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WRITE THE CORRECT PASSIVE FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS: A Short History of Ice-Cream:

It .......................... (know) that sweet dishes ............................ (cool) with snow and ice in ancient times. These ........................... (enjoy) by the rich and powerful such as Alexander the great, the Egyptian Pharaohs, and the Emperor Nero. Sorbets, or water ices, .............................. (know) since the 16th century, when they ........................ (introduce) in Florence. However, real icecream, made with fresh cream or milk, ............................. (produce) for the first time in the 1630s by Gerald Tissain, the French chef of the British king, Charles I. During the 18th century, ice-cream .................................. (eat) regularly at fashionable ice-cream cafés in London, Paris and other great cities. It was still a great luxury, though. It .............................. (know), for example, that George Washington spent $200 on ice-cream in just two months in 1790. The cost ......................... (reduce) when the first ice-cream factory ................................. (open) in 1851 by another American, George Fussel. Since the 19th century, though, it has been the Italians who ............................ (see) as the great ice-cream makers. In the mid19th century, for example, ice-cream .................................... (sell) in the streets of London by as many as 30,000 Italians. The Italian methods ............................. (learn) by many others since those days, and so today excellent ice-cream ............................. (make) and ................................... (enjoy) all over the world. 1. Transform the following sentences. 1) They claim that people who drink a glass of red wine a day have less chances of getting a heart attack. 2) Channel 6 reported that a plane crashed this morning near the Andorra international airport. 3) They know he is a well established author nowadays. 4) They say that he was a great person. 5) People generally believe that Lincoln wasn’t just assassinated by a mere angered citizen. It was rather a conspiracy plan. 6) Nostradamus predicted that the world would end in year 2000, but it is obvious that it didn’t. 7) The crew are expecting for the ship to founder at any moment. 8) It is evident that no one knows how long it will be until the next full sun eclipse takes place. 9) Up until certain major scientific discoveries were made, people generally accepted that the Earthwas flat. 10) They think that Michael is the smartest in the class, but they are wrong. 11) People feel that the prime minister is on the point of resigning.

12) The government expects that with the founding of the new factory, 200 new jobs will be created. 13) They found out that the man they had been suspecting wasn’t actually the murderer. 14) They allege that certain people won’t be willing to take part in the survey. 15) There is a rumour that many people will be interested to buy our new product line.

USE THE CORRECT VERB FORMS, THEY CAN BE EITHER ACTIVE OR PASSIVE 1- The reporters said that the minister

(involve).................................................in the conspiracy to overthrow the government. 2- Sally says that Harward university

(offer) .........................................................her a place on their Bachelor of Arts course. She’s so excited. 3- Speeding (not /allow ) ...................................................................in the city 4- They (not / let ) ..................................................................you use the notes in this exam. It is forbidden. 5- A: How was your first day at work ? B: Extremely embarrassing !

We (ask) ...........................to present ourselves and talk about our previous work experience. 6- We (think) .........................................................................of getting someone to paint the outside of the house, we don’t have enough time to do. 7- For the past few days I (work) ............in Jack’s office , as my office

(redecorate) ….. 8- The last time I went sailing with friends the boat

(sink) .....................................in a gale. Luckily I (not / invite) ................................................................since then. 9- As our new furniture (deliver) .........................................on Monday

morning, I’ll have to stay at home to check out it (not / damage) .....................during transit A large sum (raise) ..............................................for the Fund by recent Charity concert but the target of 250 000 (still / not / reach) ............................. 10-

Pictures of the surface of the planet Venus (receive) .......................yesterday from the space probe “Explorer” which .(launch) ...........................................last year. 11-

They (discover) ..........................the remains of an old Roman city while they ( dig) ............................................................................ to build the subway. Some experts and archeologists (call) ................................to examine the remains. 12-

They usually (serve) ..........................................traditional Lebanese dish here. 13-

Jim (consider) .............................................a failure. He tried to do his best but unfortunately he couldn’t change his parent’s ideas about him and finally he ( give up) .......................and ( leave) ..................home. Noobody (see) ....................him since then. 14-

15It (decide) ............................................................................to reduce all salaries by %10