Grammar

English as a Second Language (ESL)

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    <title>Exercise - Passive Voice</title>
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    <h2>Exercise 1</h2>
    <p>Change the active sentences to passive.</p>
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        <li>Waitresses and waiters serve customers. <input type="text" name="q1"></li>
        <li>The teacher is going to explain the lesson. <input type="text" name="q2"></li>
        <li>Two horses were pulling the farmer's wagon. <input type="text" name="q3"></li>
        <li>Toshi will invite Yoko to the party. <input type="text" name="q4"></li>
        <li>Alex is preparing that report. <input type="text" name="q5"></li>
        <li>Kathy had returned the book to the library. <input type="text" name="q6"></li>
        <li>Miriam has designed several public buildings. <input type="text" name="q7"></li>
        <li>His tricks won't fool me. <input type="text" name="q8"></li>
        <li>I didn't write that note. Did Jim write it? <input type="text" name="q9"></li>
        <li>Does Prof. Shapiro teach that course? No, he doesn't teach it. <input type="text" name="q10"></li>
        <li>Mrs. Andrews hasn't signed those papers yet. Has Mr. Andrews signed those papers yet? <input type="text" name="q11"></li>
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    <h2>Exercise 2</h2>
    <p>Complete the sentences with the passive form of the verbs in the list. Use any appropriate tense.</p>
    <p><strong>build, divide, invent, order, surprise, cause, expect, kill, report, surround, confuse, frighten, offer, spell, wear</strong></p>
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        <li>The electric light bulb <input type="text" name="q12"> by Thomas Edison in 1879.</li>
        <li>An island <input type="text" name="q13"> by water.</li>
        <li>The -ing form of sit <input type="text" name="q14"> with a double "t."</li>
        <li>Even though construction costs are high, a new dormitory <input type="text" name="q15"> next year.</li>
        <li>The class was too large last semester, so it <input type="text" name="q16"> into two sections.</li>
        <li>A bracelet <input type="text" name="q17"> around the wrist.</li>
        <li>The Johnsons' house burned down. According to the inspector, the fire <input type="text" name="q18"> by lightning.</li>
        <li>Al got a ticket for reckless driving. When he went to traffic court, he <input type="text" name="q19"> to pay a large fine.</li>
        <li>I read about a hunter who accidentally <input type="text" name="q20"> by another hunter.</li>
        <li>The hunter's fatal accident <input type="text" name="q21"> in the newspaper yesterday.</li>
        <li>I didn't expect Lisa to come to the meeting last night, but she was there. I <input type="text" name="q22"> to see her.</li>
        <li>Last week I <input type="text" name="q23"> a job at a local bank, but I didn't accept it.</li>
        <li>The children <input type="text" name="q24"> in the middle of the night when they heard strange noises in the house.</li>
        <li>Could you explain this math problem to me? Yesterday in class I <input type="text" name="q25"> by the teacher's explanation.</li>
        <li>A: Is the plane going to be late?</li>
        <li>B: No. It <input type="text" name="q26"> to be on time.</li>
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The Story of Coca-Cola

English as a Second Language (ESL)

Coca-Cola was invented in 1886 by John Pemberton, a druggist living in Atlanta. The original drink was a type of syrup, using coca leaves, sugar and cola nuts, plus a few other secret ingredients! Pemberton sold it as a medicine; and with its coca (the source of cocaine), it must have made people feel good!
Nevertheless, Pemberton’s medicine was not very successful, so he sold his secret formula to another druggist, Asa Candler. Candler was interested, because he had another idea that Pemberton’s “medicine” would be much better if it was mixed with soda. Candler was thus the man who really invented the drink Coca-Cola. Candler also advertised his new drink, and soon people were going to drugstores just to get a drink of Coca-Cola.
Before long, other people became interested in the product, including a couple of businessmen who wanted to sell it in bottles. Candler sold them a licence to bottle the drink, and very quickly the men became millionaires. The famous bottle, with its very distinctive shape, was designed in 1916. And the famous Coca-Cola logo is the most famous logo in the world. Unlike any other famous commercial logos, it has not changed in 100 years!
During the First World War, American soldiers in Europe began asking for Coca-Cola, so the Coca-Cola company began to export to Europe. It was so popular with soldiers that they then had to start bottling the drink in Europe.
Today, Coca-Cola is made in countries all over the world, including Russia and China; it is the world’s most popular drink.
As for the famous formula, it is probably the world’s most valuable secret! The exact ingredients for making Coca-Cola are only known to a handful of people. And as for the “coca” that was in the original drink, that was eliminated in 1903. It was a drug, and too dangerous. Today’s Coca-Cola contains caffeine, but not cocaine!

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