03 June 2022

Passive Voice

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PASSIVE VOICE

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Раскройте скобки в Present Continuous, Past Continuous, Future Continuous. Обратите внимание на залог (Active/Passive Voice).
1)                I … (to watch ) cartoons now.
2)                What Liza … ( to write ) now?
3)                My dog … (to look for ) at the moment.
4)                Why your dog … (to look for ) at the moment?
5)                My friends … ( to play ) football at this time three times a week.
6)                Your friends … ( to play ) volleyball now?
7)                They … (to tell off) now.
8)                Why Fred … ( to tell off) now?
9)                What you … (to do ) two days ago at this time?
10)           My brother … ( to train ) for the whole day yesterday.
11)           He … ( to train ) by a personal trainer yesterday?
12)           Children … (to teach ) to play musical instruments for five hours last week.
13)           My little sister … (to sleep ) from 2 till 4p.m. tomorrow afternoon.
14)           Fred … (not to ask ) at the moment.
15)           This letter … (to write ) for an hour yesterday?




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HOME WORK

Задание 12.1. Переведите и определите залог и вре­мя сказуемого.

1. Не left for Moscow. 2. The news will be of great interest. 3. They were speaking to him. 4. She studied many subjects. 5. The film was much spoken about. 6. New subjects will be studied next year. 7.1 am work­ing now. 8. The text has been already written by them. 9. He studies at our college. 10. You are working, aren't you? 11. The text is being translated at the moment. 12. Do you work at this office? 13. When I saw him, he was going home. 14. They will have passed their exams by 3 o'clock. 15. This book was written by our teacher. 16. We shall be writing our tests at 10 o'clock. 17. The work v/ill have been done when he comes. 18. We trans­lated this text. 19. The letter had been written before we came. 20. We shall inform you. 21. These toys are made by children. 22. Does he work here? 23. Is he working now? 24. The conference will be held in May. 25. Rostov was named after Dmitry Rostovsky. 26. What are you doing here? 27. This work must be done at once. 28. You may take my book. 29.1 am often asked at the lessons by the teacher.

 Задание 12.2. Переведите и определите залог и вре­мя сказуемого.

1. They can be seen in our library every day. 2. The delegation was met at the airport. 3. The child was often left home alone. 4. These houses were built last year. 5. All letters had been written when we came. 6. This film is much spoken about. 7. The machine is being tested now. 8. His work has been already finished. 9. I was told to wait in the reception room. 10. Your letter will have been answered by Monday.

 Задание 12.3. Раскройте скобки, поставьте глаго­лы в нужные формы страдательного залога.

1. I'm not reading these books today. They (return) to the library. 2. The paintings (exhibit) till the end of the month. 3. Why your home task (not do)?,4. The patient (take) to the hospital today, and (operate) tomorrow morning. 5. This room (use) only on special occasions. 6. Bicycles must not (leave) here. 7. This newspaper (not read) because the pages (not cut). 8. Dictionaries may not (use) at the examination.-9. Usually the floor (sweep) every day, but it (not sweep) yesterday. 10. This book (leave) in the classroom yesterday. 11. Thousands of new houses (build) every year. 12. This room (not use) for a long time. 13. The children (take) to the circus tomor­ row.

 Задание 12.4. Переведите предложения на англий­ский язык.

1. Эта книга была прочитана всеми. 2. Письмо бу­дет отправлено завтра. 3. Ее часто спрашивают? 4. На ваш вопрос ответят завтра. 5. Текст переводился вче­ра с двух до трех. 6. Работа только что закончена нами. 7. Эти книги будут использоваться до конца года. 8. Телеграмма уже получена? 9. О новой книге будут много говорить. 10. В нашем городе сейчас строится много новых зданий. 11. Ключи были утеряны вчера. 12. Мальчика возьмут в кино. 13. Вам сказали об этом?

 Задание 12.5. Переведите на английский язык.

1. Этот текст будет переведен к 10 часам завтра. 2. Все картины, которые вы здесь видите, написаны знаменитым художником. 3. Письмо будет отправле­но завтра. 4. Работа будет закончена вовремя. 5. За доктором послали? (to send for). У ребенка высокая температура. 6. Эта книга была написана давно. 7. Сотни новых домов будут построены к концу этого года. 8. Эта история давно забыта всеми. 9. Мне пред­ложили очень интересную работу. 10. На него всегда можно положиться. 11. Ему не сказали об этом. 12. Нам показали прекрасный фильм. 13. Его пригла­сили на вечеринку. 14. Делегацию нужно встретить завтра в 9 часов утра в аэропорту.

 


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Law Students

Перепишите предложения, используя пассивный залог. 

Model: Sometimes people break laws. - Laws are sometimes broken by people. 

1. Police investigate crimes. 

2. The State Duma makes laws. 

3. Courts resolve disputes. 

4. Police arrested a criminal yesterday. 

5. The Parliament has already passed the law. 

6. Some laws provide for benefits for workers injured. 

7. Informal rules of conduct already existing in society often form government-made laws. 

15. Раскройте скобки и выберите правильную форму глагола. 

1. Law (defines, is defined) as a rule of human conduct, imposed upon and enforced among, the members of the state. 

2. Laws (codified, were codified) in many countries. 

3. Laws (are enforced. have been enforced), and such enforcement usually (carries out, is carried out) by the state. 

4. A defendant (refuses, refused) to obey law, so he (is punished, was punished). 

5. Law (has, have) several aims which (concern, are concerned) mainly with making society more stable. 

6. If people (disobey, will disobey) the rules the law (threatens, is threatened) them with something unpleasant - often called a sanction. 

7. In England there (is, are) a rule that a man must not wear a hat in church or that one must stand up when “God Save the Queen”(plays, is played). 

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Present Simple Passive

Упражнение 1. Fill in the gaps using the verbs in brackets.
1.      Grammar rules ... always... by heart./learn
2.     Rare animals ... in many countries. /protect
3.     This scarf ... by my granny./make
4.     Animals in the reserve ... two times a day. /feed
5.     The same shirts ... by all the members of our team. /wear
6.     New English books ... in our library./ show
7.     Many towns ... in this book./ describe
8.     Dinner ... always by my mother. /cook
9.     This place ... on Sunday. /crowd
10. Our village ... with a forest. /surround
Упражнение 3 . Choose the correct form of the verb in brackets to complete the sentences.
1.      I ... (like / am liked) this place.
2.     What books by Charles Dickens ... (translated / are translated) into Russian?
3.     Who ... (protects / is protected) animals?
4.     This city ... (is visited / visited) by many people.
5.     Who ... (gives / is given) bad marks in your class?
6.     Our house ... (made /is made) of wood.
7.     Our holiday ... (is begun / begins) next week.
8.     Pupils ... (are given / give) textbooks by the teacher.
9.     The holiday ... (celebrated / is celebrated) every year.

Упражнение 5. Put the passive sentences in order.
1.      in a lot of schools / are / used / Computers
2.     of plastic / made / are / CDs
3.     seen / The information / on a screen/can be
4.     are / very quickly / The answers / calculated
5.     played / The game / is / on a computer
6.     with a modem / are / sent / E-mails
7.     is / on a disk / Information / stored
8.     sent / Text messages / are / using mobile phones
9.     to get information / used / is / The Internet



Упражнение 8. Ask for more information about the sentences using the words in brackets.
Example:
 The children are left after the lessons.(why,how often)
— Why are the children left after the lessons?
—How often are the children left after the lessons?
1.      The game is won by our school team, (what game)
2.     The map is brought from England, (when)
3.     My books are not kept on the shelf, (why)
4.     School meetings are held every month, (where)
5.     The glass is filled with something, (what)
6.     Hockey is usually played by boys, (when)
7.     Oranges are not grown in Belarus, (why)
8.     The dinner is not yet served, (why)
9.     New rules are explained at the lesson, (by whom)
Упражнение 11. Change the verbs from Active into Passive.

1.      I take books at the library.
2.     Boys play football.
3.     We clean our classroom after the lessons.
4.     The postman brings newspapers every day.
5.     They show American films every Sunday on TV.
6.     We keep the dog in the yard. .
7.     We give milk to our cat every day.
8.     We usually pick apples in September.
9.     He shows me his stamps each time when I come to his place.
10. They use disks for storing information.
11.   They discover new planets every day.
12. People give presents at Christmas.
13.  They speak Spanish in Peru.
14. They tidy the classroom every day.

Упражнение 12. Change the sentences from Active into Passive. Then make questions about these sentences.
Example:
I keep my pet in the house.
— My pet is kept in the house.
— Where is your pet kept?
1.      We always write new words into our exercise books.
2.     Exercises follow every text.
3.     The pupils use the school library.
4.     Not all pupils wear the school uniform.
5.     The teacher gives us all the text-books.
6.     My mother washes my clothes.
Упражнение 13 .Write questions to the sentences
1.      The park is situated in the centre of the city, (what, where)
2.     The statue is made by a famous sculptor, (disjunctive)
3.     Demonstrations are held in this square, (what, where)
4.     The square is planned round the monument. (general)
5.     The obelisk is decorated with figures, (how)
6.     The tent is put up on a rock, (alternative)
Упражнение 14. Change the sentences from Active into Passive.
1.      Do they sell shoes in this shop?
2.     Do they bring tea from India?
3.     Do they teach English at your school?
4.     Do they make bicycles at this factory?
5.     Do they pay him a lot of money?
6.     Where do they sell bananas?
Упражнение 15. Translate into English.
1.      Слова написаны на доске.
2.     Эта книга продается во всех магазинах
3.     Ему часто отправляют письма?
4.     Когда приносят газеты?
5.     Этот парк всегда показывают туристам.
6.     Завтрак не дают в нашей школе.
7.     Эти тексты не учат наизусть.

Past Simple Passive.

Упражнение 1. Fill in the verb in the Past Active or Passive Voice.
1.      The Cape of Good Hope ... (discovered / was discovered) by Bartolomeo Dias.
2.     The clown ... (entertained / was entertained) the public.
3.     We ... (arrived/ were arrived) at the camp in time.
4.     Many experiments ... (did/ were done) under water.
5.     Many people ... (invited / were invited) to the festival.
6.     They ... (discussed / were discussed) many exciting things.
7.     I ... (learnt / was learnt) many interesting things in this unit.
8.     What artist ... (painted / was painted) this picture?

Упражнение 2. Read the text. Put the verbs in brackets in Past Simple Passive. Guess the famous object.
This old building is in one of the countries of Europe. It’s not a natural object. It 1_______ (to make) by man a long time ago. Now it 2____________ (to see) as a tourist attraction. It’s a famous old building. It 3__________ (not to build) by the Romans. Galileo, the famous scientist, dropped heavy objects from this building to make his experiments. The upper floor 4 ___________ (to complete) in 1319. It  5_________ (to build) by Tommaso Pisano. The largest bell of the building 6 ____________ (to install) in 1655. The bell-chamber 7___________ (to add) in 1372.

Упражнение 3. Write down the historical facts. Use the dates from the box. Follow the example.
1067, 1870, 1607, 776 BC, 860, 1703, 1850
Example: Minsk (to found) — Minsk was founded in 1067.
1.      Minsk (to found).
2.     Ancient Troy (to find) by German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann.
3.     The first English settlement (to found) in Virginia.
4.     The first Olympic Games (to hold) in Greece.
5.     Swedish Vikings (to invite) to rule Russia.
6.     St. Petersburg (to found) by Peter the Great.
7.     The first jeans (to make) by Oscar Levi Strauss


Упражнение 4. Write sentences. Use the past simple passive.
my laptop / steal / last week.
the men / arrest / by the police
the painting / sell / for £500
the goal / score / by Raul
these cars / make / by robots

Past Simple Passive Voice. 
Exercises Level Intermediate.
Упражнение 5. Write the sentences in the Passive Voice.
Example:
 Olga sent me a postcard. (2)
— I was sent a postcard.
— A postcard was sent to me by Olga.
1.      I told him you were here.
2.     A boy showed me the way. (2)
3.     The waves carried the boat away.
4.     The Great Fire of London burnt many houses.
5.     The teachers told us something interesting.(2)
6.     Every morning I gave milk to my cat. (2)
7.     They sent us to clean the yard.
8.     They advised him to be more patient.
Упражнение 6. Rewrite the sentences in the passive form if possible. Use the example.
Example:
The Celts settled in Wales in 500 BC.
Wales was settled by the Celts in 500 .
1.      The Celts settled in Wales in 500 BC.
2.     The ancient Greeks built the Acropolis.
3.     A group of archaeologists found a dinosaur’s skeleton.
4.     I visited Rome in 2002.
5.     The aboriginals of Hawaii killed James Cook in 1779.
6.     Ford made his first car in 1896.
7.     Lewis Carroll wrote “Alice in Wonderland” in 1865.

Упражнение 7. Change the active sentences into passive sentences.
1.      They played the match in the evening.
2.     They calculated the answers very quickly.
3.     They filmed the movie in black and white.
4.     They sent the e-mail yesterday.
5.     They built our house ten years ago.
6.     Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
7.     The shopkeeper opened the shop at nine o'clock.


Future Simple Passive 

Упражнение 2. Write questions to the sentences
1.      This house will be sold soon. (When?)
2.     A lot of money will be spent on rebuilding the house. (How much money?).
3.     All the winners will be given prizes. (What prizes?)
4.     The parents will be sent invitations to the party. (Why?)
5.     The tickets will be bought for all of us. (When?)
6.     The pupils will be met at the station. (By whom?)
7.     They will be shown a lot of places of interest. (What places?)
8.     Then they will be taken for lunch? (Where?)
Упражнение 3. Write questions about when the things will be done.
Example:
 My suit hasn’t been packed yet. 
— When will it be packed?
1.      The History Museum hasn’t been shown to us yet.
2.     Dinner hasn’t been cooked yet.
3.     Our names haven’t been written down yet.
4.     We haven’t been given any task.
5.     I haven’t been asked to read the text yet.
6.     My exercise hasn’t been checked up yet.

Future Simple Passive Exercises. 
Level: Intermediate.

Упражнение 5. Use Simple Future Active or Passive of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
Another test in English 1 __________ (to write) tomorrow. It 2 __________ (to contain) five or more exercises. When all the pupils finish writing, the exercise-books 3__________ (to collect) by me. Our exercise-books 4 __________ (to hand in) to the teacher. She 5 __________ (to take) them home and 6 __________ (to check) them up. They 7__________ (to return) to us at the next English lesson. We 8 __________ (to get) our tests back and our mistakes 9__________ (to correct). All pupils 10 __________ (to give) marks for the tests. They 11__________ (to put) into our school record-books and into the class register-book. I hope I 12__________ (to give) a good mark. Anyway, I 13__________ (to see).
Present Progressive Passive
Rewrite the sentences in passive voice.
1.    Sheila is drinking a cup of tea.
2.    My father is washing the car. - 
3.    Farmer Joe is milking the cows. - 
4.    She is taking a picture of him.
5.    I am writing a poem.
6.    We are not playing football.
7.    He is not wearing a tie.
8.    Is she preparing the party?
9.    Are they talking about the meeting?
1.  Is she watering the flowers?
Present Perfect Passive

Упражнение 1. Change the sentences with Present Perfect Active into Present Perfect Passive.

1.      I have already taken the books back to the library. The books ...
2.     She has just posted those letters. Those letters ...
3.     The teacher has already checked my test. My test ... —
4.     He has lost the key. The key ...
5.     We have opened all the windows. All the windows ... '
6.     I have bought bread on the way home. Bread ...
7.     I have done this exercise. This exercise ...

Упражнение 3. Imagine that your classroom and the school yard have been thoroughly cleaned. Say what has been done by whom.
Example The windows ... (to wash)
— The windows have been washed by the girls.
1.      The desks ... (to wash)
2.     The flowers ... (to water)
3.     The floor ... (to mop)
4.     The furniture ... (to dust)
5.     The grass ... (to cut)
6.     The trees ... (to cut)
Упражнение 4.  Answer the questions about your English lesson using Present Perfect Passive.
1.      Have you been asked to read a text?
2.     Has the text been translated?
3.     Have the new words been written down?
4.     Have the exercises been done by all the pupils?
5.     Has your friend been asked to recite something?
6.     Has large homework been given?
7.     Who has been given good (bad) marks?
8.     Have you been praised by the teacher?

 Упражнение 5. Use Present Perfect Active or Passive of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.
1.      Peter ... (to break) the window.
2.     The exercise ... (to write) already.
3.     The text ... (to translate) by Victor.
4.     The teacher just ... (to explain) the new rule.
5.     We (to learn) the Passive Voice already.
6.     A new school ... (to build) in this street.
Упражнение 6. Translate into English using Present Perfect Active or Passive.
1.      Я только что купил газету
2.     Телевизор только что выключили.
3.     Он уже ответил на вопрос
4.     Слова только что написали на доске
5.     Мы уже говорили об этом
6.     Все ответы уже даны.
7.     Об этом только что сказали по радио.
8.     Я уже смотрел этот фильм
9.     Мне ничего об этом не говорили
10. Все предложения уже написаны.




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