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UNIT
EXERCISES
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32.1 If possible, rewrite these newspaper headlines as passive sentences, as in 1. Begin each sentence
with It has been ... that... If this is not possible, write X after the headline. (A)

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It has been discovered that aspirin oax\ Help -fujl-it cancer.

2 AGREEMENT THAT UN WILL SEND IN TROOPS
3 AID WORKERS TELL OF MASSACRE

4 EARTH SHRINKING BY TEN METRES EACH YEAR"
CLAIM SCIENTISTS
5 EARTHQUAKE CALCULATED TO HAVE COST $3 BILLION

6 YOUNG PEOPLE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY FOR GOVERNMENT GRANTS
7 REPORTS OF REBEL TROOPS ENTERING CAPITAL

32.2 Tony has taken his old car in for an inspection. The news is not good. Read what he was told
and report it using a passive + to-infinitive, as in 1. (B)

1 ( We've found that the tyres are unsafe. J^>
TVie tyres Have been found to be unsa.-fe.

2 ( We've discovered that the brakes are badly worn.

3 ( We consider that the petrol tank is dangerous.

4 ( We think that the electrical system is a fire hazard. ~^>

5 ( We expect the repairs to be very expensive indeed. ~^>

32.3 Write a past simple passive sentence beginning with There... from the notes, as in 1. If no
passive sentence with There... is possible, write a sentence with It... that.... (C)
1 30,000 people at the concert / report TViere were reported to be 30,000 people at trie concert.
2 half a million refugees in the camps / estimate
3 gas was poisonous / assume
4 the President would make a statement later / expect
5 fault in the equipment / show
6 Beijing was not yet ready to hold the Olympic Games / feel
7 over 100 winners in the competition / say
8 she had resigned from the government / understand
9 connection between the disease and eating fish / show

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