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ADVANCED PLUS UNIT 3 3.2 Passives

3.1 Expressing modality

1 Complete the sentences with the correct passive
forms of the words in the box.
1 Circle the correct modal of probability or certainty are/tell are/prohibit be/follow
to complete the sentences. be/employ can be/send be/pay
1 Sarah is so well-dressed at work. She must/can’t
1 CV’s and cover letters via email.
spend a lot of money on clothes.
2 Job seekers that we’re not hiring.
2 You’ve got a letter from the company. It will/won’t
be an offer letter because they would have 3 More people on short-term contracts
called you. than ever before.
3 He must/can’t be the boss! He looks far too young. 4 The new dress code is by everyone.
4 You must/can’t be joking! They are considering me 5 Using a personal mobile phone at the
for a promotion? work station.
5 I won’t/will be back until the end of the month. I’ve 6 He extra for overtime last week.
booked a holiday.
6 He could/couldn’t be late. He’s always the first to
2 Decide which modal passive best expresses the
meaning of the statement.
arrive at work.
1 You can prepare a CV quickly.
2 Decide if the statements express necessity or a) A CV may be prepared quickly.
obligation. b) A CV couldn’t be quick to prepare.
1 I must practise some interview questions 2 They should cancel the meeting.
before Thursday. a) The meeting needn’t be cancelled.
a) necessity b) lack of necessity b) The meeting ought to be cancelled.
2 You mustn’t eat food at your desk. 3 They need to hire him.
a) obligation b) lack of obligation a) He ought to be hired.
3 You shouldn’t have taken that job. It was a poor b) He could have been hired.
decision. 4 We can’t hire every applicant.
a) obligation b) lack of obligation a) Every applicant must be hired.
4 We have to get this report done before the end of b) Not all applicants will be hired.
the business day. 5 You have to speak slowly when you answer
a) necessity b) lack of necessity questions.
5 Staff are supposed to leave coats and belongings a) Questions can be answered slowly.
in the lockers provided. b) Questions must be answered slowly.
a) obligation b) lack of obligation 6 They must give employees three weeks holiday.
6 You needn’t thank me for giving you an a) Employees ought not to be given three weeks
interview. Your CV really stood out. holiday.
a) necessity b) lack of necessity b) Employees have to be given three weeks holiday.
3 Match sentence halves (1–6) with (a–f). 3 Use the verbs in brackets to rewrite the sentences
1 You aren’t allowed to using causative passives.
2 I’m not supposed to 1 We asked job applicants to submit a written
3 The missing files are bound to sample. (have)
4 It may well .
5 It’s essential that we 2 He asked the movers to arrive at noon. (have)
6 Most of the candidates are capable of .
3 My new trousers need to be hemmed. (get)
a) smoke in the office. It’s prohibited.
.
b) show up. They couldn’t just walk away.
4 I designed rings for my parents’ anniversary
c) work late hours. party. (have)
d) speaking two or three languages. .
e) rain today. And I don’t have an umbrella. 5 Didn’t you repair the entire roof last year? (have)
f) get these report done today. .
6 She dyed and cut her hair before the interview. (get)
.
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3.3 Evading a question Consolidation

1 Match sentences (1–6) with (a–f).
1 Allow me to put your questions into perspective.
2 Many reasons have been taken into account.
3 All that said, you’re mainly interested in our
progress.
4 It has been taken out of context.
5 From what we’ve seen, things are extremely positive.
6 I plan to review the situation.
a) It has not been reported in the same way it
happened.
b) To summarize, you just want to know what we’ve
accomplished.
c) It’s a very good situation we’re in now.
d) It’s my intention to look into the matter.
e) A lot of factors have been considered.
f) Just let me look at what you’re asking in relation to
other information.
2 Decide if the responses (1–8) are evading or
answering a question. Write the sentence number
in the correct box.
Evading Answering
1 The former mayor’s dismissal was due to the theft
of government funds.
2 Great question! But what do you think?
3 What you should be asking is why women are
earning less than men.
4 You’ve taken what I said completely out of context.
5 We don’t have enough time to go into all the
details.
6 Maybe. But the real question is about jobs. Why
haven’t there been more opportunities?
7 Yes, we propose to revitalise the city centre by
adding green space.
8 Building a new car park was part of my election
manifesto.
1 Complete the sentences with the best option
a) to d).
1 My sister says she spent the last month looking for
a job, but she didn’t get any replies to the CVs she
sent. She .
a) couldn’t try hard
b) can’t try hard enough
c) couldn’t have been trying hard
d) couldn’t have been unemployed
2 Our local councillor allegedly stole some of the
city improvement funds. During a television
interview she had a very guilty expression on her
face. She .
a) might be motivated to go on TV again
b) must be innocent beyond all doubt
c) might have been wrongfully accused
d) must have done something wrong
3 The politician thanked me for my question. He
said that it was a really good one and deserved
a detailed response, but unfortunately we were
running out of time. He .
a) must have been changing the question
b) may well have been stalling
c) ought to be more trustworthy
d) shouldn’t have asked me
4 I’ll probably be invited to give a speech at
the annual sales meeting. The offer may be
withdrawn if my boss decides on someone else,
but I .
a) ought to at least start preparing
b) could have started preparing
c) am bound to have prepared
d) am not capable of preparing
5 The candidate should have been phoned directly.
Although HR is responsible for determining the
start date, you must announce all our hiring
decisions. The candidate .
a) should have phoned the office
b) might have decided to accept another offer
c) must have started work two weeks ago
d) can be offered a position with us

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