Stative Passive

Exercise 6. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form, active or passive, of the verbs in brackets. Include prepositions if necessary. Use the Present Simple.

1. Loud noises (scare) ……………………………………………small children.

2. Most children (scare) …………………………………………loud noises.

3. New ideas (interest) ……………………………………………me.

4. Jane (interest) …………………………………………………..ecology.

5. My bad grades (disappoint) …………………………………..my parents.

6. My parents (disappoint) ……………………………………….me because of my low grades.

7. My boss (please)……………………………………………….. my work.

8. My work (please) ……………………………………………….my boss.

9. My progress in English (satisfy) ………………………………me.

10. I (satisfy)………………………………………………. my progress in English.

Exercise 7. Complete the sentences with the verbs in the list: - bury – close – confuse – cover – crack – dress – excite – exhaust – finish – insure – pollute – stick – Use the Present Simple. Use each verb only one time.

1. The children …………………………………………………………about going to the circus. They are looking forward to seeing the elephants, the clowns, and the acrobats.

2. Three of the children have the measles. Their bodies ……………………………………………with red spots. They also have fevers.

3. What happened to this mirror? It…………………………………………………. . Someone must have dropped it.

4. The kids …………………………………………………from playing soccer all afternoon. They should rest for a while now.

5. ……………………………….you…………………………….. with that novel that? I’d like to borrow it to read over the weekend.

6. I heard that a burglar broke into your house and stole all of your jewelry! – Yes, I feel terrible about it. But at least all of it………………………………………. , and I’ll be reimbursed for its value.

7. You shouldn’t eat any of the fish from that river. The river ………………………with chemical wastes from the factory upstream.

8. I’m going over to the theatre to get tickets for the next concert. – The ticket booth…………………………………………….. until 6 p.m. You’ll have to go there after six to get the tickets.

9. What’s wrong with this drawer? I can’t pull it open. It…………………………………..

10. George …………………………………………..in his best suit today because he has an important interview this afternoon.

11. Douglas gave me one set of directions to their house, and Ann gave me a different set of directions. Needles to say, I…………………………….very……………………… I hope we don’t get lost on the way.

12. I know the scissors are somewhere on this desk. I think they somewhere under these piles of papers.

The verbs taking prepositional objects

Exercise 8. Use the Indefinite Tenses. (pay attention to pre­positions).

Example: She looks after him well. — He is well looked after (by her).

1. We sent for the police…………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. They speak much about this book. …………………………………………………………………………

3. They often laugh at him. ………………………………………………………………………………………

4. They listened to our conversation very attentively. ……………………………………………………..

5. 1 think they will wait for us only in a week. …………………………………………………………….

6. Nobody took notice of his late arrival. ……………………………………………………………………

7. We looked through all the advertisements very attentively. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

8. He was a brilliant speaker, and whenever he spoke, the audience listened to him with great attention………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

9. They will look after him in hospital much better. ……………………………………………………….

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10. Everybody looked at her new dress with interest. ……………………………………………………….

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11. She sent them for a taxi. ……………………………………………………………………………………

12. People will talk much about the successful performance of the young actress. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

13. They always make fun of him. ……………………………………………………………………………

14. The teacher pointed out gross mistakes in the translation. ……………………………………………

15. He referred to very interesting plans……………………………………………………………………..

16. They agreed upon Monday as the most suitable day. …………………………………………………

17. He did not touch upon this question unfortunately. …………………………………………………….

18. They spoke to him about his promotion yesterday………………………………………………………

Exercise 9. Translate the following sentences into English.

1. За доктором послали два часа тому назад ……………………………………………………………..

2. В больнице за ней будут хорошо присматривать. ………………………………………………….

3. Советы врача были внимательно выслушаны. …………………………………………………………

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4. О его внезапном отъезде много говорили. ……………………………………………………………

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5. Кошку искали повсюду, но не нашли. ……………………………………………………………………

6. О нём не слышали с тех пор, как он уехал в Штаты. ………………………………………………..

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7. На его работы часто ссылаются. ……………………………………………………………………….

8. За дом уже заплачено? ……………………………………………………………………………………..

9. На твоего приятеля можно положиться. ……………………………………………………………

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10. Кого ещё ждут? ……………………………………………………………………………………………

11. Последние события широко комментировались. …………………………………………………….

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Exercise 10. Complete the sentences using being + the following (in the correct form): - invite – knock down - stick– keep –

1. Steve hates…………………………………………………………..waiting.

2. We went to the party without

3. It's a busy road and I don't like crossing it. I'm afraid of……………………………………………

4. You can't do anything about in a traffic jam.

Exercise 11. Find and correct the mistakes if any.

1.Don't bring the article today. It will be being typed only tomorrow. 2. The South Pole was discovered by Amundsen in 1912, 3. The book which was written last month is discussing a lot. It has been written a lot of articles about. 4. When I came, an experiment was been holding in the lab. 5. Do you know that this house was belonged to Mr. Brown? 6. What new buildings have been built in your town since I was there? 7. The building was collapsed during the earthquake. 8. Have you seen him? Has he been changed much? 9. Do you know that you are following? 10.1 hope this journal can find at the library.

Exercise 12. Translate into English.

1. За весной следует лето. …………………………………………………………………………………

2. У ворот в парк ко мне присоединились несколько ребят. …………………………………………

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3. С ним там очень плохо обращались……………………………………………………………………

4. Хирургу ассистировали очень умело. …………………………………………………………………

5. Ему действительно угрожали. ………………………………………………………………………..

6. Этим зданием всегда восхищаются. …………………………………………………………………

7. Я думаю, с этой ситуацией справятся успешно. ……………………………………………………

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8. Потом подробно остановились на причинах этой войны. ………………………………………

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9. Не беспокойтесь, о вашей кошке позаботятся. ……………………………………………………..

10. Машину подожгли сегодня утром. ……………………………………………………………………..

11. К июню комету потеряли из виду. …………………………………………………………………….

12. Не понимаю, почему к нему всегда придираются?......................................................................

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13. Со всеми этими предрассудками давно покончено. ……………………………………………….

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14. Его можно было видеть в саду в любую погоду. ………………………………………………..

15. Её пришлось оперировать. ………………………………………………………………………………

16. Эти недостатки можно легко устранить. …………………………………………………………

17. Этот документ должен быть подписан. …………………………………………………………….