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19/07/2009

ACTIVE AND PASSIVE VOICE.

Read the news report and choose the correct verb form.

TAKEN FROM:
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/3g13-active-passive-exercise.php

Millions of dollars' worth of damage has been caused by a storm which (swept/was swept) across the north of the United States last night. The River Reiner (burst/was burst) its banks after heavy rain. Many people (rescued/were rescued) from the floods by fire-fighters. Firefighters (received/were received) hundreds of calls for help. Wind speeds (reached/were reached) ninety miles an hour in some places. Roads (blocked/were blocked) by fallen trees. Electricity lines (brought/were brought) down, leaving thousands of homes without electricity.
"Everything possible (is doing/is being done) to get things back to normal," a spokesman said. One young girl (took/was taken) to hospital after she broke her leg. She has now (sent/been sent) home.

16/07/2009

Wordwebs phrasal verbs tool.

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05/07/2009

A SITE TO PRACTISE YOUR ENGLISH.

VOCABULARY

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GRAMMAR

articles: theory, a or an, phrases (1, 2) a text; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
personal pronouns: theory, 1, 2, 3, 4
possessive pronouns: theory, 1, 2, 3
relative pronouns: theory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
interrogative pronouns: theory
plural: theory, vocabulary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Saxon genitive: 1, 2, 3
some or any: theory & exercises 1, 2
be & have in Present Tense: 1, 2

question tags in Present Tense: 1

present simple : theory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
asking questions in present simple: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29
present continuous: theory, 1, 2, 3
present simple or continuous? 1
irregular verbs in English & German; exercise: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
past simple: theory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
asking questions in past simple: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
past continuous : theory, asking questions
past simple or continuous: 1
present perfect simple: theory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
present perfect continuous: theory, 1, 2
since and for: theory & exercise
since, for or ago
past simple or present perfect?
past perfect simple (theory & exercise) and continuous
future: 1, 2, 3, 4
tenses : theory 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, exercise sheets: a, b, c
conditional I & II, if - clauses: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, work sheets

modal verbs: theory, 1, 2, 3, translation

asking questions with modal verbs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
word order: examples, 1, 2, 3,
tenses & verb forms; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
passive voice : theory, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ,6
reported speech : theory & exercises; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
infinitive or gerund: theory
adjectives and adverbs: theory & work sheets, comparison, vocabulary, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13


Past simple or present perfect?

TAKEN FROM:
http://suz.digitaleschulebayern.de/english/grammar/pastorpresentperfect.htm?docbase=http://suz.digitaleschulebayern.de/english/grammar/index.php

She............ tennis last night. (play)
They
...........................
about that, haven't they? (just, hear)
Many years ago they
................................
in this area. (live)
They......................
(just, move)
Some time ago he............................
to marry her. (want)
She.............................
the office. (just, leave)
They are tired because they......................
soccer for some time. (play)
What are you looking for?..............
you ................your keys? (lose)
She....................
him when she was little. (know)
Shakespeare........................
many plays. (write)

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