The manufacturers of CDs defend the high prices of CDs. They argue that they cannot produce CDs any more cheaply at the current time. The price must reflect all of their production costs. Comparisons of CD prices to other products or between countries are difficult due to differing market sizes and sales tax policies.
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Passive intermediate exercises
1. Prices of CDs are too high, re-write reactions of the
manufacturers in passive (use underlined modal verbs).
We cant produce them any more cheaply at the
moment.
The price must reflect all our costs.
What can you buy for the price of a CD?
We can lower the price when the market gets
bigger.
Someone should investigate the prices of other
products.
We cant really compare prices in different
countries because of sales taxes.
2. Passive voice with HAVE
They are servicing my car tomorrow. (having)
Im having my car serviced tomorrow
Yesterday they stole my bike. (had)
Last year they painted my house. (had)
They are taking our my tooth tomorrow! (having)
They have just cut my hair. (have)
They are fitting our new carpet tomorrow.
(having)
They have just painted Anns portrait. (have)
3. HAVE something DONE (PASSIVE)
koristimo TO HAVE umjesto TO BE
strukturu koristimo za radnje koje drugi
obavljaju za nas usluge zubara,
mehaniara, lijenika, frizera a ne mi
sami
glagol TO HAVE prilagoavamo potrebi
reenice uz pomo razliitih glagolskih
vremena
e.g. We have our windows cleaned
once a month.
4. Prevedi:
Idemo na servis s autom idui tjedan.
Juer sam dala sterilizirati maku.
Hajdemo na frizuru zajedno!
Morat emo dati popraviti krovi邸te.
Za邸to ne da邸 nekome ispei tortu na
roendan?
Jesi li dao prevesti rodni list?
Nisam dala urediti vrt, uredila sam ga
sama.
5. What we hear should not go in one hear
and out the other
6. What we hear should not go in one hear
and out the other