Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice?
Exercise 10. Rewrite the sentences in the passive voice.
1. We usually lock the safe carefully.
The safe ___________________________________________________________________________
2. We keep the safe in the bedroom on the second floor
The safe ___________________________________________________________________________
3. Yesterday the thieves stole everything in it.
Yesterday everything in it ______________________________________________________________
4. We told the police about it.
The police __________________________________________________________________________
5. The police checked everything in the house.
Everything in the house _______________________________________________________________
6. The police questioned everybody in the house.
Everybody in the house _______________________________________________________________
7. The police surrounded the house.
The house __________________________________________________________________________
8. The police did not think that they caught the thieves
The police did not think that the thieves _________________________________________________
9. People have restored many old houses in Hoi An.
Many old houses _____________________________________________________________________
10. They have sold out the tickets for the football match between Viet Nam and Thailand.
The tickets __________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 11. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of “used to”.
1. Where ________________you (go) to school?
2. There ________________ (be) a police station here.
3. I ________________ (like) vegetables, but I do now.
4. Before I started cycling, I ________________ (go) to work by bus.
5. When I was a little girl, I ________________ (live) in Madrid.
6. As a good school boy. I never ________________ (go) to school late.
7. Late at night. we ________________ (sit) by the fire and tell ghost story. We were afraid of ghost.
8. What sport ________________ (you) (play) when you were at university?
9. Really, I'm not half the man I ________________ (be).
10. As teenagers, we ________________ (walk) without a fix destination on Sunday afternoons.
11. David Beckham ________________ (play) for Manchester.
12. We ________________ (have) a computer, but we do now.
13. ________________ (they) work together?
14. That restaurant ________________ (be) a clothes shop.
15. She ________________ (like) him, but now they're married.
Exercise 12. Complete the sentences using "although, despite, in spite of, however, nevertheless". Sometimes, two answers are possible.
1. I think I did ok in my speech last night, ___________________I’d had almost no sleep for 24hours.
2. ___________________I heard the telephone ring, I didn’t answer it.
3. We enjoyed our holiday ___________________ the rain.
4. ___________________he got top marks at high school, he never went to university.
5. ___________________there was no electricity, I was able to read because I had a candle.
6. She failed the test ___________________ she studied hard.
7. ___________________ difficulties, the firemen managed to save many people who were caught in the fire.
8. Everyone thought she would accept the offer. ___________________, she turned it down.
9. Carol arrived at the meeting ___________________ I asked her not to be there.
10. It looks like they’re going to succeed ___________________ their present difficulties.
1. We usually lock the safe carefully.
The safe ___________________________________________________________________________
2. We keep the safe in the bedroom on the second floor
The safe ___________________________________________________________________________
3. Yesterday the thieves stole everything in it.
Yesterday everything in it ______________________________________________________________
4. We told the police about it.
The police __________________________________________________________________________
5. The police checked everything in the house.
Everything in the house _______________________________________________________________
6. The police questioned everybody in the house.
Everybody in the house _______________________________________________________________
7. The police surrounded the house.
The house __________________________________________________________________________
8. The police did not think that they caught the thieves
The police did not think that the thieves _________________________________________________
9. People have restored many old houses in Hoi An.
Many old houses _____________________________________________________________________
10. They have sold out the tickets for the football match between Viet Nam and Thailand.
The tickets __________________________________________________________________________
Exercise 11. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of “used to”.
1. Where ________________you (go) to school?
2. There ________________ (be) a police station here.
3. I ________________ (like) vegetables, but I do now.
4. Before I started cycling, I ________________ (go) to work by bus.
5. When I was a little girl, I ________________ (live) in Madrid.
6. As a good school boy. I never ________________ (go) to school late.
7. Late at night. we ________________ (sit) by the fire and tell ghost story. We were afraid of ghost.
8. What sport ________________ (you) (play) when you were at university?
9. Really, I'm not half the man I ________________ (be).
10. As teenagers, we ________________ (walk) without a fix destination on Sunday afternoons.
11. David Beckham ________________ (play) for Manchester.
12. We ________________ (have) a computer, but we do now.
13. ________________ (they) work together?
14. That restaurant ________________ (be) a clothes shop.
15. She ________________ (like) him, but now they're married.
Exercise 12. Complete the sentences using "although, despite, in spite of, however, nevertheless". Sometimes, two answers are possible.
1. I think I did ok in my speech last night, ___________________I’d had almost no sleep for 24hours.
2. ___________________I heard the telephone ring, I didn’t answer it.
3. We enjoyed our holiday ___________________ the rain.
4. ___________________he got top marks at high school, he never went to university.
5. ___________________there was no electricity, I was able to read because I had a candle.
6. She failed the test ___________________ she studied hard.
7. ___________________ difficulties, the firemen managed to save many people who were caught in the fire.
8. Everyone thought she would accept the offer. ___________________, she turned it down.
9. Carol arrived at the meeting ___________________ I asked her not to be there.
10. It looks like they’re going to succeed ___________________ their present difficulties.