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A. Write A against sentences in the active voice and P against sentences in the passive voice.
1. The teacher assigned us homework.

2. Is this honey made locally?

3. Let go of the rope and jump.

4. How carelessly these pages have been torn!

5. The notice was clipped to the board.

6. How will this information be used?

B. Turn the verbs in brackets into suitable passive forms making necessary changes.

1. Announcements _______________ in the assembly every day. (make)
2. The door of their house ________________ since last week. (shut)
3. The singer _________________ in this ceremony for her great talent. (award)

4. Had they ________________, we would all suff er the consequences. (catch)
5. Janey stopped when she saw a little dog which _________________ cruelly. (kick)
6. Girls __________________ admission in many colleges in the old days. (refuse)

Listening

Listen to a boy’s description of his holiday trips. Then fi ll in the blanks in the transcript below.

Hi! I’m Ryan. I’m _______________ years old. My family and I always go out _______________
during holidays. We go camping to the hills of Mussoorie, _______________, or even the desert
in _______________. One summer, we went for white-water rafting above ______________. Our
camping trips are fi lled with _______________ and fun. One of my favourite camping trips was to
McLeod Ganj, where I learnt _______________. When we go out, we don’t stay in _______________

but we camp out. My father says that it gives us time to be close to _______________ and learn a lot
of things.

Since we camp out, we have to give special attention to our camping gear. At most places you can
_______________ a tent, but my dad likes us all to carry our own tents as they are big and are
of better _______________. Since we do not stay in a hotel, we cannot do without a good
_______________. My mother makes certain that we carry an extra set of _______________ in case
we run out of them. My sister has a diff erent kind of fl ashlight. It can be _______________! We also
carry a _______________.

Each of us has to carry a _______________ to sleep in. At nights, we love to sit around the
_______________, eat, and listen to stories or sing songs. So we also take along a grill, a cooler to
keep our drinks and fruits cold, and a _______________. In the daytime, we explore around the area

where we’re staying. A good pair of strong boots, a _______________, a water bottle, and some
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