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passive advanced - short test

The document contains exercises focused on rewriting sentences in passive voice and using specific sentence beginnings. It includes two sections: the first requires transforming active sentences into passive forms, while the second involves rewriting sentences using given prompts. The exercises aim to enhance understanding of passive structures in English grammar.

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passive advanced - short test

The document contains exercises focused on rewriting sentences in passive voice and using specific sentence beginnings. It includes two sections: the first requires transforming active sentences into passive forms, while the second involves rewriting sentences using given prompts. The exercises aim to enhance understanding of passive structures in English grammar.

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Passive Advanced Structures

I. Rewrite the sentences in two ways, using the beginnings in brackets.


They say there are countless opportunities for mathematicians. (It… / There…)
It is said there are countless opportunities for mathematicians.
There are said to be countless opportunities for mathematicians.
1 We know that algebra was more advanced in Babylonia than in Egypt.
(It…/Algebra…)
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
2 We could argue that the universe is nothing more than a mathematical model.
(It… / The universe…)
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
3 They estimate there are around three billion users of the Internet. (It… / There…)
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
4 We know that Pythagoras discovered this theorem. (It… / Pythagoras…)
_______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
5 People considered such behaviour to be bad manners in the past. (It… / Such…)
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II Rewrite the sentences in the passive. Omit by and the agent.


0 People use watches less often these days.
Watches are used less often these days.
1 They are selling a lot more drones these days.
A lot more drones __________________________________________________.
2 When will they release their new smartwatch?
When ____________________________________________________________?
3 The guest speaker worried that people at the back of the conference hall would not hear
him.
The guest speaker worried about ____________ _______________ at the back of the
conference hall.
4 How many protestors did they arrest outside the cosmetics factory?
How many protestors ___________________________________________________
______________ outside the cosmetics factory?
5 People can see the sculpture exhibition only until the end of July.
The sculpture exhibition ____________________ _______________________ until the
end of July.
6 How much rubbish had they cleared when the photographers arrived?
How much rubbish _____________________________________ when the
photographers arrived?
7 People were watching the last episode when the electricity went off.
When the electricity went off, the last episode
___________________________________________________________________.
8 They are only going to report some highlights of the whole election.
Only some highlights of the whole election
_____________________________________________________________.
___ / 8

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