was ill. wasn’t .. § How much will they pay you? How much will you % Lthink they should have offered ‘Tom the job. [think Tom 7 Has anybody shown you what to do? Have you Complete the sentences using being + one of these verbs: ask attack give invite keep — pay 1 Mr Miller doesn’t like .. being kept... waiting. 2 They went to the party without . sos 3 Most people like 1 presents, 4 Isa dangerous city. People won't go out after dark because they are afraid of 5 [don’t lke... .. stupid questions. 6 Few people are prepazed to Work WithOUt ws. Complete the sentences using get/got + one of these verbs (in the correct form): ask break damage burt pay steal sting stop use 1 There was a fight at the party but nobody .. det. hurt. 2 Ted... by a bee while he was sitting in the garden, 3 How did that window . 4 These tennis coures don’t 5 Lused to have a bicycle but it 6 Last night I. 7 How much did you ... 8 Please pack these things very carefully. I don’t wane them to . + 9 People often want to know what my job is. I often that question. very often. Not many people want to play. "by the police as I was driving home. «last month? 87 Ci oe Itis said that... Heissaid to... (be) supposed to. Seudy this example situation: Henry is very old. Nobody knows exactly how old he is, but Tis said that [he] is 108 years old. or [Helis said to he 108 years old. Both these sentences mean: ‘People say that he is 108 years old.” You can use these structures with a number of other verbs, especially: thought believed considered reported known expected alleged understood Compare the two structures: @ Cathy works very hard. Its said that she works 16 hours a day. or She is said to work 16 hours a day. © The police are looking for a missing boy. Itis believed that the boy is wearing aor The boy is believed to be wearing a white pullover and blue jeans. white pullover and blue jeans. ‘© The strike started three weeks ago. Itis expected that it will end soon. or The strike is expected to end soon. @ A fiend of mine has been arrested. It is alleged that he kicked a policeman. or Heis alleged to have kicked a policeman, Those two houses belong to the same family. It is said that there is a secret tunnel or There is said to be a secret tunnel between them, between them. ‘These structures are often used in news reports, For example, in a report about an accident: @ Itis reported that two people were or Two people are reported to have been injured in the explosion. jured in the explosion. (Be) supposed to Sometimes it is supposed to... = itis said r © Let’s go and see that film. It's supposed to be very good. {= it is said to be very good) © ‘Why was he arrested?” ‘He's supposed to have kicked a policeman.’ (= he is said to have kicked a policeman} But sometimes supposed to has a different meaning. ‘Something is supposed to happen’ = itis planned, arranged or expected. Often this is different from what really happens: @ I'd better hurry, It’s nearly 8 o’clock and I'm supposed to be meeting Ann at 8.15. (= [have arranged to meet Ann, I said I would meet her) © The train was supposed to arrive at 11.30 but it was an hour late. (= expected to arrive at 11.30 according to the timetable} @ You were supposed to clean the windows. Why didn’t you do it? “You're not supposed to do soinething? = it is not allowed ot advisable for you to do it: © You're not supposed to park your car here. It’s private parking only. © Mr Bond is much better after his illness but he’s still not supposed to do any heavy work, (= his doctors have advised him not to...) the train was. UNIT ERCISES 44 Write these sentences in another way, beginning as shown, Use the underlined word in your tence. I is expected that the strike will end soon. The strike ...@.expested to.end ean... I is expected that the weather will be good tomorrow. ‘The weather is. 3 Ttis believed that the thieves got in through the kitchen window. The thieves 4 Teis zeported that many people are homeless after the Hoods. Many people 5 Tis thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over a wall. The prisoner 6 Itivalloged that the rman drove through the town at 90 miles an hour. The man is. 7 Ieis reported that the building has been badly damaged by fire. 8 a Itis said that the company is losing a lot of money. The company... b tis helieved that the company lost a lot of money last year. The company ¢ It is expected that the company will lose money this year. The company rns People say a lot of things about Arthur, For example: ‘Gussie . ge Tam) SY cD 5 (He robbed a banka long time ano, mm) NM) an Nobody knows for sure whether these things are true or not. Write sentences about Arthur using {be} surpposed to, 1. Arthur le euppased to.eat.aplderss. 2 He cesses Now you have to use {be] supposed to with its other meaning. In each example what happens is diferent from what is supposed to happen. Use (be) supposed to + one of these verbs: strive be block come park — phone start Some of the sentences are negative (like the first example). ‘1 You Ire.not. supposed to park. here. It’s private parking only. 2 The train ..wae. supposed to arrive. at 11.30, but it was an hour late. 3 Whar are the children doing at home? They tocim::numnsnnsnnnnnwsnnnnnnane at SCHOOL at this time. : 4 We os .. work at 8.15, but we rarely do anything before 8.30. 5 This door is a fire exit. YOU wv ssosssnnssnnnnn sss soe it 6 Oh deart I ‘Ann but I completely forgot. 7 They arrived very early ~ at 2 o'clock. They crnmnnieingunnnnnnnnennannsne WOH 3,30, Have something done Study this example situation: The roof of Jill’s house was damaged in a storm, so she arranged for somebody to repair it. Yesterday a workman, came and did the job. Jill had the roof repaired yesterday. ‘This means: Jill arranged for somebody else to repair the roof. She didn’t repair it herself. ‘We use have something done to say that we arrange for somebody else to do something for us. Compare: . (= she repaired it herself) © Jill had the roof repaired. (= she arranged for somebody else to repair it) ‘Study these sentences: © Did Ann make the dress herself or did she have it made? © “Are you going to repair the car yourself?” ‘No, I'm going to have it repaired.” Be careful with word order. The past participle (repaired/cut etc.) is after the object (the roof / your hair etc. have + object + _ past participle J] had the roof repaired yesterday. Where | did you have | your hair cut? Your hair looks nice. | Have you had it cut? Julia | has justhad | central heating | installed in her house. We | arehaving | the house painted at the moment. How often | do youhave | your car serviced? Tthink you should | have that coat cleaned soon, Idon’t like | having my photograph | taken. You can also say ‘get something done’ instead of ‘have something done’ (mainly in informal spoken English): ‘© When are you going to get the roof repaired? (= have the roof repaired) © Tthink you should get your hair cut. Sometimes have something done has a different meaning. For example: © Jill and Eric had all their money stolen while they were on holiday. Of course this does not mean that they arranged for somebody to steal their money. ‘They had all their money stolen’ means only: ‘All their money was stolen from them.” With this meaning, we use have something done to say that something happens to somebody or their belongings. Usually what happens is not nice: George had his nose broken in a fight. © Have you ever had your passport stolen? UNIT RCISES 45 h () the correct sentence, (a) or (b), for each picture. jf & 2 3 4 LS 7 a Sarah is cutting j a Billiscuttinghis | a Johniscleaning | a Sucis taking a her hair. hair. his shoes. photograph. |b Sarah ishaving | b Bill ishavinghis | b John is having his | b Sue is having her her hair cut. hair cut. shoes cleaned. photograph taken. ‘Why did you do these things? Answer using ‘have something done’. Use one of these verbs: lean cut repair sesvice 1 Why did you take your car to the garage? _..T9.have. It. serviced... Why did you take your jacket to the cleaner’s? To . 3 Why did you take your watch to the jeweller’s? ‘4 Why did you go to the hairdresser? Write sentences in the way shown. 1 Jill didn’t repair the roof herself, She ...had.it.repalted. 2 [didn’t cut my hair myself. 1 3 They didn’t paint the house themselves. They .... 4 Sue didn’t make the curtains herself. Use the words int brackets to complete the sentences. Use the structure ‘have something done’. 1 We..are having the house painted. (the house / painc) at the moment. 2 Host my key. Pll have 0 . a .. (another key / make). 3. When was the last time you... ; (youe hair / cut)? 4 You look different. .... one . {you / your hair / cut)? 5 - ssn ssn {you /a newspaper / deliver) to your house or do you go to the shop to buy one? | 6 a: What are those workmen doing in your garden? 3: Ob, we ... (a swimming pool / build). 7 a: Can I see the photographs you took when you were on holiday? a: I'm afraid I... . (not / the film / develop) yet. 8 This coat is direy. I must {it/ clean). 9 If you wane to wear earrings, why don’t you ears / pierce)? Now you have to use ‘have something done’ with its second meaning (see Section C}. 1 George’s nose was broken in a fight. What happened to George? ...He.had hie.nese broken in.a.flahts... 2. Sarah's bag was stolen on a train. ‘What happened to Sarah? She ...c1ssesnsns 3 Fred’s hat was blown off in the wind. What happened to Fred? 4 Diane's passport was taken away from her by the police. What happened to Diane? ....o:annsnnsntininin inna ot Passive 120 Pua the verb into the most suitable passive form. ‘There's somebody behind us. I think we ..are Being followed. (follow). A mystery is something that .¢at be explained. (can'vexplain). ‘We didn’t play football yesterday. The match ‘The television ‘The church tower ‘How old is the tower?” “Te. years old." Units 41-44 cance. (repair). l’s working again now. (restore). The work is almost finished. {believe} to be over 600 7 If dide't do my job properly, 1 (woulda 8 A: Tleft some papers on the desk lastnight and I can’t find therm now. & They {enight/theow) away. 9 Tlearne ro swim when I was very young. I - teach) by any mother. 10 Aker (acest) was taken to the police station, ra (youeverlarses)?" “No, never 12 Two people {repost to {injure} in an explosion at a factory in Biemingham early this morning. 21. Put the verb into the correct form, active or passive. ‘Is your car still for sale?” ‘No, 1 (cell) $ Sometimes mistakes 6 Iwoulda’t leave your car unlocked, Ie 7 My bag has disappeaced. It 8 Tean’t find my hat. Somebody 9 Ws a serious problem. I don’e know how it 10 We didn’t leave early enough. We 11 Every time I reavel by plane, my flight 12 A new bridge year and the bridge “Is the house atthe end of the street stil forsale? ‘This house is quite old. It .ma6 bul. (build) over 100 years ago. ‘My grandfather was a builder. He... (build) this house many years ago. {sell it? “No, it ake) Be nei, . (might/stea!). -- (musvsteal). (emustétake) it by mistake, sven (eansolVe)- {should/leave} earlier. (delay). (build) across the rivee. Work started last {expect} co open next year. 22 Read these newspaper reports and put the verbs into the most suitable form. ‘Winton Castle (1).WaS damaged, las gh, The fre, RM 2) (discover) at sbout 9 o'clock, spread very quickly. (@aunoge) in 2 ze Nobody (3) (injure bot ovo ‘people had 10 (4. (fescue) fom an upstairs room. A numberof paintings (5). Getieversestoy). 6, {oouknow) how the fire stot, > ROAD DELAYS) Repar work sare Jeonhy on he Faxbam-Lorg wort fad The 8 (Do ts td there wl be ong dye. rvs @) - (st wun aerate roe I pone. The wok (expec) ott 0 seks, Nex Suny te road {ene} and sale) (Given, HOP ROBBERY; ts Panam yesterday «shop asset (1) (force) hed ove £500 ater @ovnsnnmnn ness hte bya a wth 8 oie, The mun escaped in 8 car whish (area calor in the day. ‘The car (Worn enn ‘etn lnscarpuk vine) (abandon bythe this, Aman (6 (eu) in onesie i i rtbery 208 (, (sgn ye pai, + Accident{ A woman (1, «aks o hospital ater er car collided with 9 Lory near Norsack yesterday, She @ vs (allow) home later ater stexment, Toe oad Oh ioe) foram hour after the accident and wafic had to a sensnnnn ens (VED, A poe ngpestor s5id afterwards: “The woman was lucky, She could o el? Dg not use by unless it is important to the meaning, 1 The teacher has marked all the homework. All the homework .../s. been, mark 7 it 2 My boyfriend kept me waiting for half an hour. 3 The students must pay all their own fees for this course. All the fees for this course 4 Do you suppose your brother could have written that email? Do you suppose that email 5 They use a computer to do that job nowadays A computer... a 6 During the summer, the café was employing more waiters ever During the summer, more waiters co 7 Nobody informed the police that there had been a mistake, The police 8 Where will your company send you next year? Where will you “ mI 9 The news about the war worried Josephine. Josephine ee 10 I've still got the camera because no-one has claimed it. T've still got the camera because it ce St 11 Has anyone ever asked you for your opinion? Haye you... 12 The children shouldn't have opened that parcel ‘That parcel psmsacste 2 ec sen 13 All visitors must wear identity badges. entity badges co 14 Someone must have changed the time of the meeting. The time of the meeting ce . - - 15 Is anyone using this computer? Is this computer enn aoa 2 =o Alana has just met her boyfriend Grant at a café ALANA: Hit Sorry Pm kasr: W MANA: Teame on the bus and ie stick) ina traffic jam for forty minuces kept you? GRNT: Why didn’t you just walk across the park as usual? ALANA: Because the park (close) since last weekend Rawr: Why's that? MANA: A film shoot) there GRANT: Do you know who it “ ditect) by ALANA: No, but I think Leonardo DiCaprio isin it. Someone told me he (see) at the Royal Hotel at the weekend, RAN: Really MANA: Yeah, He (fly) here in a private plane by the film company GRANT: Well if it true, we're not going to the disco at the Royal this Friday: Manse Why not? RANT: If he's there, the hore surround) by fans and ALANA: But we might meet him if we go. GRANT: _Don'r be silly. He won't be at the disco, And we certainly o inot invite} to his room. ALANA: I suppose not. Bur we ean go to the park gate now and see what’s happening, Perhaps. we (ask) ro act in a crowd scene. [heard that some local people 1 (employ) as extras yesterday, but I was too busy to go. GRANT: OK, if you want to, Bur I don’e think w {allow) anywhere near the filming 68 mplete the sentences with the correct form of get where possible and a form of be in the others 1 Inever found that book we were looking for. It ..2%... lost when we moved house. 2 After the way he behaved last rime he went to their house, it’s unlikely he asked there again. 3. Naturally this vase is expensive. Afterall, it believed to be over three hundred years old. 4 I phoned to explain what had happened, but I cut off before I could finish. S There isn’t any cheese left, I'm afraid. It _ eaten by the children, 6 He is a well-known expert on animal diseases and his opinions greatly respected. 7 My sister will be thrilled if her design... chosen, 8 The book torn when the children started fighting over who should read it first. 9 Please don’t touch anything on my desk. You . supposed to answer the telephone, nor tidy the office 10 She was quite friendly at first, then she ............... promoted and now she doesn’t care about us any more, Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence 1 Ie s said that house prices are too high. House prices ...A.5. 2806...£2..08 2 It is thought that the hospital is short of money. The hospital ne - . 3 Itwas alleged that the athlete had cheated. The athlete iene : icncscaenincauacit —_ 4 Itis reported that the prime minister is resigning, The prime minister 5 It is expected that the new sports stadium will be finished soon. The new sports stadium - co Co 6 Iris generally considered that sixteen is too young to get married, a é = as 7 It was thought that the book had been destroyed. ‘The book .... 8 Iris believed that the children had been hiding for two weeks. ee VVVV\VVV) 1 4 4 44 htop y ee Kitenen Dining-room AM visit market, enouse vegetables and fruit am vitwam 7 am plan mena lay tabies @ am unload meat arrange flowers 4am cour stat breavtast 2 Open dors 430 am mare dussirts SY about 200 meals every lunentime 10 AM wasn vegetables an fisn pat meat in own rig. salads s exactly midday and I'm sitting in the Beverly Restaurant. Today I've been finding out just how much work goes on in a restaurant before the first customers arrive. The staff have already done six hours work. The day began with a visit to the market where vegetables and fruit () Back at the restaurant the menu (2 and then the day's delivery of meat (3) After that, breakfast (4 foor the staff. But they didn't have long to eat it, because by 9.30 it was time for the desserts (s After the vegetables (6 the fish and the meat (8 in the oven. While this was happening in the kitchen, in the dining-room the floor Since then, the tables (1 and the flowers (1! +0 the dining-room looks fresh and pretty. In the last few minutes, salads 12) in the kitchen and in.a moment the doors 13) In the next three hours, about two hundred meals (14 Have something done cent a flat, but it needs some work before she ca 0 the landlord and he agrees to her suggestion: he conversation using have + the verbs in brackets Tanya: This flat is in a good place, but there are a few problems. LanpLonn: Oh, really? What do you mean? Tanya: The mirror is broken. LANDLORD: (1) placed (replace) tanya: There are marks on the carpet. LANDLORD: ss ss (clean) I don’t like the colour of the walls. 3) a - (paine) All the furniture is in the wrong rooms. “) a —. (rearrange) One of the chairs is broken, LANDLORD! (8) noone — Se comme (mend) TANYA: Several of the cupboards are full of old clothes. LANDLOR eases 7 (empty) TANYA: LANDLORD! (7) (wash) TANYA: Then I might rent the flat. Rewrite the underlined words using have something done. 1 didn’t recognise Sheila because the hairdresser’s dyed her hair, she's..had.. her. air. dyed, 2 2 Pve been getting a lot of annoying phone calls, so the telephone company is going to change my number. 3 Gabrielle broke her leg six weeks ago, but she’s much better now, In fact the doctors should be i" as 1 4 Rowland has made a lot of money, so an architect’s designed him a fine new hous 5 This room gets hot when the sun shines, so [m employing someone to fit blinds on the windows. 6 Lheard that Mrs Green didn’t crust her husband, so she hired a detective to follow him! 7 My sister had always been self-conscious about her nose, so she decided ro go to a clinic foran ration w/ lL nm

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