1. The phone was answered by a receptionist.
2. The homework was completed by a student.
3. Security was reinforced by the school authorities.
4. The garbage was taken outside by the cleaner.
5. A sophisticated software is used to obtain statistics by scientists.
6. Water is brought to Africa by the Europeans.
7. A pie is made of cherries by the cook.
8. Coffee is grown by farmers every year.
9. Letters are brought to us by the postman every day.
10. These chairs were made by my grandfather.
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1. School children often visit this museum.
This museum _______________________________________________.
2. The policeman stopped Peter.
Peter ______________________________________________________.
3. Millions of people watched the concert.
The concert _________________________________________________.
4. A specialist company cleaned the carpets.
The carpets _________________________________________________.
5. They invite the students to attend the debate.
The students ________________________________________________.
6. The Portuguese team won the cup.
The cup ____________________________________________________.
7. The girls left the gym equipment in the playground.
The gym equipment __________________________________________.
8. Mark painted our house last month.
Our house __________________________________________________.
9. They take the food to the ports in lorries.
The food ___________________________________________________.
10. An Italian chef prepared this meal.
This meal ________________________________________________.
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1. These cars produce / are produced in Japan.
2. Alan teaches / is taught Geography.
3. German is spoken / speaks in Austria.
4. Lots of houses destroyed / were destroyed by the earthquake.
5. Henry Ford was invented / invented the assembly line.
6. Somebody cleans / is cleaned the office every day.
7. Somebody is sent/ sends emails.
8. The grass cuts / is cut every day.
9. Paul found / was found the key.
10. The computer fixed / was fixed yesterday.
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1. This is a very popular TV programme. Every week it _________ (watch) by millions of people.
2. Geography ___________ (teach) at schools.
3. These trees ___________ (plant) three years ago.
4. There is no longer military service in England. It ____________ (abolish) many years ago.
5. Several problems ____________________ (consider) by the government every year.
6. This book _____________________ (give) to me by my best friend.
7. The Guinness Book of Records ____________________ (publish) every year.
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8. This cake _________________________________(make) of chocolate.
9. All the texts _______________________(look) through by the teacher.
10. Newspapers ____________________ (sell) in that shop.
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BE COMPETENT
Mr. Bard is one of the top executive at his family's successful shoe company, Bard's Shoes. He really appreciates competence in his workers. He always tells the skilled and hard-working employees in the shoe factory that he is very proud of them. But Mr. Bard does not only show his appreciation through words. The most competent workers are also paid more.
Mr. Bard thinks that when an employee works harder and produces higher quality shoes, the company earns more money. So, he thinks that employee should also earn more. But many of the less competent or even some incompetent workers in the factory disagree.
"We are all equal," they protest. "We all do the same job, so we should get the same pay!"
When Mr. Bard sees that some of the workers are not very skilled at all and do not concentrate on their work, he wants to fire them. But they disagree again. "We need to earn money, too!" they protest.
Mr. Bard knows this is true. Most of his employees have families and other important obligations. After thinking about it, he realizes that he does not want to fire anyone.
He is a kind man, but he is also wise. If he keeps hiring incompetent workers, he realizes, the whole company will suffer, and perhaps all of the employees will lose their jobs. It will also be bad for his family and for the company's customers, who really like Bard's Shoes. So what can he do?
To improve the situation, Mr. Bard creates evening workshops to help train the employees who are not working at company standards. They watch the most competent workers, who receive a special bonus for teaching their co-workers, and make lots of notes. They inspect the production line, ask lots of questions, and practice, practice, practice until they are highly skilled and efficient.
The workers feel good because they know they will do their jobs much better now. Some of them even ask if they can start to help teaching the workshops now that they are experts.
Production at the company goes up, and the customers say they are happier than ever with the high quality shoes they buy from Bard's Shoes! As sales increase, Mr. Bard is able to pay his workers even better. And thanks to the company's smart pay system, the most competent workers can be highly rewarded for all their hard work and expertise.
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1. What does "competent" mean?
a) ready to learn
b) when you have done the same thing for a long time
c) when you make a lot of money for your work
d) skilled and capable at what you do.
2. What does "expertise" mean?
a) special skill or knowledge about something specific
b) books about a certain topic
c) the different tasks you do for your job
d) the products of your work.
3. What does "efficient" mean?
a) knowing a lot about a certain topic
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b) doing your best
c) able to produce results without wasting time or energy
d) teaching others how to do something.
1. The most competent workers are also ________ more.
a) paying
b) pay
c) paid
d) payed
2. He really appreciates competence ________ his workers.
a) in
b) of
c) at
d) from
3. They watch the ________ workers.
a) best competent
b) competenter
a) competentest
b) most competent
1. Why does Mr. Bard pay some employees more?
2. How does Mr. Bard decide to solve the problem of incompetence in his company?
3. In your opinion, why is it important to be competent?
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