Test your Business Grammar and Vocabulary. Новосельцева Н.Н - 13 стр.

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Test 5. Passives
Exercise 1
Cross out mistake in each sentence and write the correction at the end.
Nils has been offer a new job in Brazil. ...has been
2. Your parcel was been posted yesterday.
A new industrial site is be developed outside the town
4. All the food at the reception was ate.
Gold is still produce in large quantities in South Africa
6. Nothing will being decided before next week.
7. The presentation is giving at the Hotel Intercontinental
8. I've just heard that
is been promoted to
Marketing Director.
9. The introduction to the report was writing by the CEO.
Many customers are losing through poor after-sales service
Exercise 2
Rewite each sentence with a passive verb, without mentioning who did the action.
The authorities have closed the casino.
The casino has been closed
2. Someone broke into our house last week.
People all over the world speak English.
4. The local authorities have
opened the new motorway.
Someone left this umbrella in reception.
6. The city council will ban all traffic from the city centre.
7. First we mix the two liquids, then we leave them for 24 hours.
The organisers are postponing the meeting.
Exercise 3
Complete the second sentence so it has a similar meaning to the
sentence and
contains the word in brackets.
They have just serviced all our
(had)
We
just had all our machines serviced...
2. Tomorrow they are repairing my car. (having)
Tomorrow I
They printed some business cards with the new
(had)
We
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