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II. Make sentences from the words in brackets. Sometimes the verb is active, sometimes passive

1.This room looks different. (you / paint?) ……………………………………………………

2.My umbrella has disappeared. (somebody / take) Somebody ………………………………

3.Ann can't use her office at the moment. (it / redecorate) ……………………………………

4.The police have found the people they were looking for. (two people/arrest/last night)…….

5.The man next door disappeared six months ago. (nobody / see / since then)……….……….

6.Is the house at the end of the street still for sale? (no / it / sell / recently)……………………

III. Re-write the sentences in the active, beginning with the words given

The phone is being repaired now.

They are repairing the phone now.

1.The information is kept on our computer. We _____.

2.The medicine should be taken after meals. You _____.

3.Mike doesn't like being criticized. Mike doesn't like people _____.

4.As I was walking home, I thought I was being followed. As I was walking home I thought someone ______.

IV. Translate into English

1.Журналы уже принесли? – Да, их принесли два часа назад.

2.К концу недели все книги были распроданы.

3.В этом зале проводятся собрания.

4.Около вокзала строится новый мост.

5.Пол в этой комнате никогда не красили.

6.Он был доволен, так как ему пообещали помощь.

7.Я был уверен, что он не придет, пока его не пригласят.

8.Студентам медицинских институтов преподают латинский язык.

Test 22

(Passive Voice Simple/Continuous/Perfect)

Variant I

I. Make the sentences passive

1.Someone has stolen a picture from a museum.

2.The doctor told him to lie in bed for three days.

3.What film are they demonstrating in the lecture room?

4.They will clear up the situation when they receive all the documents.

5.We keep all important documents in the safe.

6.They had already packed the suitcases when the bellboy arrived.

II. Put the verbs in the brackets into the correct tense and voice forms

1.The new theatre (to open) last month.

2.When I (to enter) the classroom, my friend (to examine).

3.New York (to know) as a "melting pot", because people of different races and nationalities (to make up) its population of more than 7 million.