Use of English 04A

A Rewrite the sentences in the Passive beginning with the words given. Leave out the doer of the action if not necessary.

(6 points)

0 The director has cancelled the meeting.

The meeting has been cancelled (by the director) .

1 Lawrence Ferlinghetii opened the oldest paperback book store in the United States in 1953.

The oldest paperback book store in the United States ________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ .

2 The police are interviewing him in connection with the armed robbery.

He ________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

3 More than a billion people all over the world speak English.

English ____________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

4 They will officially announce their engagement tomorrow.

Their engagement ____________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

5 Tom is not going to invite me to his party.

I __________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

6 Our physical education teacher can make a good basketball player of every pupil.

Every pupil _________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

B Rewrite the phrases using compound adjectives.

(4 points)

0 a journey of five weeks -

___________a five-week journey_____________

1 a composition of 200 words -

___________________________________________

2 a break that is fifteen minutes long -

___________________________________________

3 a woman with dark hair -

___________________________________________

4 a teacher who is thirty years old -

___________________________________________

C Complete the sentences using have or get with the verbs from the box.

(3 points)

redecorate, do, service, shorten

0 She didn't like her hair so she went to the hairdresser's to ________have it done________ .

1 My car isn't working very well. I'll have to ______________________________________ ____________________________________________ .

2 Our new apartment is very nice and clean except for the kitchen. We are going to ________ ____________________________________________ .

3 I'm afraid this skirt is too long for you. You will need to ____________________________ ____________________________________________ .

D Complete the following sentences with the correct multi-part verb with turn.

(3 points)

0 I am very disappointed that he didn't ____turn up_____ at my party last night. We were all waiting for him.

1 It's getting dark. _____________ the light, please.

2 When my sisters are in trouble, they always _____________ me for support and comfort.

3 Please, _____________ the radio a bit. I'm trying to read and loud music disturbs me.

E Complete the text below with one word in each gap.

(4 points)

My elder brother Tom is a TV addict. He spends hours in front of a TV switching the (0) _channels_ . He watches the news to be informed about (1) _________ affairs and (2) _________ shows to test his knowledge and intelligence. He claims that every TV programme has educational value. For Tom even a (3) _________ show, in which an interviewer talks to a well-known personality, provides a lot of useful information. Well, I think that he just loves gossip about the lives of (4) _________ like Ronaldo or Claudia Schiffer.

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