EXERCISE 10. Active vs. passlve. (Charts 10-1 -r 10-4)
Direcrions: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verb (active or passive) in
parentheses.
- Yesterday our teacher (am'w) awived five minutes late.
- Our morning paper (read) by over 200,000 people every day.
- Last night my favorite TV program (interrupt) by
a special news bulletin. - That's not my coat. It (belonk) to Louise.
- Our mail (detiwr) before noon every day.
- The "b" in "comb" (pronounce, not). It is
silent. .I...I,.. ., ~ ,. - A bad accident (happen) on Highway 95 last night.
- When I (arriw) at the airport yesterday, I (meet)
.-,:, -. i ., .,.by my cousin and a couple of her friends. ,;, :, #.I -. ..
1 ,
ti i: 9. Yesterday I (hear) about Margaret's divorce. I (surprise)
2:~.. r by the news. Janice (shock) - A new house (build) next to ours next year.
- Roberto (write) this composition last week. That one (wire)
by Abdullah. - Radium (discov,er) by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898.
- At the soccer game yesterday, the winning goal (kick)
by Luigi. Over 100,000 people (amd) the soccer game. - A: Do you understand the explanation in the book?
B: No, I don't. I (conjke) by it. - A: Where are you going to go to school next year?
B: I (accept) by Shoreline Community
Colleg IJ. , ' .. - A: I thhk football is too vioient.
B: I (agree) with you. I (prefer) baseball.
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