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6 can I could I is (or was) able to
a Val had always wanted to go scuba diving and do so last summer.
b I hope Jim help you tomorrow.
c She played the piano quite well even before she read music.

Passives UNTS 29-32
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Complete these extracts from newspaper articles with an appropriate tense of the verbs given.
Decide whether active or passive forms are needed.
A Rush hour crashes cause chaos
Two rush-hour accidents u)...ftM*$s4-.... chaos for Glasgow motorists last night. In the first,
traffic (2) on the M8 after a section of the road (3> to allow an air-ambulance to
pick up an injured motorist. The victim (4) to the General Hospital with serious
injuries. Six vehicles (5) in the accident which (6) at 5.30 on the southbound
carriageway.
build up cause close fly happen involve

B Award for local musician
A promising young clarinet player (i) a scholarship to a top European music academy.
Katie Slater, aged 17, (2) the Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen in September,
where she oi by leading musicians. She (4) since the age of six when she
is) a clarinet by her grandfather. She (6) to go on to become a professional
musician.
award give join plan play teach

C Health workers freed
Three UN health workers and a pilot m yesterday, after they (2) in captivity by
the separatist rebels for over 10 weeks. The two men and two women oi to the
capital where they (4> with colleagues and relatives. The captives (5) two
Germans, a Belgian and a Norwegian. A spokesman for the UN (6> that no ransom
money (7) to the kidnappers.
drive free hold include insist pay reunite

Questions UNITS 33-35

Study this conversation between a doctor and a patient and suggest corrections to the questions
where necessary.
D: Good morning, Mr Lewis. (i) How I can help you?
P: Hello, Doctor. The side of my face is swollen and I've got an itchy rash on it.
D: Hmm. (2) When it did first appear?
P: I suppose about a week ago now.
D: (3) Have not you been to see me before about this?
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