Vocabulary
Correct forms
Advanced Passive forms
Passive reporting structures
100

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. 

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In 2018, Donna Strickland and Gerard Mourou were __________ the Nobel Prize in Physics.





awarded

100

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.

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

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use passive forms.

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

200

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

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


figure

200

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.

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

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use passive forms.

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

300

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

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


 winds

300

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.

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

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use passive forms.

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

400

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

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


coined

400

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.

Her innovative designs are gaining _________ internationally. RECOGNISE


recognition

400

The spare parts should ________(deliver) a week ago.


have been delivered

400

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use passive forms.

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

500

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.

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Patients may have trouble _______certain types of foods.


digesting

500

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in capitals.

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


advisable

500

Mr Jenkins__________ (make/undergo) a stomach operation by his surgeon.


 was made to undergo

500

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use passive forms.

Fans believe that Ada Lovelence has studied the art of flying when she was twelve.

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



is believed to have studied