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8. During the family celebration, the little boy was crying because he
(ignore) _____
.He needed some attention, too.
9. A: Where
(buy, you) _____ that beautiful necklace?
B: I
(buy, not) _____ it. It
(give) _____ to me for my birthday.
(You, like) _____ it?
10. The sun is just one of billions of stars in the universe. As it travels through space,
it
(circle) _____ by many other celestial bodies.
The nine known planets (hold)
_____ in orbit by the sun’s gravitational field. The planets, in turn,
(circle) _____ by
their own satellites, or moons.
11. Early inhabitants of this region
(worship) _____ the sun and the moon. We know
this from jewelry, sculptures, and other artwork archeologists have found.
12. Since the beginning of the modern industrial age, many of the natural habitats of
plants and animals
(destroy) _____ by industrial development and pollution.
13. The Olympic Games began more than 2000 years ago in Olympia, a small town
in Greece.
At that time, only Greek men
(allow) _____ to compete.
People of other
nationalities
(invite, not) _____ to participate, and women
(forbid) _____ to set foot
in the area where the games
(hold) _____.
14. Ever since it
(build) _____ centuries ago, the Taj Mahal in Agra, India,
(describe,
often) _____ as the most beautiful building in the world. It
(design) _____ by a
Turkish architect, and it
(take) _____ 20000 workers 20 years to complete it.
15. The photography competition that is taking place in the art museum today
(judge)
_____ by three well-known photographers. I’ve entered three of my pictures and have
my fingers crossed. The results
(announce)_____ later this afternoon.
EXERCISE 45. Passive modals. Use the verb in parenthesis with the modal or phrasal
modal that sounds best to you. All of the sentences are passive.
1. The entire valley
(see) _____ from their mountain home.
2. He is wearing a gold band on his fourth finger. He
(marry) _____.
3.
According to our teacher, all of our compositions
(write) _____ in ink. He won’t
accept papers written in pencil.
4. I found this book on my desk when I came to class. It
(leave) _____ by one of the
students in the earlier class.
5. Five of the committee members will be unable to attend the next meeting. In my
opinion, the meeting
(postpone) _____.
6. A child
(give, not) _____ everything he or she wants.
7. Your daughter has a good voice. Her interest in singing
(encourage) _____.
8. Try to speak slowly when you give your speech. If you don’t, some of your words
(misunderstand) _____.
9. Some UFO sightings
(explain, not) _____easily. They are inexplicable.
10. What? You tripped over a chair at he party and dropped your plate of food into a
woman’s lap? You
(embarrass) _____.
11. She is very lazy. If you want her to do anything, she
(push) _____ .
12. The hospital in that small town is very old and can no longer serve the needs of
the community. A new hospital
(build) _____ years ago.
13. Blue whales and other endangered species
(save) _____ from extinction. Do you
agree?