Exercise 3.4

Rewrite the following active sentences using a passive form. Make the person the subject, not the thing. Omit the agent if it is not necessary.

1. He offered me a job at his company.

2. The company sent him a letter.

3. The Credit Bank lent me two thousand pounds in 1999.

4. They gave him a watch when he retired.

5. They showed us the sights of the city.

6. She will send you a fax.

7. I think they will introduce me to their new partner.

8. Someone has promised the client a discount.

9. The magician told them the secret.

10. Has anybody brought you winter clothes?

11. One of his uncles taught him about stocks and shares.

12. Someone gave the animal charity a lot of money.

13. They asked me some difficult questions at the exam.

14. When I entered the room, the teacher was still asking Richard questions.

Exercise 3.5

Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form, active or passive.

Here is the local news for Thursday, March 20^th.

Last night in Norstock many trees (1) … (blow) down in the storm. One tree (2) … (fall) across the main road. It (3) … (take) away by the fire brigade two hours later. Heavy rain also (4) … (cause) problems on the roads. Some roads (5) … (cover) by about a metre of water. Many drivers (6) … (leave) their cars and (7) … (walk) home. The situation this afternoon is better. The water (8) … (disappear) from the roads, and the last few cars (9) … (just/remove) by the emergency services. And I can see the telephone engineers at work. The broken lines (10) … (repair). The traffic (11) … (now/move) in and out of the town along the roads.

Last night, a blue Ford (12) … (steal) from outside the house of Mr George Brown. Mr Brown (13) … (phone) the police. Later, the car (14) … (see) in Green Street by Mr Brown’s daughter. It was outside the Shepherd pub. The keys were in the car, so she (15) … (drive) it home. The police (16) … (look) for a careless thief.

And finally, some football news. Norstock Town footballers (17) … (just/become) champions for the third time! A few minutes ago the referee (18) … (blow) the whistle at the end of the game. Our reporter Thomas Hardy (19) … (wait) to talk to us at the stadium.

- Thomas, (20) … (it/be) a good game?

- Yes, excellent, very fast and exciting! Norstock’s star player, Bill Klein (21) … (send) off because he (22) … (kick) one of the players. And the goalkeeper (23) … (hurt) when he (24) … (crash) into the goalpost. He (25) … (carry) off the field with leg injuries, so both teams (26) … (play) with ten men for the last few minutes.

- Is everything all right with the goalkeeper?

- He (27) … (take) to hospital at the moment. The manager (28) … (think) it’s serious.

- And what (29) … (happen) at the stadium now?

- The Norstock players (30) … (present) with the Champions Cup.

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