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The story of the Australian pig farmer whose livestock were decimated by floods has been circulating on the Internet recently. A reporter misheard him say that 'Thirty thousand pigs were floating down the river', and reported it as such. In fact, what he had said was: 'Thirty sows and pigs...'. 

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Passive In The Subordinate Clause

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate active or passive verb form.

1. It seems that somebody ..................... the room.

was cleaned;     has cleaned;     has been cleaned

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Don't Devoice Voiced Consonants

A friend of mine was translating from English into Russian in front of a small crowd. The American was talking about the "ice" [ais], that she'd walked outside and slipped on the "ice." My friend had thought the lady had somehow slipped on her eyes [aiz], but couldn't really figure it out.