Учебное пособие 1583

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5. We form the Passive Voice with the help of the auxiliary verb ―to be‖.

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6. They build a lot of new houses in this district every year.

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7. They built this house in 1950.

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8. Somebody locked the front door.

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9. Someone broke my pen last night.

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10. They punished the boy for that.

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11. They finished their work in time.

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12. People will forget it very soon.

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13. They will translate this book next year.

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14. They will tell you when to come.

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15. Where will they build a new library?

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16. Someone will ask him about it.

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17. I don‘t like people laughing at me.

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18. Is Sue washing a car?

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19. Who made this mess?

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20. Grandmother is going to tell the children a story.

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21. They made him confess to the robbery.

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22. Sam remembers his friend telling him about the party.

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23. They heard him calling for help.

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24. The jury will have reached a verdict by the morning.

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25. Clive hasn‘t cut the grass yet.

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26. They may not repair the car this week.

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Exercise 4. Put the following sentences into the Passive Voice.

1. No one has seen him anywhere this week. 2. Somebody has invited her to the party. 3. They have done all the exercises in written form. 4. They had done everything before we came. 5. I thought they had already sent the letter. 6. Evidently somebody had informed him of the news before they announced it. 7. They are constructing some new metro line now. 8. Wait a little. They are examining the last student there. 9. They are discussing this question now. 10. We could not use the cassette-recorder, they were repairing it. 11. When I switched on the radio they were broadcasting a very interesting programme. 12. They have not yet told him about it. 13. The branches of the tree hid her face. 14. I know her family. Her brother Charles has taken me there more than once. 15. I am sure your presents will please them. 16. They informed me that they had seen you in Oxford Street.

Exercise 5. Put the following sentences into the Passive Voice making the indirect object the subject of the passive construction.

M o d e l : They showed me the way.

I was shown the way.

1. He offered me a chair. 2. We gave him all the money. 3. They have just shown me a new magazine. 4. Mother promised the boy a new toy. 5. Nobody has told me the news yet. 6. They sent you the invitation last week. 8. They recommended me several articles on the problem. 9. Someone taught him French and gave him a dictionary. 10. They asked us to be there at eight o‘clock. 11.

They have promised me some books on this problem. 12. A passerby shoed us the way to Trafalgar Square.

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5.I was so worried about my garden while I was in hospital, but I have very good neighbours. When I got home I could see that the vegetables ……………………… (water) every day and the grass …………………………… (cut) regularly.

6.Can you come to the police station? The man who

…………………………. (suspect) of stealing your wallet

…………………………. (arrest), and

……………………………… (question) at the moment. The police hope he ………………………… (identify), either by you or another witness.

7. We had hoped to see several famous paintings, but the gallery …………………………… (re-organised) at the time of our visit and most of the really valuable works

………………………….. (move) for safe keeping.

Exercise 9. Most of the sentences contain one mistake. Correct it or write right.

1.My neighbour is very proud of her new grandson who born last week.

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2.I‘m very fond of this old brooch because it was belonged to my grandmother.

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3.My family live in Scotland but I was educated in France.

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4.I‘m afraid I can‘t lend you my camera. It‘s repairing this week.

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5. The bridge was collapsed during the floods but fortunately no one was using it at the time.

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6. If you aren‘t careful what you‘re doing with the hammer some one will hurt in a minute.

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7. The word ‗stupid‘ was in my report but it wasn‘t referred to you.

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8.I‘m sorry I‘m late. I got held up in the traffic.

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9.When did you discover that the money had been disappeared?

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10. Children under the age of seven do not allow in this pool.

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Exercise 10. Complete the sentences if possible, use a tense of the verb get. Otherwise use the verb be.

1.I never found that book we were looking for. It

…………………………. Lost when we moved.

2.After the way he behaved last time he went to their house it‘s unlikely he …………………………. asked there again.

3.Naturally this vase is expensive. After all, it

……………………….. believed to be over three hundred years old.

4.I phoned to explain what had happened but I

…………………………… cut off before I could finish.

5.There isn‘t any cheese left; I‘m afraid, it

…………………………… eaten by the children.

6. He was a well-known expert on animal diseases and his opinions ………………………… greatly respected.

7.The competition is stiff and she‘ll be thrilled if her design

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8.The book …………………………… torn.

9.Please don‘t touch anything on my desk. You

………………………….. employed to answer the telephone, not to tidy the office.

10.She was quite friendly at first, then she

……………………….. promoted and now she doesn‘t care about us any more.

Exercise 11. Fill in by or with.

1.She was woken up …………… a loud noise.

2.The parcel was tied up ………………. string.

3.John was told off ……………….. his mother.

4.This picture was painted ………………… a famous artist.

5.The chair was covered …………………. a woollen blanket.

6.The walls were decorated ………………… posters.

7.My car was repaired ………………… my father.

8.The dessert was made ……………… fresh cream.

Exercise 12. Complete the sentences as in the example.

1.It is said this orchestra is the best in the world.

This orchestra …is said to be the best in the world.

2.It is believed that the thieves have left the country.

The thieves ……………………………………………….

3.The fire is reported to have started by accident.

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4.He is known to be making a lot of money.

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5.It is expected that they will arrive in time for dinner.

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6.She is said know a lot about gardening.

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7.It is thought that he will be attending the meeting.

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8.It is believed that we are able to win the competition.

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9. The company is thought to be making a good profit.

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10.It is reported that the government has reached a decision.

The government ………………………………………….

11.It is said that they were responsible for the damage.

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12.She is expected to break the world record.

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13.He is known to have several foreign bank accounts.

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14.They are reported to have financial problems.

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Exercise 13. Underline the correct answer.

A large amount of valuable jewellery 1) has stolen/has been stolen from Forest Manor. A man 2) arrested/was arrested yesterday and 3) is questioned/is being questioned by the police at the moment. He 4) thought/is thought to 5) have committed/have been committed the crime, although so far no proof 6) has found/has been found. The robbery 7) believed/is believed to 8) have carried out/have been carried out by two men, but so far no clue 9) has discovered/has been discovered as to the second man‘s identity. The police say that he may 10) have left/have been left the country.

Exercise 14. Rewrite the following passages in the passive.

A Yesterday afternoon, the school held a sports day. John‘s teacher entered him for the 100m race because people thought John was the fastest runner in the school. John‘s teacher blew the whistle and the race started. Loud cheers filled the air as John‘s friends cheered him on. John overtook all the other runners and, as people had expected, John won the race. The headmaster gave him a trophy as a prize.

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B Do you think that people will ever use electric cars? Someone has already invented the electric car, but at the moment they are too expensive for most people to buy. Also, you have to recharge their batteries frequently. However, if people drove electric cars instead of the cars we use today, the air we breathe would be cleaner, as they wouldn‘t pump exhaust fumes into the atmosphere.

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C Last week, the Prime Minister visited Dawston. The Mayor of the town greeted him when he arrived and gave him a tour. He