Exercise number 1 page 242

a) A lot of pollution is caused by heavy traffic.

b) The cakes are baked every morning.

c) The team is chosen by the captain.

d) Dinner is served between 7.30 and 9.00 p.m.

e) Olives aren’t grown in Britain.

f) English is spoken here.

g)These shoes aren’t made in Italy.

h) Where are the meetings held?

Exercise number 2 page 243

a) The animals are fed every day at 3.00 p.m.

b) These toys are made in China.

c) The towels aren’t changed every day.

d) The newspapers are delivered early in the morning.

e) Who are the beds made by?

f) When the rubbish is collected by them?

g) There is an exhibition every month.

Exercise number 3 page 243

a) Every Sunday brunch is served here.

b) What languages are spoken in Canada?

c) All passengers are requested to broad the plane.

d) The best leather in the world is made in Italy.

e) All animals here are looked after by Dr. Scott.

f) A lot of tea is drunk in the UK.

g) Are Mercedes cars manufactured in Germany?

h) Smoking isn’t allowed in hospitals!

Exercise number 4 page 243

a) The service charge is not included in the bill.

b) The floor is mopped every night.

c) Thousands of new books are published every year.

d) The Sistine Chapel is visited by hundreds of tourist every day.

e) Quiz shows are watched by millions of people.

f) Meals aren’t served in the bedrooms.

g) The front door is locked at midnight.

h) Classical music is played every Thursday.

Exercise number 5 page 243

a) Slow down! Speed is checked by radar on this motorway.

b) “Oh no! Lunch is served from 12.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m.” “Well, why don’t you try the supermarket?”

c) Look! The shop is closed on Monday morning in this café. Let’s take Rex home.

d) Mmm. A dogs aren’t allowed. Well, I’m always free Saturday and Sunday, so why not?

e) Gosh. The parking is forbidden! Let’s move somewhere else.

f) Let’s hurry. The shop assistant is wanted for weekends and it’s already twenty to three.

Exercise number 1 page 244

a) Hamlet was written by Shakespeare in 1602.

b) America was discovered in 1492.

c) Last week a man I know was arrested.

d) Rome wasn’t built in a day.

e) He was brought to the hospital by car.

f) Was rugby invented in England?

g) This beautiful olive tree was planted by my grandfather 30 years ago.

h) A whale was found on the coast.

i) The prisoner was sentenced to ten years.

j) My house was broken into while I was on holiday.

Exercise number 2 page 245

a) The Euro was introduced in Italy in 2002.

b) Two goals were scored by Arsenal in the first ten minutes.

c) The medieval church was destroyed in the earthquake.

d) The real murderer was never discovered.

e) Hundreds of minks were killed to make that fur coat.

f) Slavery was abolished in the USA in 1865.

g) The safe was opened by experienced robbers.

h) The phone call was made from this phone box.

i) A woman was killed in the accident.

Exercise number 3 page 245

a) Manzoni’s famous novel The Betrothed was published in 1840-1842.

b) The television was invented in 1925.

c) America was discovered in 1492.

d) The Berlin Wall was pulled down in 1989.

e) Apartheid was banned in South Africa in 1990.

f) Who was the 2004 Olympic woman’s 100 metres won by?

Yuliya Nestsiarenka won the Olympic woman’s 100 metres.

g) The moon was last visited by humans in 2002.

Exercise number 4 page 245

a) Paul was given a book for his birthday.

b) The children were sent home because the heating didn’t work.

c) Many innocent people were killed in the 9/11 attack.

d) The President was asked an awkward question.

e) Many towns in the south of Italy were destroyed by the earthquake.

f) Were the jewels kept in the safe?

g) We were offered hot tea and sandwiches while we were waiting.

h) The prisoners weren’t treated badly.

i) My car was repaired in just two days.