Improve your skills in English:

He said that the house would been have built by May.

Exercise 1. Complete the sentences using the Passive Voice (present or past) of the verbs in brackets:

Example: The car ………….. last year (buy).

The car was bought last year.

Машину купили в прошлом году.

1. Paper ………. from wood (make).

2. The room …….. every day (clean).

3. My car ………… last week (steal). The next day it ……. by the police (find).

4. She has a very good job. She …….. £ 3000 a month (pay).

5. Two trees ……. down in the storm last night (blow).

Exercise 2. Translate into Russian using the Passive Voice:

Example: The house was torn down in 1960.

Дом снесли в 1960 г.

1. This film is much talked about.

2. The mail was looked through in the morning.

3. Many new houses have been built this year.

4. When will this question be discussed?

5. All the meanings of this word were explained to them.

6. He had been told this news before he left.

7. At the party they were shown a very interesting film.

8. His jokes are always laughed at.

Exercise 3. Translate into English using the Passive Voice:

1. Над его шутками всегда смеются.

2. Ему сказали, что он должен придти в 7 часов.

3. Не беспокойтесь, за вашими вещами присмотрят.

4. Им объяснили все значения этого слова.

5. Со мной так еще никогда не разговаривали.

6. Когда будет обсуждаться этот вопрос?

7. Мне только что предложили интересную работу.

8. На английском языке разговаривают во всем мире.

9. Об этом фильме много говорят.

Exercise 4. Translate these sentences into Russian, putting the correct form of a verb:

1. These tickets (was, were) booked beforehand.

2. This book (is, are) usually read by students.

3. When (was, is) this museum built?

4. (Were, are) these questions discussed at yesterday's meeting?

5. By whom (was, were) our guests met on Friday?

6. The luggage (will be, is) weighed and registered in ten minutes.

Exercise 5. Use the Passive Voice in these sentences:

Example: We watched this wonderful film yesterday.

This wonderful film was watched by us yesterday.

1. Mary invited her friends to her birthday party.

2. Students usually study English at the University.

3. The teacher will give a lecture after a break.

4. My friend gave me a nice kitten for my birthday present.

5. He takes his dog out for a walk two times a day.

6. She read this thrilling detective novel last month.

Exercise 6. Put the verbs into brackets in correct tense using the Passive Voice:

1. Those books (return) to the library yesterday.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 occasion. 6.Letter 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 experiment (carry out) every day, but they (not carry out) yesterday.10. The book (return) to the library yesterday. 11.Thousands of new houses (build) every year. 12. This room (not use) for a long time. 13. These methods (use) in production.

Exercise 7. Translate these sentences using the Passive Voice:

1.Эта книга была прочитана всеми. 2. Письмо будет отправлено завтра. 3. Её часто спрашивают? 4. На ваш вопрос ответят завтра. 5. Текст переводился вчера с двух до трёх. 6. Работа только что закончена нами. 7. Эти книги будут использоваться до конца года. 8. Телеграмма уже получена?. 9. Мне предложили очень интересную работу. 10. В нашем городе сейчас строится много новых зданий. 11. Ключи были утеряны вчера. 12. Делегацию нужно встретить завтра в 9 часов утра в аэропорту. 13. Вам сказали об этом? 14. Сотни новых домов будут построены к концу этого года. 15. Этот текст будет переведен к 10 часам завтра