Everyday objects and modifiers
Match.
1) My phone battery has died!
2) It's really hot in here.
3) I want to change the channel.
4) We want to light the candles on the cake.
a) Can you pass me the remore control?
b) Have you got any matches?
c) I need to borrow a charger.
d) I think we should turn on the fan.
1 - c
2 - d
3 - a
4 - b
Name 6 relative pronouns.
when
where
who / that
which / that
whose
Active or Passive?
1) I painted the house.
2) The ball was thrown into the window.
3) The man was chased by the dog.
4) People speak English all over the world.
5) Dinner is being prepared by my mum in the kitchen now.
6) The President will be elected next year.
1) active
2) passive
3) passive
4) active
5) passive
6) passive
Correct the mistakes.
1) Matches are a realy useful thing to take when you go camping.
2) Don't touch the lught bulb! It's extremly hot.
3) Mobile phone chargers can quiet expensive.
4) The light in a bottle is a totaly unique invention.
1) reaLLy
2) extremEly
3) quite
4) totaLLy
Remember the following communication phrases and phrasal verbs.
track _______
catch ___ ______
keep ___ touch
________ touch
track down
catch up with
keep in touch
lose touch
What's the main rule of Passive Voice?
Complete the sentences with modifiers.
1) This solar heater turns itself on and off automatically - it's q______ unusual.
2) This mouse costs $200 - that's r__________ expensive!
3) My mum has a new travel DVD player for the car - it's e__________ useful.
4) That fan doesn't work very well - it's k______ o__ old-fashioned.
5) The heater isn't working - the classroom is m_____ t___ cold.
6) I can't do this exercise - it's t_________ impossible!
1) quite
2) ridiculously
3) extremely
4) kind of
5) much too
6) totally
Join the sentences using a relative pronoun and a relative clause.
1) That is the woman. She sold us her old car.
2) This is the shop. I bought my clock here.
3) My dad has a friend. He collects old radios.
4) Is this the machine? It's used to play old records.
5) That is the film. I told you about it.
6) Where is the boy? I borrowed his book.
1) That is the woman who sold ...
2) This is the shop where I bought ...
3) My dad has a friend who collects ...
4) Is this the machine which is used ...
5) That is the film which I told you about.
6) Where is the boy whose book ...?
Complete the text using passive forms.
These days remote controls for TVs and other machines (find) in every home. Universal remotes (produce) by several different companies, but they aren't easy to use. However, experts predict that they (not need) in the future. They say our remotes (replace) by smartphone apps.
are found
are produced
won't be needed
will be replaced
Guess the word.
We use this to ...
1) recharge our phones
2) make a room brighter
3) switch on the TV
4) turn on the water
5) turn on the light
6) make a room hotter
1) charger
2) light bulb
3) remote control
4) tap
5) switch
6) heater
What do relative pronouns do?
Well done!
Change from active into passive.
1) The exam was failed by half the class.
2) The jacket was designed by my sister.
3) Two books about Brexit have been written by him.
4) The kids used to be driven to school by John.
5) The grapes are picked in September by the farmers.
6) A prize will be given to the winner.
1) Half the class failed the exam.
2) My sister designed the jacket.
3) He has written 2 books.
4) John used to drive kids to school.
5) The farmers pick grapes in September.
6) They will give a prize to the winner.
Choose the correct option.
1) The first light buld was a bit / ridiculously bright and was no good for everyday use.
2) The heater was kind of / much too expensive for me. It cost $300, and i only had $40.
3) I thought the film was totally / quite good, but not one of the best I'd seen.
4) It's extremely / a bit cold in Siberia in winter.
5) The fan was a bit / ridiculously noisy, but not too bad, and without it the room was too hot.
1) ridiculously
2) much too
3) quite
4) extremely
5) a bit
Complete the gaps with communication phrases.
I use social media a lot because I don't want to _______ _______ with my friends. It's great that I can _____ ___ ______ with people who live far away. It also gives an opportunity to ______ _______ some old friends who we haven't seen in a long time.
lose touch
keep in touch
track down
Open the brackets. Use Active or Passive Voice.
1) We hope that the missing money (FIND) soon.
2) A new bridge (BUILD) at the moment.
3) I didn’t go to the party because I (INVITE)
4) When she discovered that Tom (EAT) all the biscuits she got very angry.
5) It’s no use trying. You (WASTE) your time.
6) Shakespeare (WRITE) many other plays apart from Hamlet.
7) A million people (VISIT) the cathedral every year.
1) will be found
2) is being built
3) hadn't been invited
4) had eaten
5) are wasting
6) wrote
7) visit