Page 51 - Grasp English C1 (Workbook)

WELL-BEING 5

A. Complete the dialogue by circling the correct answer. Sometimes both options are possible.

Ben Oh, hello, Emma! What are you doing here at the hospital?
Emma Visiting my aunt. She’s just 1 had / got her leg amputated.
Ben Oh, wow! That’s bad! What happened?
Emma Diabetes. 2 She’s been getting leg pains / Leg pains have been got by her for ages.

Ben It must be hard though. She is going to need a lot of care.
Emma Yes, 3 we will need to look after her / she will need looking after.
Ben My uncle’s leg 4 was / got amputated last year. But that wasn’t because of diabetes.
He 5 was / got injured in an accident. 6 He was standing beside a road / A road was being
stood beside by him when a car hit him.
Emma Sorry to hear that. How is he doing now?
Ben Well, his stump 7 is / gets completely healed now, but he 8 gets / is bored and depressed
all the time.
Emma Poor him. Does he get any help?
Ben He 9 gets / has his house cleaned and his meals prepared by carers, and they help him to
get dressed, so 10 someone sees him / he gets seen daily. But we think he needs to get out
more. He needs to meet friends and have something to do.
Emma Yes, I understand what you mean. I think my aunt is going to have similar problems.

B. Match the sentence halves in two ways, according to whether they are a passive action or a state.

1. (passive action) The lawn is mown a. in people all her life.
2. (adjective state) The lawn is mown b. in evolution after going to a lecture.
3. (passive action) Mohammed is called c. so we can leave now.
4. (adjective state) Mohammed is called d. every day by his mother.
5. (passive action) The dog is fed e. biscuits twice a day.
6. (adjective state) The dog is fed f. Mo by his friends.
7. (passive action) She got interested g. and the flowers in the garden look pretty.

8. (adjective state) She was interested h. twice a month by the gardener.

C. Put the sentences into the passive form if it is D. Transform the sentences using the words in
acceptable. brackets.
1. Nobody has lived in this house for years. 1. Someone cooks David’s meals for him.
. David for him. (gets)
2. People laughed at Jenny because of her 2. Someone cuts the grass once a week.
strange clothes. The once a week. (gets)
. 3. A red cloth covered the bed.

3. I lived by a river as a child. The cloth. (was)
. 4. Someone covered all the tables with red cloths.
4. People looked at the painting all day. All the red cloths. (got)
. 5. The police looked into the case.
5. We looked around the corner. The by the police. (was)
.
6. Joe took after his father.
.

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