The police report that the gangsters will hold a party.
→ It _____________________________________________________
→ The gangsters ___________________________________________
5. It is rumoured that he lived with a young girl.
→ People _________________________________________________
→ He ____________________________________________________
6. It is said that he is rich now.
→ People _________________________________________________
→ He ____________________________________________________
7. People thought that she was happy.
→ It _____________________________________________________
→ She ___________________________________________________
8. They think that you stay at home.
→ It _____________________________________________________
→ You ___________________________________________________
9. We know that they sell good food.
→ They __________________________________________________
→ It _____________________________________________________
10. They think that she sold her own car.
→ It _____________________________________________________
→ She ___________________________________________________
11. It is said that he bought a new house.
→ ______________________________________________________
→ ______________________________________________________
12. They think that he met her before.
→ ______________________________________________________
→ ______________________________________________________
13. People rumoured that he had married a woman before.
→ ______________________________________________________
→ ______________________________________________________
14. My friends say that you were at the party.
→ ______________________________________________________
→ ______________________________________________________
15. They reported that the prisoners had escaped.
→ ______________________________________________________
→ ______________________________________________________
16. It was believed that the police had searched for the robbers.
→ ______________________________________________________
→ ______________________________________________________
17. Peter thinks that the boys broke the windows.
→ ______________________________________________________
→ ______________________________________________________
18. They rumour that he invested in that company.
→ ______________________________________________________

Key phần một số dạng đặc biệt của bị động

Key EXERCISE 1

1. I was told that you were the architect in this city.

2. It was reported that the flowers were killed by frost. / The flowers were reported to be killed by frost.

3. I am informed that the director is going to take a business trip to England.

4. It was announced that the meeting was delayed until next week.

5. It was discovered that this cotton was grown in Egypt.

6. It is promised that the performance will start on time.

7. It is recommended that we should stay at the city center.

8. It was believed that Alice would pass the driving test./ Alice was believed to pass the driving test.

9. All the workers are notified that they will have to work extra hard this month.

10. I have been persuaded that they will go with me to the stadium.

11. It has been decided that the company will go to the beach together at the weekend.

12. It is thought that Maradona is the best football player in the 20th century./ Maradona is thought to be the best football player in the 20th century.

13. It is found that the job is not suitable for a girl like her./ The job is found to be not suitable for a girl like her.

14. It was explained that this powerful engine pulled the train.

15. I was told that his football team had played well last season.

VII. Rewrite each of the following sentences in another way so that it means almost the same as the sentence printed before it: (2.0 pts)

33. Jim was cooking. David was phoning a friend.

 Jim was cooking while ___________________________________________________.

34. Hundred of people visit the castle every year.

 The castle _____________________________________________________________.

35. It’s a contest in which participants have to arrange flowers.

 It’s a _________________________________________________________________

36. The girl said to me,” Are you a student?”

 The girl asked me _______________________________________________________.

Giup rmi nha cac bn

thans

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Marriage nowadays is a choice people make on their own, but this has not always been the case in society. Thousands of years ago, the average lifespan was shorter than it is today. A man usually lived until he was about 40 years old, while women died even sooner because of childbirth. There were many wars and illnesses, and people had to protect themselves by having more children while they were still young. The parents lived through their children.

Marriage was not so much a romantic love story but a business transaction, or deal. Most marriages were arranged between parents while their children were still very young. It was the custom that the fathers made the decision on whom their children were going to marry. The mothers had little say in it since they rarely made any decisions outside the household. The fathers would meet to arrange the wedding date and the money given for the bride on her wedding date. The more money and land a girl had, the more chances she had to marry well. Therefore, it was important that her father choose the bridegroom very well. Usually, it was someone who came from a good family or who was rich too. It was very unlikely that people married outside their social class. A few well-off and rich merchants got to marry poorer noblewomen and became King’s business advisors. In a way, poor peasants had an easier choice as it was less important whom they married.

The practice of arranged marriage is still common in some countries in the Middle East, such as India or Pakistan. Here, social classes are still strongly divided and very well-kept. Often, however, arranged marriages are a sign that people do not want to let go of the past, which gives them comfort and security in an ever-changing world.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Marriage as a business transaction today.

B. Mothers' roles in their children's marriage. 

C. Marriage practices in modem society.

D. The practice of arranged marriage.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Marriage nowadays is a choice people make on their own, but this has not always been the case in society. Thousands of years ago, the average lifespan was shorter than it is today. A man usually lived until he was about 40 years old, while women died even sooner because of childbirth. There were many wars and illnesses, and people had to protect themselves by having more children while they were still young. The parents lived through their children.

Marriage was not so much a romantic love story but a business transaction, or deal. Most marriages were arranged between parents while their children were still very young. It was the custom that the fathers made the decision on whom their children were going to marry. The mothers had little say in it since they rarely made any decisions outside the household. The fathers would meet to arrange the wedding date and the money given for the bride on her wedding date. The more money and land a girl had, the more chances she had to marry well. Therefore, it was important that her father choose the bridegroom very well. Usually, it was someone who came from a good family or who was rich too. It was very unlikely that people married outside their social class. A few well-off and rich merchants got to marry poorer noblewomen and became King’s business advisors. In a way, poor peasants had an easier choice as it was less important whom they married.

The practice of arranged marriage is still common in some countries in the Middle East, such as India or Pakistan. Here, social classes are still strongly divided and very well-kept. Often, however, arranged marriages are a sign that people do not want to let go of the past, which gives them comfort and security in an ever-changing world.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Marriage as a business transaction today

B. Mothers' roles in their children's marriage.

C. Marriage practices in modern society.

D. The practice of arranged marriage.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.

Marriage nowadays is a choice people make on their own, but this has not always been the case in society. Thousands of years ago, the average lifespan was shorter than it is today. A man usually lived until he was about 40 years old, while women died even sooner because of childbirth. There were many wars and illnesses, and people had to protect themselves by having more children while they were still young. The parents lived through their children.

Marriage was not so much a romantic love story but a business transaction, or deal. Most marriages were arranged between parents while their children were still very young. It was the custom that the fathers made the decision on whom their children were going to marry. The mothers had little say in it since they rarely made any decisions outside the household. The fathers would meet to arrange the wedding date and the money given for the bride on her wedding date. The more money and land a girl had, the more chances she had to marry well. Therefore, it was important that her father choose the bridegroom very well. Usually, it was someone who came from a good family or who was rich too. It was very unlikely that people married outside their social class. A few well-off and rich merchants got to marry poorer noblewomen and became King’s business advisors. In a way, poor peasants had an easier choice as it was less important whom they married.

The practice of arranged marriage is still common in some countries in the Middle East, such as India or Pakistan. Here, social classes are still strongly divided and very well-kept. Often, however, arranged marriages are a sign that people do not want to let go of the past, which gives them comfort and security in an ever-changing world.

What does the passage mainly discuss?

A. Marriage as a business transaction today.

B. Mothers' roles in their children's marriage. 

C. Marriage practices in modem society.

D. The practice of arranged marriage.

She is by far the (rich) woman in Vietnam

That was the (funny) thing to do in this weather

Thank you for the (delicious) I have ever eaten

Susie is the (prettiest) girl in our teamI think that

he is one of the (boring) people in the worldI have had

the (happy) days in my life

What is the (popular) makeup look of young girls?

This is a really good place. It’s one of the (best) destination in this city