___________________ ____________________________ Form 8-A

1 Active or Passive? Which sentence is more natural? Tick a, b or both.

0a There is gold in her wedding ring. _____

0b Her wedding ring is made of gold. ____

1a Somebody built the Pyramids 3,000 years ago. _____

1b The Pyramids were built 3,000 years ago. _____

2a The people of France gave the Statue of Liberty to America in 1876. _____

2b The Statue of Liberty was given to America by the people of France in 1876. _____

3a Somebody used silver to make this bracelet. _____

3b This bracelet is made of silver. _____

4a A person in the eighteenth century made this chair. _____

4b This chair was made in the eighteenth century. _____

5a I’ve won £23,000 in the state lottery. _____

5b £23,000 has been won by me in the state lottery. _____

2. Correct the punctuation in the sentence

1 english is one of the official languages of nato

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2 dr tomkins lives in guildford but works in london

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3. Rewrite the sentences. Start with the words given.

1 I’ll get my friend George to translate this letter.

This letter _________________________________________________________________

2The mechanic is checking the brakes on my car.

The brakes on my car _________________________________________________________________

3She had her wedding dress made by a top designer.

Her wedding dress __________________________________________________________________

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

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

The oldest paperback book store in the United States ______________________

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

He _______________________________________________________________

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

English ___________________________________________________________

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B Rewrite the phrases using compound adjectives.

1 a composition of 200 words –________________________________________

2 a break that is fifteen minutes long –___________________________________

3 a woman with dark hair –____________________________________________

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

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.

________________________________ ________________________________________________ Form 8-A

1 Complete the sentences with a word from the box below.

rainforest	desert	ancient buildings
volcano	safari	desert island
parachuting	skiing	polar regions
climbing		famous museums

0 Rock from the _________volcano__________ flew up in the sky and fell down on the city.

1 I’ve never tried _______________ __________ because I don’t think I could jump out of a plane.

2 She went on a _______________ __________ in and took photographs of wild animals.

3 There are millions of trees in the Brazilian _______________ __________.

4 Would you like to be left alone on a _______________ __________.

5 The _______________ __________ are very cold but surprisingly beautiful.

6 When it is not too hot, she goes _______________ __________ in the mountains.

7 There are no _______________ __________ in this city because they were all destroyed in the earthquake.

8 The Egyptian Museum in is one of the most _______________ __________ in the world.

9 You can’t go _______________ __________ because there’s no snow.

10 Kevin crossed the _______________ __________ on a camel.

2 Underline the correct meaning for the underlined words.

1 She doesn’t like eating doughnuts.

a) food b) music c) animals

2 The dogs hadn’t eaten for two days and were ravenous.

a) hungry b) noisy c) very active

3 They were very careful because it was a hazardous journey.

a) long b) dangerous c) fast

4 They all suffered from frostbite.
a) an illness b) a type of work c) an ice cream

5 She was depressed when she lost her job.
a) happy b) unhappy c) lonely

6 They travelled on sledges across the glacier.
a) transport b) animals c) clothes

7 They wore anoraks made of fur.
a) food b) places c) clothes

8 It was a pity that the men were so weak.
a) a good thing b) an evil thing c) a sad thing

9 The sailor got lost even though he had excellent charts.
a) sails b) oars c) maps

10 Scott was devastated to lose the race and wrote bitterly in his diary.

a) quickly b) angrily c) sadly

3 Does the 's mean ‘has’ or ‘is’? Underline the correct one; ‘has’ or ‘is’.

0 My brother’s gone home.

a) has b) is

1 Where’s your brother?

a) has b) is

2 John’s watching a football match.

a) has b) is

3 Christa’s got a headache.

a) has b) is

4 Mr Hike’s written seven books!

a) has b) is

5 He’s lived in all his life.

a) has b) is

4 Does the underlined verb describe an activity or a state? Underline the correct word.

0 David is an Antarctic explorer.

a) activity b) state

1 My parents dislike pop music.

a) activity b) state

2 I don’t think they should build a prison here.

a) activity b) state

3 They travelled to the city by taxi.

a) activity b) state
4 This bottle contains poison!
a) activity b) state

5 Who are you looking for?
a) activity b) state

5 Write questions and negative sentences.

0 John lives in . (where)

______Where does John live? ______John doesn’t live in Manchester.__

1 Rosie works in a hospital. (where)

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2 They are eating chicken. (what)

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3 My friends are Polish. (what nationality)

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4 Helen has seen Jaws. (which film)

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5 John has eaten fifteen cakes. (how many)

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6 Complete the sentences using the correct time adverbials below.

already	since	all her life
yet	just	never
for	ever	sometimes
usually	at the moment

0 What do you _______usually________ do on Saturdays?

1 How long is it _____________________ you became a doctor?

2 Would you like a cup of tea? The kettle’s _____________________ boiled.

3 I drink coffee a lot but _____________________ I drink tea or hot chocolate.

4 Have you _____________________ eaten Chinese food?

5 Karen has been a teacher _____________________ .

6 I don’t want to see that film. I’ve _____________________ seen it three times.

7 She hasn’t printed out her homework _____________________ .

8 Tom hates travelling. He has _____________________ travelled outside .

9 Are you working _____________________?

10 Lester and Paula have been married _____________________ twenty-five years.