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The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 1 - Tense review for the textbook New Headway Advanced - Workbook with authors Liz Soars, John Soars and Paul Hancock from Oxford University Press

Question

Most of the sentences below (but not all) would sound better in the passive. Decide which ones and rewrite them.

Answer

  1. (better in the passive) This bridge was built in 1897.
  2. (better in the passive) My grandfather has been invited to a garden party at Buckingham Palace.
  3. (fine as an active sentence)
  4. (better in the passive) Reference books must not be taken from the library.
  5. (fine as an active sentence)
  6. (better in the passive) A Bulgarian scientist is said to have discovered a drug which prevents ageing.
  7. (better in the passive) You're wanted in reception. You'll be told what it's about.
  8. (better in the passive) Eight people were buried by an avalanche in Austria.
  9. (better in the passive) He is known to be a very good judge of character.
  10. (better in the passive) The violent robber who has been on the run for a week has finally been recaptured.

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