history
Complete the words in these sentences.
The government was removed during the rev_____.
revolution
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If Xiulin _____ (not help) us, we _____ (not finish) the project on time.
hadn't helped; wouldn't have finished
Rewrite the sentences using the passive.
We sell chairs and tables here.
Chairs and tables _____.
are sold here.
Choose the correct alternative.
There was a big party to celebrate the new millennium / fortnight / seventies.
millennium
Cross out th word which is not possible.
The team came first / by car / well.
well
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1 The change to farming communities was history's greatest tur_____ p_____.
2 Rich countries should help poor countries in their economic dev_____.
1 turning point
2 development
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They _____ (go) for a picnic if it _____ (not rain).
would have gone; hadn't rained
Rewrite the sentences using the passive.
They don't produce coffee in England.
Coffee _____.
isn't produced in England.
Choose the correct alternative.
I stayed for the eighties / a generation / a decade, arriving in 1989 and leaving in 1999.
a decade
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I listened while Sam gave directions / a discussion / instructions.
a discussion
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1 Because people lived close together, the disease quickly spr_____.
2 In the fight to cure cancer, the result of this research is a great adv_____.
1 spread
2 advancement
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If I _____ (study), I _____ (not fail) the test.
had studied; wouldn't have failed
Rewrite the sentences using the passive.
They are building a new school.
A new school _____.
is being built.
Choose the correct alternative.
In the first part of July , we spent an era / a fortnight / the century in Greece, on holiday.
a fortnight
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William made project / progress / a mess in his art class.
project
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1 She was one of the most important people in the women's mov_____.
2 The personal computer was the twentieth century's best inv_____.
1 movement
2 invention
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My wife _____ (tell) me if she _____ (have) a problem.
would have told me; had had
Rewrite the sentences using the passive.
Someone assassinated the President.
The President _____.
was assassinated.
Choose the correct alternative.
She worked in the same school for nearly an age / the nineties / a quarter-century.
a quarter-century
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1 I had a dream / homework / good time last night.
2 My ability to speak French came naturally / forward / back to me.
1 homework
2 forward
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1 The invention of the wheel provided the fou_____ for most machines.
2 The 3,000-year-old body found in the mountains was a great dis_____.
3 In the debate about climate change, we haven't made much pro_____.
1 foundation
2 discovery
3 progress
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1 If Thierry _____ (not score) that goal, we _____ (not win).
2 What _____ (you/do) if you _____ (miss) the plane?
1 hadn't scored; wouldn't have won
2 would have you done; had missed
Rewrite the sentences using the passive.
1 Samuel Beckett didn't write Ulysses.
Ulysses _____.
2 No one has told us anything about the exam.
We _____.
1 wasn't written by Samuel Beckett.
2 haven't been told about the exam.
Choose the correct alternative.
1 War was a way of life for grandfather's generation / decade / age.
2 I grew up in a century / an era / the nineties.
1 generation
2 the nineties
Cross out th word which is not possible.
1 She's going to give a talk / me a call / problem today.
2 The company has to make a profit / money / decision.
3 She sometimes has progress / trouble / a break while doing her homework.
1 problem
2 money
3 progress