Share Open World C1 Unit 6 Grammar: Passive
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We probably couldn't have sold our house without first ... (get / make over)
getting it made over
Only after they had received the engineer's report did they believe the designs ... (would / approved)
would be approved
The construction company were astonished at the sheer scale of the job they ... (expect / achieve=
were expected to achieve.
Before the first brick was laid, there were so many forms that ... (have to / fill in).
had to be filled in
Most things worked okay when we move in, but the cooker ... (nedd / fix).
needed to be fixed
Rewrite the sentences using the passive or causative. Peter's friends started to respect him more after he won the competition. Peter started ... .
to be respected more by his friends after he won the competition.
Rewrite the sentences using the passive or causative. This week you can see lots of Russina art at thee big auction house in London. Lots of Russian art ... .
... can be seen at the big auction house in London this week.
Rewrite the sentences using the passive or causative. The hairdresser in the High Street usually cuts my hair. I usually ... .
have my hair cut by the hairdresser in the High Street.
Rewrite the sentences using the passive or causative. I could have sold my dad's collection of old records on eBay for a fortune. My dad's collection of old records ... .
could have been sold on eBay for a fortune.
Rewrite the sentences using the passive or causative. The insurance company should settle his claim for his damage luggage. His claim for damaged luggage ... .
... should be settled by the insurance company.
Rewrite the sentences using the passive or causative. Burglars took most of his personal belongings from his flat. Most of his personal belongings ... .
... were taking from his flat by the burglars.
