WEEK 5 – ADVANCED GRAMMAR C1 - FURTHER PRACTICE

Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in parentheses.
1. We couldn’t drive up to the hotel because the access road (repair) ______________.

2. Surely everyone deserves (give) ______________ the same opportunities in life.

3. I’ll never forget (make) ______________ to stand in front of the whole class and recite
a poem.

4. Remarkable progress (achieve) ______________ in the field of genetic engineering in

the last decade.

5. Receiving private emails (not approve) ______________ of in the workplace.

6. The newspaper has to be careful not to print comments that their readers might (offend)
______________ by.
7. The company chairman (succeed) ______________ by his son next week.
8. The cost of flood damage (estimate) ______________ at over $60 million.
9. Shouldn’t the water in the goldfish bowl (change) ______________
more often?

10. Jack was afraid of (send) ______________ to prison.

11. The air conditioning units (not install) ______________ by the time the hotel’s first
guests arrive next week.
12. The soundtrack for The Lion King (compose) ______________ by Elton John and Tim
Rice.
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using
the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use between three and eight
words, including the word given.
1. She allows her colleagues to take her attention from her work. DISTRACTED

She__________________________________________________________________ by

her colleagues.

She is distracted from her work by her colleagues.

2. I asked Joe to use the dictionary to find out what the word meant. HAD
I ___________________________________________________________________up in

the dictionary

I had asked Joe to

. 3. We can’t do much for him now. LITTLE

There is little

__________________________________________________________________________

_now.

4. I believe parking is prohibited in this area. PERMIT

I don’t think parking is permitted

________________________________________________________________ in this area.

5. No student can be expected to know every word in the book. STUDENTS

Nobody expected students to know every word

___________________________________________________________________ in the

book.

6. Are you going to have the roof fixed before winter? REPAIR

Are_____________________________________________________________________

before winter?

7. We hope they will do the renovations earlier than expected. COMPLETED

We hope the

renovations________________________________________________________ schedule.

will be completed earlier than

8. She burnt her hands during the fire. GOT

She________________________________________________________________________

__ the fire.

9. I don’t like it when people I don’t know very well ask me personal questions. BEING

I don’t like being asked by

__________________________________________________________ people I don’t know

very well.

10. Nobody felt the board members needed to know about the problem. REASON

There was felt _________________________________________the board members about

the problem

. 11. Our broken immersion heater must be repaired urgently. SEEN

We must have seen our broken immersion and repaired it

_____________________________________________________________________urgentl

y.

12. Using notes is forbidden in this examination. ALLOWED

Notes are not allowed

_______________________________________________________________in this

examination.

13. A wedding planner might make all the plans for their wedding. ORGANIZED

They are thinking all the plans might be well-organized by

_____________________________________________________ a wedding planner.

14. Allegedly, this book was written by two people. SAID

This is allegedly said that that book was written by

______________________________________________________________________ two

people.
15. All the arrangements were made by his secretary. EVERYTHING

He

____________________________________________________________________by his

secretary.

16. The police had been watching the suspect closely. OBSERVATION

The suspect

_______________________________________________________________by the police.

17. Perhaps Joe intended booking a hotel room online. PLANNING

Joe might have been planning

___________________________________________________________ a hotel room

online.

18. The new sports center is to have something for everyone. GOING

Everyone ____________________________________________________to do at the new

sports center.

19. Why haven’t you signed this form at the bottom? SIGN

Weren’t you supposed to sign this form

_________________________________________________________________ at the

bottom?