The document summarizes a grammar practice worksheet that contains exercises on verb tenses and forms, passive voice, indirect objects, sentence rewriting, and translation. Some key details: 1. The first exercise contains sentences to be completed with the correct verb form based on tense or auxiliary verbs given in parentheses. 2. The second exercise is a passage to be completed with verbs in the correct tense based on cues in the text. 3. The third exercise involves rewriting sentences in the passive voice, sometimes omitting the agent. 4. The fourth involves rewriting sentences with the indirect object or direct object as the subject. 5. Subsequent exercises involve additional rewriting, such as beginning

1. Unit 3
Grammar Practice (Plus)
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1 Currently, our understanding of the body _________________ (revolutionize) by
developments in genetic science.
2 The patient _________________ (just / give) an injection. He ’ll be asleep in a
moment or two.
3 The importance of using antiseptic _________________ (understand) for the first
time two hundred years ago.
4 Sandra _________________ (must / give) the wrong medicine. That ’s why she
looks so ill.
5 Such a difficult operation _________________ (not carry) out before. It really
was a first.
6 Everybody _________________ (tell) to evacuate the building when we got
there.
2 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
A new cookbook (1) _________________ (just / publish) which is full of recipes
that (2) _________________ (design) to make you fit. It (3) _________________
(write) during last summer ’s major athletics championships. At that time, a number
of top athletes (4) _________________ (ask) to describe what they ate on a typical
day. It is their recipes that (5) _________________ (include) in the book. So, now
you can eat what athletes eat. However, you (6) _________________ (should /
warn) that if you want to win an Olympic medal, the recipes (7)
_________________ (have to / follow) exactly! Buy one now. By next Christmas
the books (8) _________________ (will / sell) out.
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2. 3 Rewrite the sentences in the passive form. Omit the agent where possible.
1 Someone is showing the researchers around the new facility.
___________________________________________________________
2 Doctor Smith is treating one of his elderly patients for arthritis.
___________________________________________________________
3 Someone must clean all the equipment after every experiment.
___________________________________________________________
4 The athlete recently broke the world record for the 800 metres.
___________________________________________________________
5 Medical researchers have discovered a new cure for cancer.
___________________________________________________________
4 Rewrite the sentences in two ways. Use the direct object as the subject, then
the indirect object as the subject.
1 People are giving charities lots of money to fight epidemics in Africa.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
2 The teacher should have told the students the truth.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
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3. 5 Rewrite the sentences in two different ways, beginning as shown.
1 A scientific journal has reported that the number of cases of meningitis is rising.
It _________________________________________________________ .
The number of cases _________________________________________ .
2 Many people think science is more important than arts and literature.
It _________________________________________________________ .
Science ____________________________________________________ .
3 Some said that mapping the human genome was impossible.
It _________________________________________________________ .
Mapping ___________________________________________________ .
6 Rewrite the sentences using have / get something done.
1 Where did you restyle your hair?
Where _____________________________________________________ .
2 The optician has just tested my eyesight.
___________________________________________________________
3 Will someone fix the tiles on the roof of your garage?
___________________________________________________________
4 Amy wants someone to paint her kitchen.
___________________________________________________________
5 Gardeners are replanting our neighbours ’ lawn.
___________________________________________________________
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4. 7 Translate the sentences into your own language.
1 A lot of money was taken from the safe.
___________________________________________________________
2 Jack hasn ’t been told if the disease is curable.
___________________________________________________________
3 Anaesthetic was first used in the 19th century.
___________________________________________________________
4 It is said that a cure for old age will be found soon.
___________________________________________________________
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5. Vocabulary Practice (Plus)
1 Complete the definitions with the correct verbs.
1 To _________________ an illness is to say what the illness is.
2 To _________________ medicine is to say which medicine to take.
3 To _________________ is to feel a lot of pain.
4 To _________________ an illness is to use medicine to cure it.
5 To _________________ is to move an organ from one body to another.
6 To _________________ is to become healthy after an illness.
7 To _________________ an organ is what the body does when it says no to a
transplant.
2 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 Our bodies are able to _________________ tissue. That ’s why cuts and scars
heal.
2 I _________________ nauseous. I ’m going to be sick.
3 Fiona took a day off school because she _________________ a high fever.
They called the doctor.
4 This pizza _________________ delicious. Where did you buy it?
5 Did the doctor give you a _________________ for tablets?
6 Your respiratory _________________ allows you to breathe.
7 Some cheeses have a really strong _________________. They get right up your
nose!
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6. 3 Complete the dialogue with appropriate words.
Doctor Could you tell me what your symptoms are?
Simon Yes, of course. I (1) _________________ a terrible cough and I (2)
_________________ sick.
Doctor OK. Well, we can (3) _________________ the cough with this medicine.
Simon I also (4) _________________ a terrible stomach ache and I (5)
_________________ just a little bit dizzy at times.
Doctor It sounds like you ’ve (6) _________________ a stomach bug. I ’m going
to (7) _________________ some pills. Take this to the chemist ’s and
you should (8) _________________ better soon. The antibodies in your
blood stream need to (9) _________________ the illness so you must
take it easy and (10) _________________ yourself. That way you ’ll (11)
_________________ the illness in a couple of days.
Simon
OK. Thanks, doctor.
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7. 4 Make adjectives from the verbs in the box. Then complete the sentences with
adjectives.
cure
pain
hope
predict
harm
avoid
1 Washing in disinfectant gets rid of _________________ bacteria.
2 Fortunately, the injection was _________________. I didn ’t feel a thing.
3 We are _________________ that this rain will blow over soon. The weather
forecast said it would brighten quickly after a wet start.
4 I twisted my ankle playing football. It was very _________________. It really
hurt!!
5 We have to work late today. It ’s _________________. We just have too much
to do.
6 Sarah has an _________________ form of cancer. She isn ’t going to get
better, I ’m afraid.
7 Rebecca ’s victory was _________________. Everybody expected her to win.
8 A lot of accidents are _________________. People just need to be more
careful.
9 Tina is _________________ at tennis. She can ’t even hit the ball straight!
10 Advances in modern medicine mean that a lot more diseases are
_________________ these days.
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8. 5 Complete the sentences with the correct words.
1 You must have picked _________________ a cold when you went cycling in the
rain last weekend.
2 Could you look _________________ the baby while I go shopping?
3 Bill hasn ’t come _________________ from the operation yet. He ’s still
unconscious.
4 Steve passed _________________ during PE. He was unconscious for ten
minutes.
5 It often takes a while to get _________________ a bad dose of the flu.
6 Antibodies are great at fighting _________________ disease and prevent us
from getting ill.
6 Write a word for each definition.
1 The sound you make in your throat when you ’re ill. _________________
2 This word means you feel like you ’re going to be sick. _________________
3 Bad cells that are diseased are described using this word. _________________
4 The part of the body that joins your leg to your body. You shake it when you
salsa. _________________
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