Tuesday, 19 May 2015

Unit 6. Passive Voice/Have something done

Unit 6                    NAME:

If you want to increase your mark, you will have to do these exercises.

Transform from active to passive

1) Grandfather tells the children a story.
2)  People make jam from fruit.

3) They are opening the new sports centre today.
4) Andrew was cutting the grass every week.
5) Her mother woke Alice up at seven o'clock.
6) The boys walk the dog every day.
7) Sue found the wallet in the drawer.
8) Her parents do not believe her excuse.
9) Did an expert value the painting?
10) The hotel provides hot water 24 hours a day.
11) A boy delivers our newspaper every morning.
12) Several important art critics are attending the meeting.
13) A designer in Paris wasn’t making her wedding dresses.
14) Gutemberg invented the printing press in the 16th century.
15) The company will publish an interesting book next week.
16) They didn’t invite us to the concert last Sunday.
17) People gather mushrooms in autumn.

Rewrite sentences using have/get something done

1) They are going to cut his hair tomorrow. He
2) We asked the decorators to paint our house. We
3) The mechanic repaired Jenny's car yesterday. Jenny
4) Mike is fixing our computer now. We
5) The manager will ask the secretary to prepare his documents. The manager
6) She went yesterday to the optician's to test her eyes. She
7) The dentist took out his broken tooth. He
8) A professional designer redecorates my bedroom every year. I




Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Let's compare



Now it's your time to post your avatars and get ready to use adjectives to compare with the avatars your classmates created.

Friday, 16 January 2015

If you want to print the exercise, this is your post

Complete the following text with either the PRESENT PERFECT or PAST SIMPLE Rafael Nadal Rafa Nadal _____ (be)born in Spain in 1986. He ___________(win) four French Open titles and an Olympic gold medal. In 2008, Nadal __________ (become) the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon. Since 2004, Nadal __________ (be) a strong competitor to Roger Federer. They _______________ (play) against each other in seven Grand Slam Finals. Nadal ____________ (win) five of them. Nadal _______________(rank) World Nº2 for a record of 160 weeks. He _________________ (be) the first in the rank for 46 weeks. Rafa __________________(play) the Davis Cup with the Spanish team four times so far. They _____________ (win) the trophy in 2004 and 2008, although he _______________________ (not play) on the final due to a knee injury. Some trivia about him: * He _______________(begin) playing tennis when he _________ (be) five. * In 2002, he ______________ (win) his first ATP match at Majorca at the age of 15. * He __________ always _________ (play) with his left hand although he is right-handed. * In 2010, he ____________(create) the Rafa Nadal Foundation, which promotes sport as an integration tool for those who need it, such as handicapped, immigrants and socially excluded people.