passive

Where there is an indirect and a direct object, make the indirect object the subject of the passive verb.. They gave her a clock.[r]

Active to passive You should open the wine about three hours before you use it Previous climbers had cut steps in the ice

Somebody had cleaned my shoes and brushed my suit We use this room only on special occasions

You must not hammer nails into the walls without permission In some districts farmers use pigs to find truffles

Someone switched on a light and opened the door Somebody had slashed the picture with a knife They are pulling down the old theatre

10 Why didn't they mend the roof before it fell in? 11 The mob broke all the shop windows in recent riots

12 The librarian said that they were starting a new system because people were not returning books 13 The police asked each of us about his movements on the night of the crime

14 Someone will serve refreshments

15 People must not leave bicycles in the hall

16 Members may keep books for three weeks After that they must return them 17 The burglars had cut an enormous hole in the steel door

18 I've bought a harp They are delivering it this afternoon (Do not change the first sentence.)

19 Someone has already told him to report for duty at six 20 They rang the church bells as a flood warning

21 No one can anything unless someone gives us more information

22 People are spending far more money on food now than they spent ten years ago 23 The organizers will exhibit the paintings till the end of the month

24 They will say nothing more about the matter if someone returns the stolen gun 25 It is high time someone told him to stop behaving like a child

26 A thief stole my dog and brought him back only when I offered Ј20 reward for him 27 The judge gave him two weeks in which to pay the fine

28 They make these artificial flowers of silk

Put the following into the passive, mentioning the agent where necessary Where there is an indirect and a direct object, make the indirect object the subject of the passive verb They gave her a clock

She was given a clock

The gerund after certain verbs is replaced in the passive by should be + past participle: They advised employing part-time workers

They advised that part-time workers should be employed They feed the seals at the zoo twice a day

Who wrote it?

Compare clothes which we have washed with clothes which any other laundry has washed

He expected us to offer him the job They showed her the easiest way to it Lightning struck the old oak

Titian couldn't have painted it as people didn't wear that style of dress till after his death

A jellyfish stung her

The author has written a special edition for children

He wrote it with a matchstick dipped in blood 12 An uneasy silence succeeded the shot

13 Did the idea interest you?

14 The lawyer gave him the details of his uncle's will 15 Beavers make these dams

16 They used to start these engines by hand Now they start them by electricity 17 Most people opposed this

18 Students are doing a lot of the work

19 The Prime Minister was to have opened the dry dock

20 They recommended opening new factories in the depressed area (Use should.)

21 The closure of the workshops will make a lot of men redundant

22 Anyone with the smallest intelligence could understand these instructions 23 We will not admit children under sixteen

24 Boys of sixteen to eighteen are to man this training ship 25 A rainstorm flooded the gypsies' camp

Conditional sentences: type 3

Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tenses If I had known that you were in hospital I (visit) you The ground was very soft But for that, my horse (win) If you (arrive) ten minutes earlier you would have got a seat

You would have seen my garden at its best if you (be) here last week But for his quickness I (be) killed

I shouldn't have believed it if I (not see) it with my own eyes If he had slipped he (fall) 500 metres

If he had asked you, you (accept)?

If I (had) a map I would have been all right

10 If I (know) that you were coming I'd have baked a cake 11 I (offer) to help him if I had realized that he was ill 12 If you had left that wasp alone it (not sting) you

13 If I (realize) what a bad driver you were I wouldn't have come with you 14 If I had realized that the traffic lights were red I (stop)

15 But for the fog we (reach) our destination ages ago

16 If you had told me that he never paid his debts I (not lend) him the money 17 If you (not sneeze) he wouldn't have known that we were there

18 If you (put) some mustard in the sandwiches they would have tasted better 19 The hens (not get) into the house if you had shut the door

20 If he had known that the river was dangerous he (not try) to swim across it 21 If you (speak) more slowly he might have understood you

22 If he had known the whole story he (not be) so angry

23 I shouldn't have eaten it if I (know) that there was ginger in it 24 If I (try) again I think that I would have succeeded

25 You (not get) into trouble if you had obeyed my instructions

26 If you hadn't been in such a hurry you (not put) sugar into the sauce instead of salt 27 If I (be) ready when he called he would have taken me with him

28 She had a headache; otherwise she (come) with us

29 If she had listened to my directions she (not turn) down the wrong street

30 If you (look) at the engine for a moment you would have seen what was missing 31 Rome (be captured) by her enemies if the geese hadn't cackled

32 He would have been arrested if he (try) to leave the country 33 I (take) a taxi if I had realized that it was such a long way