Language focus – Unit 5 trang 33 SBT Anh lớp 10: Write the sentences using the passive.

LANGUAGE FOCUS

Exercise 1. Tick the column that matches the sound in the underlined letter(s). They are all single vowel sounds.

Đánh dấu vào cột tương ứng với âm của chữ cái được gạch chân. Chúng đều là những nguyên âm đơn

	/u/	/u:/
woman
blue
football
pulling
sugar
could
soup
good
smooth
full

	/ u/	/u:/
woman	✓
blue		✓
football	✓
pulling	✓
sugar	✓
could	✓
soup		✓
good	✓
smooth		✓
full	✓

Exercise 2. Write the sentences using the passive.

Viết lại câu sử dụng dạng bị động

1. People should send their complaints to the main office.

Complaints _________________

2. Somebody might have stolen your car if you had left the keys in it.

Your car____________________

3. A short circuit could have caused the fire.

The fire____________________

4. Somebody has robbed the bank near our house.

The bank__________________

5. Somebody told me to wait outside.

I ________________________

6. Nobody has invited her to the party.

She _____________________

7. Somebody has driven them to the airport.

They _____________________

8. Nobody sent us any tickets.

We_______________________

9. Has someone decorated my bedroom?

Has my bedroom_________________

10. Did anything disturb you in the night?

Were ______________________

1. Complaints should be sent to the main office.

2. Your car might have been stolen if you had left the keys in it.

3. The fire could have been caused by a short circuit.

4. The bank near our house has been robbed.

5. I was told to wait outside.

6. She has not been invited to the party.

7. They have been driven to the airport.

8. We were not sent any tickets.

9. Has my bedroom been decorated?

10. Were you disturbed (by anything) in the night?

Exercise 3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense, active or passive.

Chuyển động từ trong ngoặc về dạng đúng, chủ động hoặc bị động

a. The robbers (1. catch)___________ as they (2. leave)__________ the bank.

b. Huong (3. arrive)______________ home to find feathers everywhere. Her cat (4. catch)_________ a bird.

c. Our dustbins (5. empty)_____________ on Thursday.

d. Mr. Cuong was furious with the newsagent because his newspaper (6. not deliver)

e. It’s a very upsetting time for Aunt Lucy. Her budgie (7. miss)_______________ for three days now.

f. Why (8. you/not like)________________ going to the opera? We (9. love)__________ it.

g. We drove down in a quiet country lane when suddenly we (10. overtake) __________by a police car.

 1. were caught                           6. hadn’t been delivered

2. were leaving/left                    7. has been missing

3. arrived                                  8. don’t you like

4. had caught                            9. love

5. are emptied                          10. were overtaken

Exercise 4. Complete sentences 1-5, using a relative pronoun where necessary.

Hoàn thành các câu từ 1-5, sử dụng đại từ quan hệ nếu cần

Example:

The girl chatted with him yesterday. She arrived here at 6:30.

The girl who chatted with him yesterday arrived here at 6:30.

1. The man is talking to my father. Last week he spent fifteen minutes measuring our kitchen.

2. The young man lives on the corner. He rides an expensive motorbike.

3. I’m reading the book. I bought it in Sydney in 1996.

4. I will introduce the man to you. He is sharing the flat with me.

1. The man who is talking to my father spent fifteen minutes measuring our kitchen last week./The man who spent fifteen minutes measuring our kitchen last week is talking to my father.

2. The architect who designed these flats has moved to Ho Chi Minh City ./The architect who has moved to Ho Chi Minh City designed these flats.

3. The young man who lives on the comer rides an expensive motorbike./The young man who rides an expensive motorbike lives on the comer.

4. I’m reading the book which I bought in Sydney in 1996.

5. I will introduce to you the man who is sharing the flat with me.