Longer sentences

15 exercises. They all belong to section 12. Write your answer on paper before you open it.

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Make it passive: The teacher marks the papers.
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The papers are marked by the teacher.
Make it passive: Someone stole my phone.
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My phone was stolen.
Make it passive: They will announce the results on Friday.
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The results will be announced on Friday.
Make it passive: The company has cancelled the order.
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The order has been cancelled.
Make it active: The letter was written by Sara.
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Sara wrote the letter.
Zero conditional: If you heat ice, it ___ .
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melts
First conditional: If it rains, we ___ the trip.
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will cancel
Second conditional: If I ___ (be) you, I would apply now.
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were
Third conditional: If she ___ (leave) earlier, she would have caught the flight.
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had left
Fix: If I would have known, I would have come.
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If I had known, I would have come.
Report it: "I am tired," he said.
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He said he was tired.
Report it: "I will call you tomorrow," she said.
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She said she would call me the next day.
Report it: "Where do you live?" he asked.
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He asked where I lived.
Report it: "I have finished the work," they said.
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They said they had finished the work.
Turn three short sentences into one complex sentence: I woke up late. I missed the bus. I reached the office at ten.
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Because I woke up late and missed the bus, I did not reach the office until ten.

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