QUOTE OF THE WEEK

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

miércoles, 15 de mayo de 2019

EBAU SENTENCES

KEY ANSWERS


1-      Hasn’t the rise of unemployment caused huge social problems? 
2-The ranks of unemployment will soon be joined by at least another half million people.
3-   He said that family names had been associated with specific occupations because people had define themselves by what they had done.
4-      Will social cohesion be able to influence jobs by shaping the context? 
5-      Had other concerts typically remained in a single genre of music?
6-      The main opportunity to hear musicians at work is given by concerts.
7-      Diamond rings were ordered for the whole team by Los Angeles Lakers.
8-      Had people outside the hip-hop world begun adopting the expression “bling-bling”?
9-      Can’t group marriage exist in a number of forms?
10-   Didn’t the British government announce new anti-bullying measures? 
11-   If there had been trained psychologists, schools could have helped children.
12-   If only my letter had arrived earlier. 
13-   Haven`t gypsies been suffering this situation for 500 years now?
14- A negative feeling towards immigrants has been created among Spaniards  by this.
15-   He said that the car was no longer a symbol of freedom, so if I (or you) wanted to feel free, I (or you) had to go on two wheels.
16-   If drivers had been punished more severally, they might have thought twice before faking injury.
17- Hasn't the game also given fans a chance to make new friends?

martes, 7 de mayo de 2019

FINAL MIX

1.-People can find this product in the new shop. (passive)
2.-Mark has sent us the invitations. (passive 2)
3.-Professional cleaners are going to clean our factory. (causative)
4.-People claim that the new principal does not pay attention to the students' problems.  (2 impersonal sentences)
5.-People say that children are afraid of ghosts.  (2 impersonal sentences)
6.-My friend didn't tell me her problem, so I couldn't help her. (Rephrase conditional)
7.-I don't have enough money. I can't go on holidays. (Rephrase conditional)
8.-He doesn't study hard. He will probably fail this subject. (Rephrase conditional using unless)
9.-Mary works with me. Her son is a plastic surgeon. (Join using a relative pronoun)
10.-That's the boy. I told you about him last night. (2 relative sentences, formal and informal)
11.-Look at Peter's new mansion. He ............................... (win) the lottery! (modal verb)
12.-I didn't prepare well for this test. I ................................. (practise) more.
13.-He .......................... (come) to the party this evening, but he is not sure.
14.-"Why did you arrive so late yesterday?" Fred's mum asked him. (reported speech)
15.-"Let's organise a surprise party for my brother next weekend" Laura suggested. (reported speech)


KEY ANSWERS

1.-People can find this product in the new shop. (passive)
-This product can be found in the new shop.
2.-Mark has sent us the invitations. (passive 2)
-We have been sent the invitations by Mark.
-The invitations have been sent to us by Mark.
3.-Professional cleaners are going to clean our factory. (causative)
-We are going to have/get our factory cleaned by professional cleaners.
4.-People claim that the new principal does not pay attention to the students' problems. (2
impersonal sentences)
-It is claimed that the new principal does not pay attention to the students’ problems.
-The new principal is claimed not to pay attention to the students’ problems.
5.-People say that children are afraid of ghosts. (2 impersonal sentences)
-It is said that children are afraid of ghosts.
-Children are said to be afraid of ghosts.
6.-My friend didn't tell me her problem, so I couldn't help her. (Rephrase conditional)
-If my friend had told me her problem, I would have helped her.
7.-I don't have enough money. I can't go on holidays. (Rephrase conditional)
-If I had enough money, I would go on holiday.
8.-He doesn't study hard. He will probably fail this subject. (Rephrase conditional using
unless)
-Unless he study hard, he will probably fail this subject.
9.-Mary works with me. Her son is a plastic surgeon. (Join using a relative pronoun)
-Mary, whose son is a plastic surgeon, works with me.
10.-That's the boy. I told you about him last night. (2 relative sentences, formal and informal)
-That’s the boy who I told you about last night.
-That’s the boy about whom I told you last night.
11.-Look at Peter's new mansion. He must have won the lottery! (modal verb)
12.-I didn't prepare well for this test. I should have practiced more.
13.-He may come (come) to the party this evening, but he is not sure.

14.-"Why did you arrive so late yesterday?"; Fred's mum asked him. (reported speech)
-Fred’s mum asked him why he had arrived so late the day before.
15.-"Let's organise a surprise party for my brother next weekend" Laura suggested.
(reported speech)
-Laura suggested organising a surprise party for her brother the following weekend.