Question

3.1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form. Professor Higgins, who 1) was awarded (award) a major science prize last month 2) ______ (invite) to take part in a conference which 3) ______ (hold) in London last week. He 4) ______ (meet) at the airport by a driver who, unfortunately, 5) ______ (give) the name of the wrong hotel to take the professor to. A large reception 6) ______ (organize) for the professor, and at least 200 eminent scientists 7) ______ (invite) to meet him that evening. The poor professor, however 8) ______ (leave) at a small hotel in a rather bad area, and when he asked to speak to the Head of the Conference Committee he 9) ______ (tell) to try somewhere else because he 10) ______ not/hear of) there. Luckily, later that evening, the driver 11) ______ (send) to the hotel where the reception 12) ______ (hold), and when he 13) ______(ask) what he had done with the professor, everyone realized that a mistake 14) ______ (make), the professor says that if he 15) ______ (ever/send) another invitation to a conference, he hopes it 16) ______ (organize) more efficiently. 3.2 Fill in the correct participle.

Answer 1

2) was invited; 3) was held; 4) was met; 5) had been given; 6) was organized; 7) were invited; 8) was left;  9) was told; 10) had not been heard; 11) was sent; 12) was held, 13) was asked; 14) had been made, 15) is ever sent; 16) will be organized 

Answer 2

3.1 Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form.

Professor Higgins, who 1) was awarded (award) a major science prize last month 2) was invited (invite) to take part in a conference which 3) was held (hold) in London last week. He 4) was met (meet) at the airport by a driver who, unfortunately, 5) was given (give) the name of the wrong hotel to take the professor to. A large reception 6) was organized (organize) for the professor, and at least 200 eminent scientists 7) were invited (invite) to meet him that evening. The poor professor, however, 8) was left (leave) at a small hotel in a rather bad area, and when he asked to speak to the Head of the Conference Committee he 9) was told (tell) to try somewhere else because he 10) was not heard (hear) of there. Luckily, later that evening, the driver 11) was sent (send) to the hotel where the reception 12) was held (hold), and when he 13) was asked (ask) what he had done with the professor, everyone realized that a mistake 14) was made (make), the professor says that if he 15) is ever sent (ever/send) another invitation to a conference, he hopes it 16) will be organized (organize) more efficiently.

3.2 Fill in the correct participle.

The professor, who was awarded a major science prize last month, was invited to take part in a conference which was held in London last week. He was met at the airport by a driver who, unfortunately, was given the name of the wrong hotel to take the professor to. A large reception was organized for the professor, and at least 200 eminent scientists were invited to meet him that evening. The poor professor, however, was left at a small hotel in a rather bad area, and when he asked to speak to the Head of the Conference Committee he was told to try somewhere else because he was not heard of there. Luckily, later that evening, the driver was sent to the hotel where the reception was held, and when he was asked what he had done with the professor, everyone realized that a mistake had been made. The professor says that if he is ever sent another invitation to a conference, he hopes it will be organized more efficiently.