Advanced passives
Grammar · C1 · 10 printable sheets, each with an answer key.
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- Sheet 1 · 45 minAdvanced passives in the news: the suspect is believed to have fledReporting passives, passive infinitives and gerunds, and causative have in journalistic English.Free
- Sheet 2 · 40 minAdvanced passives in business reports: your complaint is being dealt withPrepositional, two-object and causative passives plus passive infinitives in formal business communication.Premium
- Sheet 3 · 30 minGrammar explained: advanced passivesPerfect, continuous, modal, infinitive and gerund passives.Premium
- Sheet 4 · 30 minGrammar explained: advanced passives – it is said that / is said toReport claims impersonally: it is thought that…, she is said to have…Premium
- Sheet 5 · 20 minAdvanced passives: noticing them in a science storyFind advanced passive forms in a news story about a rediscovered frog, name each structure and check what it means.Premium
- Sheet 6 · 20 minAdvanced passives: it is said that and he is said toTransform sentences with reporting passives, choose the right infinitive and write two rumors of your own.Premium
- Sheet 7 · 20 minAdvanced passives: passive infinitives and -ing formsUse to be done, being done and having been done after verbs, order sentences and check the rules.Premium
- Sheet 8 · 20 minAdvanced passives: have something done and need + -ingMatch causative and get-passive sentences to meanings, transform sentences and write about jobs you have had done.Premium
- Sheet 9 · 20 minAdvanced passives: two objects and prepositional verbsPractice passives with give, offer and show and with prepositional verbs such as look into and deal with.Premium
- Sheet 10 · 20 minAdvanced passives review: a museum press releaseComplete a press release with a range of passive forms, correct typical errors and write a short news item.Premium