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Exam questions - Passive voice

The Passive Voice

There is one mark for each question.

Exercise 1: Re-write these sentences in the passive voice

36)  They wear red socks.

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37)  Does your teacher read the book?

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38)  You do not open the windows.

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39)  The author wrote that story.

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40)  The police have arrested the thieves.

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41)  Our dog is catching the cat.

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42)  The electricians test the fire alarm. 

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Exercise 2: Complete these sentences by using the passive voice and the tense provided

43)  We _______________________________ (ask) by the police. (Future tense)

44)  The towels ________________________ (not use). (Past tense)

45)  He _______________________________ (not sell) the jewels. (Present perfect)

Exercise 3: Write passive sentences by using the information and tenses below

Example:

the food / eat (Simple Past)
The food was eaten by the cat__________________________

46)  the picture / draw (Simple Present) 

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47)  the door / close (Simple Past) 

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48)  the room/ clean (Present Perfect) 

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49)  the window / break (Simple future) 

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50)  the essay / write (Should + Verb) 

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Today's the day! He's what you can do when you're finished...

YOU MUST REMAIN IN SILENCE. NO WHISPERING, NO GETTING OUT OF CHAIRS.
- So that your friends can do their best in their orals! :)

Things to be getting on with:

1. You can continue to revise for your oral.

2. We will be looking again at key grammar points you will need for your Cambridge PET exam.

Read through the following links, making notes and complete the exercises to get some IMPORTANT PRACTICE in.

http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/grammar-videos/comparative-and-superlative-adjectives

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/superlatives.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/superlatives-exercise-1.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-1.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-2.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-3.html

http://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/irregular-verbs-exercise-4.html

Speaking exam - Criterion A, C, D 33%

 Choose one of the following 3 adverts and prepare a 3-5 minute presentation:

 

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VfKznX8hkw

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-rNTVzQuPU

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9scm3NCIH_E

 

You presentation must address the following information: 

You must answer these questions

•What product is the advert advertising?

•What specific information does the advert give you? Why?

•What techniques does the advert use to persuade you to buy the product?

•Who is the target audience? How do you know this?

•What do you think about the advert? Do you think it is effective? Why? Which is your favourite part and why?

 

Links to the adverts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYj5o4kQsXs

- Um Bongo advert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pmc5jKvYwwM

- Innocent Smoothie

What you need to include for Crit A

Useful sentence starters

How to say where things are:

On the right / left
At the front / back / the top / the bottom
In the top right hand corner. In the bottom right hand corner.
In the middle / centre
Next to / besides / between /


How to say what the different elements could represent:

In my opinion the boy represents /shows / illustrates / portrays / symbolises / depicts / signifies/ highlights family life and chilhood.

How to express your idea about who the target audience could be:

I think the target audience might be...
Perhaps the target audience could be...
In my opinion the target audience are...
The target audience could possibly be...
One could argue that the target audience are...
The target audience are most likely ...