Vocabulary
Use correct form of the words
Passive
Paraphrase
Complete the sentences
100
  1. In 2018, Donna Strickland and Gerard Mourou were _________ the Nobel Prize in Physics.

awarded

100
  1. Well-balanced meals at school might help to solve the problem of ______ among pupils. OBESE

obesity

100

I’m sure you ________ (show) the results soon.


will be shown

100

One report argued that the archaeologists had damaged some artefacts during the excavations. 

It _______ the archaeologists had damaged some artefacts during the excavations.


was argued that

100

Psychologists (think/establish) ___________ a connection between genes and specific types of behaviour, but there isn’t enough information available yet.



are thought to have established/are thinking of establishing

200
  1. It took the team months of trial and error to ________ out the solution to the problem.

figure

200

A simple _____ gives us the average number of pupils per class. CALCULATE

calculation

200

Your invention needs ________ (describe) in

detail before you submit it to the Patent Office.

to be described

200

Some writers believe that the lost city of Atlantis existed until the ninth century BC.

The lost city of Atlantis ____________ until the ninth century BC.

is believed to have existed

200

When I saw Julia last week, she looked much better, so I guess the treatment she received (must/do/trick) __________ .



must have done the trick

300

It really_______ me up how people presume Engineering is a ‘boys’ subject’.


winds



300

This new technology will be extremely _______ for teaching blind students. BENEFIT

beneficial

300

I don’t mind _______ (not pay) much for testing

video games because I love playing them.


not being paid

300

It’s not clear why the lights went out. They say there was a short circuit.
It’s not clear why the lights went out. There______ a short circuit.



is said to have been

300

My younger brother (not/enjoy/tell) _________ to switch his computer off every evening at 8 p.m.



does not enjoy being told

400

Grace Hopper was a computer scientist who ______ the term ‘debugging’.

coined

400

Her innovative designs are gaining _________ internationally. RECOGNISE

recognition

400

The spare parts should ________ (deliver)

a week ago.


have been delivered

400

The police think that a dangerous hacker has been stealing sensitive data for over a year.
A dangerous hacker ____________ sensitive data for over a year.


is thought to have been stealing

400

A place at the research station (offer/Tiago)
______ after he had become a laureate in a national competition in physics.



was offered to Tiago

500

Patients may have trouble ________ certain types of foods.

digesting

500

It is always ________ to wear safety glasses when handling chemicals. ADVICE

advisable

500
  1. Mr Jenkins _______ (make/undergo)

    a stomach operation by his surgeon.

was made to undergo

500

It is believed that Aristarchus presented the earliest model of the universe with the Sun at the centre.

Aristarchus ____________ the earliest model of the universe with the Sun at the centre.

 

is believed to have presented

500

Ada Lovelace (believe/study) ________ the art of flying when she was twelve.



is believed to have studied

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