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142 Grammar reference and practice You usually use some in positive sentences and any in negative sentences. I’d like some coffee , please. Sorry, we don’t have any coffee . In questions we often use any . Do you have any milk ? But you use some in questions when you expect the answer “yes”, or when you’d like the answer to be “yes”. Would you like some milk ? (= an offer) Can I have some milk ? (= a request) You always make passives with be + past participle. FORM FORM 1 Is black coffee OK? I’m afraid we don’t have . 2 I’m really sorry, I didn’t buy . Can we have pasta? 3 Is there a bank near here? I need to get . 4 I spent last weekend with . We had a great time. 5 Can you help me? I’d like about flights to Paris. 6 I’m looking for somewhere to stay in the city. Do you know near here? 7 I haven’t written to my friends for a while. I really need to write . 8 I don’t need with my suitcase, thanks. 1 Complete the sentences with some or any and one of these words. 1 Put the words in order to make passive sentences. cash emails hotels information milk friends rice help The electric battery was invented in 1800. (PASSIVE) In this sentence, the writer is most interested in the electric battery. The sentence could be from an article about the history of the battery. 2 You can use by to say who does / did the action in a passive sentence. The electric battery was invented by Alessandro Volta in 1800. But often you don’t use by because you don’t know who did the action, or it’s not important. Two hundred bikes are stolen in this city every week. Did you hear? Mike was offered an internship yesterday. Present simple passive: am / is / are + past participle Past simple passive: was / were + past participle They ’re made of glass. They aren’t made of plastic. Are they made of glass? Yes, they are . No, they aren’t . It was invented in 1820. It wasn’t invented in the 18th century. Was it invented in the 19th century? Yes, it was . No, it wasn’t . PRACTICE PRACTICE 1 ago /This bill / sent / two weeks /was / . 2 in /The Great Wall of China / the 6th century BC / started /was / . 3 Are / these offices / every morning / cleaned / ? 4 invented / Alexander Bell /The telephone / by /was / . 5 lost /My sister’s books / in the post /were / . 6 5DGLXP 0DULD 6NéRGRZVND &XULH GLVFRYHUHG ZDV E\ 7 Two-thirds /with water / covered / of the Earth / is / . 8 John F. Kennedy / killed / in Dallas /was / in 1963 /. 1 Do you have some / any brothers or sisters? 2 Have you done some / any exercise this week? 3 Could I have some / any orange juice, please? 4 Do you speak some / any foreign languages? 5 Can you give me some / any time to think about it? 6 Can I have some / any more paper, please? Passives MEANING 2 Circle the best word in the questions. 1 Compare: Alessandro Volta invented the electric battery in 1800. (ACTIVE) In this sentence, the writer is most interested in Alessandro Volta. The sentence could be from an article about Volta’s life. 2 Complete the sentences with the active or passive, present or past. Use these verbs. 1 a This house by my grandparents. b My grandparents this house. 2 a Where I live, the rent gas and electricity. b Where I live, gas and electricity in the rent. 3 a This bike to me by my parents. b My parents me this bike. 4 a About a billion cans of Coca-Cola every day. b People about a billion cans of Coca-Cola every day. build give include drink Nur I I zu I Prüfzwecken – Ei entum H des Verlags öbv