The boxes were opened, and a cigarette was taken out.
The boxes were opened, and a cigarette was taken out.
Turn these following sentences into the passive voice.
He opened the boxes and took out a cigarette.
-> _______________________________________________
He opened the boxes and took out a cigarette.
-> ________________________________________________________________.
Read the text then choose the best answer to fill in the blanks.
The Game of Squares
Either boys or girls, usually aged from seven to ten, play the two-person game of"Mandarin's Box". They draw a rectangle on the ground and (1)……….. it into ten smallsquares called "rice fields" or "fish ponds”.
They also draw two additional semi-circular boxesat the two (2)………. of the rectangle, which are called"mandarin's boxes" - the game's name. Each person has 25 small pebbles and a bigger stone.
Each player places the stone in one of the mandarin's boxes and five small pebbles in each of the other squares. Then the game begins. The first player takes up the contents of one square on his or her side ofthe board, but not a mandarin's box and distributes the pebbles one by one, (3)……….. with the next square in (4)………. direction. Since each square contains five pebbles at the beginning, the first move will distribute five pebbles to the left or right.
After the last pebble is distributed, the player takes the contents of the following squareand repeats the distribution (5)………... But if the following square is one of the mandarin's boxes, the turn ends and passes to the other player.
If the last pebble falls into a square that precedes one empty square, the player wins all the contents of the square following the empty square and (6)……….these pebbles from the board. However, if there are two or more empty squares in a row, the player (7)…….. his or her turn.
Once a player has taken pebbles from the board, the turn is (8)……….to the other player. If all five squares on one player's side of the board are emptied at any time, that player must place one pebble he or she has aside back in each of the five squares so that the game can resume.
The game (9)………until the two mandarins' boxes have both been (10)……….. At the end of the game, the player with more pebbles wins, with each of the large stones counting as ten points.
Question 1
A. share
B. divide
C. separate
D. leave
Turn in to passive voice
You must answer all the questions on the paper.
(Hoàn thành chỗ trống với những cụm động từ trong danh sách.)
turn down, go on, get over, cheer up, turn back, find out.
- chia thì giải thích:
1. She ________ his invitation to the party and now he's really upset.
2. What's ________ in the street over there? Open the door!
3. Lots of fruit and vegetables will help you ________ your cold.
4. My brother was ________ with a trip to the zoo.
5. The road was jammed, so we had to _______ and find an alternative route.
6. I have ________ about a fabulous place where we can go for a picnic this weekend.
III. Turn into Reported speech.
2. I asked the children “ Who took part in your excursion to the city?”.
III. Choose the correct form of a phrasal verb from the box to replace the words in italics in the sentences below. Put the verbs in the correct tense.
work out get up turn off put on go out take off wake up
1. I (1) stopped sleeping …………………………………..very early this morning.
2. I (2) stop sleeping and get out of bed ……………..…………………..at 7 o’clock during the week.
3. She (3) removed ……………………………….……..her jacket as she came in.
4. I (4) donned ………………………………….…a coat and left the house.
5. He (5) left the house for a social activity ……………………………………….with some friends.
6. She (6) does physical exercise ………………………………….in the local gym every day.
7. Is the computer turned on? Will you (7) stop it working by pressing a button, please?
Turn in to passive voice
They gave him a nice present when he retired.
Turn these sentences from active to passive. Remember - only include by plus a noun or pronoun if this information is necessary.
1 They hold the prize giving in the hall every year.
2 A storm has brought down all the power cables.
3 Last year the government raised the price of gas.
4 They made all the arrangements for the President's visit.
5 Had he invited her before last weekend?
6 She's renewing her passport next week.
7 The authorities are building blocks of flats all over the town.
8 The police have not investigated the thief yet.
9 The two businessmen signed the contract.
10 They will collect the bottles for recycling.
11 The Mayor is opening the new theatre on Saturday.
12 They were milking the cows when I arrived at the farm.
13 I didn’t write that note.
14 Mrs. Andrews hasn’t signed those papers yet.
15 We oughtn’t to speak about such things in class.
16 People shan’t speak to me as if I were a child.
17 They will not provide pencils at the test, so please bring your own.
18 People don’t pay you a lot of money for this job.
19 Someone will not bury our dog in the garden.
20 The news didn’t surprise me.
21 The noise isn’t disturbing my teacher.
22 Nobody is watching that program.
23 You mustn’t use this machine after 5.30 p.m.
24 People don’t park their cars here.
25 They weren’t painting the outside of the ship when the accident happened.
26 You shouldn’t pay your bill when the waiter comes.
27 They don’t clean the machine every time they use it.
28 No one is interviewing Dr. Johnson at the moment.
29 You needn’t keep the flowers in a warm sunny place.
30 They don’t invite that lady to the party.