Тестовые задания для проверки грамматических навыков и умений использования форм пассивного залога в английском языке

(Tenses in the Passive Voice)

Часть 1.Tenses in the Passive voice

1. Прочитайте основные правила образования и употребления форм пассивного залога.

THE PASSIVE IS FORMED:

by using the appropriate tense of the verb (to) be + past participle of the main verb.

Tense Time	Indefinite	Continuous	Perfect	Perfect Continuous
Present	is done	is being done	have been done	------------------
Past	was done	was being done	had been done	-----------------
Future	will be done	---------------	will have been done	------------------
Future in the Past	would be done	----------------	would have been done	-----------------

The Future Continuous, the Present Perfect Continuous, the Past Perfect Continuous, the Future Perfect Continuous are not normally used in the passive. Note: Get is used instead of the verb be in everyday speech when we talk about things that happen by accident or unexpectedly.

Four people got hurt in the car crash.

THE PASSIVE IS USED:

• When the person who carries out the action is unknown, unimportant or obvious from the context.

The tests are checked and marked.

The main Library of the BSU was established in 1921.

The 80s were characterized by an expansion of the scope of University activities.

• To make statements more formal or polite.

A lot of mistakes have been made in your test

• When we want to avoid taking responsibility for an action or when we refer to an unpleasant event and we do not want to say who or what is to blame

Your letter of application has been lost

• Because we want to put particular information at either the beginning or the end of the sentence.

Olga was born in London. She was brought up by foster parents in Edinburgh, though..

• To describe processes

Water is added to the mixture, which is heated..

• When we are interested more in the action itself than the person who carries it out, as in news headings, newspaper articles, formal notices, instructions, advertisements, etc.

Five-day strike to be held by customs officers.

‘Apostle’ is reborn. Belarusian rarities to be reprinted in Germany.

2. Выполните следующие задания:

Задание 1. Определите, в какой временной форме использован пассивный залог в предложениях в левой колонке, а затем найдите наиболее подходящее объяснение употребления пассивных форм, приведенные в правой колонке.

1. Smoking is not allowed in the reception area	a) to make the statement more formal b) to put emphasis on the agent (doer of the action) because it is essential to the meaning of the sentence c) it is obvious who does the action d) to avoid the responsibility e) to put emphasis on the facts, actions as in newspaper headlines, newspaper articles f) it is unknown or unimportant who does the action g) to describe the procedure in an impersonal way h) to refer to an unpleasant event when we don’t want to say who is to blame
2. Japanese children are taught to think of themselves as members of the group.
3. Customers are politely requested to refrain from handling the garments.
4. My new dress has been ruined.
5. A lot of money was stolen from the bank.
6. Two hundred people are employed by the company.
7. The classroom was locked.
8. I’m sorry, Jane, but I think that old dress of yours has been thrown out.
9. Something should be done to protect holidaymakers from awful experience.
10. Decision was made about new exams yesterday.
11. The study was carried out by independent experts. Surveys were sent to student health services at 180 colleges.
12. The Bible was first translated into Belarusian language by F. Skorina.
13. I am sorry but your letter of application for the job was thrown away accidentally.
14. Many BSU laboratories are equipped with up-to-date devices.

Задание 2. Вставьте глагол ‘translate’ в форме, соответствующей лексическому значению обстоятельства времени.

1. The article ………… at the moment.

2. The article ………….by 3 o’clock tomorrow.

3. The article ………… by the time you come back

4. The article ………. by the time he arrived

5. The article ………….for two hours

6. The article …………. for two hours when he came.

7. The article …………. yet.

8. The article ……….. just

9. The article …….. …. while I was getting ready for the presentation of my report.

10. The article ……. …… two weeks later.

11. The article ………. when I entered the room.

12. The article should……yesterday.

Задание 3. Поставьте глагол, данный в скобках, в нужную пассивную форму.

A. How would you feel if you 1) were forced (force) to spend hours and hours sitting in a hard-backed chair, eyes wide open, listening to the sound of someone else’s voice? You wouldn’t 2) ______ (allow) to sleep, eat, or smoke. You couldn’t leave the room. To make matters worse, you’d 3) ________ (expect) to remember every point the speaker made, and you’d 4)________ (punish) for forgetting. And, to top it off, you’d have to pay thousands of dollars for the experience.

Sounds like the torture scene from the latest spy thriller? Actually, it’s nothing of the kind. It’s what all college students do who take a full load of courses.

B. The Hardacre College 1) was officially opened (open) last week. The college campus 2)___________ (build) around a main square. This is the heart of the college as all the paths and walkways lead out from this point. Car parking 3) ______ (limit) and, in fact, students 4)________ (not encourage) to come by car as the college 5) _______ (serve) by a new bus service. The college 6) _______ (situate) outside the city, that’s why it 7) _______ (be) necessary to include major facilities like banks, shops and post office.

There 8)______ (be) already two open days and a third open day 9) _____ (plan) for next week. So whether you want to start studying or not why don’t you go out to Hardacre and see everything it has to offer.

Задание 4. Поставьте глагол, данный в скобках, в нужную форму в активном или пассивном залоге.

A. Access to higher education 1) is (be) among major rights of Belarusian citizens. It 2)________ (provide) in accordance with their personal abilities. The access to higher education 3) _______ (limit) by the pre-requisite of secondary education certificate. Admission to higher education institutes 4) _______ (conduct) by competitive examinations. Every public higher educational establishment 5) _______ (have) a certain number of vacancies financially supported by the state budget. The entrants 6) _______ (admit) to fill these vacancies according to the required number of points gained at the centralized tests or entrance examinations.

B. Belarusian State Agricultural Academy 1) ______ (found) in 1836. At first it 2) ______ (call) Gory-Goretsky Agricultural School. It 3) _____ (train) managers and assistant managers for state and private estates. It 4) ______ (be) the first agricultural institute with the university status in Russian Empire. The Academy campus today 5) _____ (be) in the town of Gorki in Mogilev region The Academy 6) _______ (own) experimental fields, a printing house , a canteen, a library, a medical center, a sauna, a training ground, a sports complex, a biotechnological center, etc.

Traditionally the faculty of the Academy 7)______ (make) their research on the topical problems in the field of agriculture. At present research of the Academy scientists 8) _______ (focus) on resource saving technologies in crop production.

C. The oldest American universities of Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Princeton, and Columbia 1)________ (found) in the 17^th and 18^th centuries. From the 19^th century natural sciences 2) _____(begin) to occupy more and more place in the curriculum. Professors of different departments 3) ______ (educate) often in Europe. A radical turn 4) _____ (take place) in the middle of the 20^th century. American universities 5) ____ (become) research centers. It is characteristic that the curricula 6) ______ (expand) : for instance, sociology, psychology and other humanities 7) ________ (teach) now in technical and natural science higher education institutions and in humanitarian ones more attention 8) _______ (pay) to mathematics.

D. It is far from easy to combine work and studies, but this 1) ____ (be) very popular. The government 2) ______ (grant) a number of privileges to part-time students: for example, they 3) _______ (entitle) to fully paid annual leave for taking tests and examinations. It 4) _____ (stipulate) legally that senior undergraduates of extramural departments may 5) ____(give) engineering positions and other jobs in keeping with the speciality they 6) _______ (learn).