Use of English 04B

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 ___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

1 The UN General Assembly appoints the Secretary General.

The Secretary General ________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

2 Next week German-Americans will organise `Octoberfests' with German cuisine and music.

`Octoberfests' with German cuisine and music _____________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

3 Nobody had informed them where they were supposed to stay.

They ___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

4 My boyfriend Robert is going to introduce me to his parents.

I ___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

5 The travel agency can't confirm the exact time of our flight yet.

The exact time of our flight _____________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

6 The policemen were interrogating the suspect for two hours.

The suspect ___________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________ .

B Rewrite the phrases using compound adjectives.

(4 points)

0 a journey of five weeks -

___________________________________________

1 a lesson that is sixty minutes long -

___________________________________________

2 a building of four storeys -

___________________________________________

3 a crew of nine men -

___________________________________________

4 a girl who is fifteen years old -

___________________________________________

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

(3 points)

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

1 I like your ears the way they are. Please, don't ____________________________ _____________________________________________ .

2 We don't have a telephone yet. I think we will ______________________________

_____________________________________________ next week.

3 I'm afraid these jeans are a bad fit 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 The film was so violent that I had to _____________ . I couldn't watch it any longer.

2 Please, _____________ the radio a bit. The programme is very interesting and I can hardly hear anything.

3 I need to call a plumber. I can't _____________ the tap and there is water all over the floor.

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

(4 points)

My younger sister Barbara is obsessed with (0) _____mass_____ media. In the mornings she listens to the radio all the time and in the evenings sits with her eyes glued to the TV screen. Once she starts watching a programme, it's extremely difficult to make her turn (1) ______________ to another channel. Apart from the radio and television, the (2) ______________ seems to be another of Barbara's addictions. She is not very selective though and reads both good

(3) ______________ papers and (4) ______________ newspapers with a lot of sensational stories and photographs.

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