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Answer — Exercise 4

5.2 - Truth or myth?·Speakout Advanced - Students' Book

Question

Work in pairs. Which phrases in italics would be better in the passive? Change them as appropriate.

Answer

  1. has been passed on
  2. OK / It isn't known
  3. it has been attributed
  4. OK
  5. The fear of the number thirteen is known
  6. thirteen is considered
  7. OK / This superstition can be seen
  8. the number thirteen is omitted
  9. the house between number 12 and 14 is given the number 12½
  10. the unlucky number four is often omitted
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