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PASSIVE VOICE I. Present simple tense passive 1. This well-known library attracts many people. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 2. People drink a great deal of tea in England. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 3. People speak English all over the world. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 4. She often takes her dog for a walk. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5. His wife usually brings him sandwiches at lunch time. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… II. Present progressive tense 1. She is running her own company. => ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. My dog is attacking the postman. => ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. He is preparing everything for the presidential election. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 4. Countries are finding a way to solve the problem. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5. I am translating an article from English into Vietnamese. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… III. Future simple tense. 1.They will build a hospital near here. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 2.They will hold a festival in my home town. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 3.The people will announce the news tomorrow. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 4. Someone will give the exam next week. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5.Will you make me a kite? => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… IV. Modal verbs 1. She used to make cloth puppets. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. He can speak 4 languages. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. You must keep dogs outside shops. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. I needn’t wind this watch. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. She couldn’t catch his name. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. You should pay more attention to your study. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. They have to pull down that building. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. All we might understand this problem. => ………………………………………………………………………………………… 9. The people ought to stop make war in the world.=>

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2. They are going to build a supermarket next year. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 3.The people are going to build a road here. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 4. she is going to help Nam tomorrow. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5. They are going to build a new school in my hometown. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… VI. Past simple tense. 1. She didn’t introduce me to her mother. => …………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 2. Nobody swept this street last week. => …………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 3. All students attended the meeting. => …………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 4. An earthquake destroyed the town. => …………………………………………………………………………………………….…… 5. He didn’t type the letter last night. => …………………………………………………………………………………………….…… VII. Past progressive tense 1. Tom was writing 2 poems. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 2. Cows were eating grass on the meadow. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 3. Workers were digging a large hole in the ground. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 4. You were wearing your new hat when I met you yesterday. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5. Her was planting different kinds of flowers in the garden. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… VIII. Present perfect tense 1. Mr. Smith has taught us French for 2 years. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 2. Mary has operated Tom since 10 o’clock. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 3. This is the second time they have written to us about this. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 4. Someone had invented electric lights before I was born. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5. Someone has locked the door. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… IX. Verbs with two objects 1. The teacher gave each of us two exercise books.

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2. Someone will tell him that news.

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3. They had sent these poor boys much money.

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4. They have given women the right to vote.

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5. They paid me a lot of money to do the job.

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X. Reported verbs. 1. People believe that he is intelligent. => He __________________________________________________________________ 2. People know that Japan produces a wide range of cars. => Japan ________________________________________________________________ 3. People said he had swallowed a safety pin. => He was_______________________________________________________________ 4. People claim that the decision imposes tight restrictions on cross-border trade. => The decision __________________________________________________________ 5. People think that he could swim across this river. => He __________________________________________________________________ XI. Negative passive 1. No one believes his story. => ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. No one has ever treated me with such kindness=> ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. Nobody told me that George was ill. => ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 4. Noone swept this street last week. => ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. Nobody has used this room for ages. => ……………………………………………………………………………………………. XII. Need 1. I need to finish my homework. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. We need to repair the house. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. They need to widen the road. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. She needs to service the car. => …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5.He needs to guarantee the computer.=> …………………………………………………………………………………………………… XIII. See, hear,make, let, see, watch, help, 1. I have heard her sing this song several times. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. People saw him steal your car. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. The teacher is watching them work. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. People saw her driving a car near the bridge. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Do they hear someone shout ? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. She helps me do all these difficult exercises. …………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. The terrorists made the hostages lie down. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. He won’t let you do that silly thing again. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… XIV. Choose, name, consider. 1. I consider him my father. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. We chose him the monitor. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 3. I named him dragon ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. We consider her our mother ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… XV. Advise, order, recommend, want, urge, 1. She advised me to sell that house. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. They begged us to help them. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. She urges him to visit her parents as soon as possible. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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4/ He orders us to clean the floor. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5/ He recommends me to do the job. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 7. They want me to buy them some new toys . ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. She let us use her computer. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8. I watch him play the piano. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… XVI. Causative form 1. I had my brother repair my computer yesterday ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. My mother got me to buy some sugar ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. He had the man clean his motorbike. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Ellen got Mary to type her paper. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Mr. Nam is having the students write a composition. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6. Mr. Brown will have the porter carry his luggage to his car. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… XVII. Yes / no questions 1. Do they teach English here? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Will you invite her to your wedding party? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Did the teacher give some exercises? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Is she going to write a poem? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. Have they changed the window of the laboratory? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… XVIII. Wh – questions: 1. Why didn’t they help him? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 2. How many games has the team played? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 3. Where do people speak English? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 4. Who are they keeping in the kitchen? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………… 5. How can they open this safe? …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….……………………………