First of all, read and study the following drills mentioned during the
conversation. Then, click on PLAY to listen and repeat them aloud.
We send out the accounts
at the end of every month.
There's a great deal of money owing to us on these overdue accounts.
We don't want any of them to default.
Some rather strong letters have been sent to this firm.
Have they gone bankrupt?
STEP 7
Activities with Answers
A.
Rewrite the following sentences using
the passive and making the necessary
changes. Note: Both forms are correct
but the second, the passive, is more
common in the following types of
sentences.
ANSWERS
Example:
Harper & Grant give
credit for thirty days.
Your sentence:
Credit is given
for thirty days
(in this example, it is not necessary to
write "by
Harper & Grant"
as it is
understood).
1.
You must pay before the end of the month.
2.
We send out the accounts every month.
3.
We always send an invoice with the goods.
4.
We can, sometimes collect bad debts by
threatening legal action.
5.
You may defer payment until the end of
the month.
B.
Complete
the
following
sentences.
ANSWERS
1.
A firm
which
cannot
pay its
debts
may have
to be
declared
.
2.
Bills
which
have not
been
paid for
a period
over the
usual
thirty
days are
called
.
3.
A firm
may
write to
someone
who owes
them
money
asking
for
of the
account.
4.
The
money
earned
by an
employee,
before
extras
such as
overtime,
increments,
