Exercise 3.3

Make sentences from the words in brackets. The verb is either active or passive.

 

1. There’s somebody behind us. (I think/we/follow)

I think we are being followed.

2. I was told lies yesterday. (you/ever/tell lies/ by any of your friends?)

3. We take the bus to work during the week. (the car/drive/only at weekends)

4. The bus has been stolen from outside the school. (the police/look for it)

5. What pretty houses! (they/own by a wealthy family?)

6. (the computer/use/at the moment?) – Yes, Kelly is using it.

7. Jack is happy. (his dog/find)

8. My cousin left our town five years ago. (I/not/see/him/since then)

9. They invited me to take part in a conference. (the conference/hold/London)

10. The company cut the water off. (Mr Dixon/not/pay/the bill)

11. I went to the doctor yesterday. (Dr Peterson/examine/me/give/me/a prescription)

12. I’m sorry, sir. (smoking/ban/ in here)

13. (rice/grow/in this area/for hundreds of years) but now the government is looking for an alternative crop because (rice/not make/much profit/last year).