Английский язык. Grammar in Progress. Учебное пособие

Part 2. Review of tenses

ing saucer? — No, I (... not). But my brother said he (see) it. 3. He looked at the girl and understood he (see) her somewhere before. 4. I think John (miss) his 7.30 train. That’s why he (not come) yet. — Looks like him. He never (come) home on time so far. 5. When the three bears came home they saw that someone (eat) Baby Bear’s porridge. 6. John is hungry because he (have) nothing to eat since morning. 7. Mrs Brown lives next door but she never (say) more than «Good morning» to me. 8. They just (buy) the apples in the market. Have one! 9. He just (see) his friend arrives. 10. It (stop) raining and the sun is shining. 11. She said they (walk) 3 miles. 12. They just (walk) in the park and look rested. 13. I wondered what he (do) since we last met? 14. There (be) no post all this week. The postman (fall) ill. 15. Nick hoped there (be) no post since Friday. 16. Caroline looked very brown. She (be) to the Bahamas. 17. When I got to Jack’s house the police were there. Someone (steal) his car. 18. I found a baby bird in our garden. It (fall) out of its nest. 19. Tom’s father (be) an architect for twenty years. 20. The Browns (arrive)? — Tom said they (arrive) 40 minutes before. Why you (come) so late?

Exercise 24. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Indefinite or Past Perfect

1. The teacher was a stranger to me. I never (see) her before. 2. The house was very quiet when I (get) home. 3. We felt happier when they (leave). 4. She gave him the book his teacher (recommend). 5. They (finish) the translation by five o’clock. 6. She got a message saying he (pass) the exam. 7. We (go) out to buy a drink, but the pub (close). 8. At six o’clock he (know) they (not come). 9. She (go on) with the story where her Mother (stop). 10. Tom wasn’t at home when I (arrive). He just (go) home. 11. Margaret was late for work. Her friend (be) very surprised. She never (be) late before. 12. There was nobody in the sitting-room when I (get) home. Everybody (go) to bed.

13.I didn’t recognize him. He (change) a lot. 14. By the time

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Part 3. Passive voice

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into Passive Voice using the proper tense form.

1.We (wake up) by a loud noise during the night.

2.A new supermarket is going to (build) next year.

3.There’s somebody walking behind us. I think (follow).

4.‘Where (be born)?’ ‘In London’.

5.There was a fight at the party, but nobody (hurt).

6.Jane (suppose) to phone me last night, but she didn’t.

7.Where you (cut) hair? Which hairdresser did you

go to?

8.The fence (collapse) during the storm.

9.The new computer system (install) next month.

10.The children (take) to the zoo.

11.He (appoint) to chair the meeting.

12.This car is not going (drive) in the race.

13.Will these clothes (make) by Saturday?

14.The mice (eat) the cheese.

15.When a student I (use to go) to the discos every Friday night.

16.Neither Jim nor Jack (invite) there.

17.Your food (still prepare).

18.Their engagement (announce) in the local paper.

19.When the letter (post)?

20.After the volcanic eruption of 1957 the railway station (completely destroy).

21.All applications must (receive) before 31 July.

22.The data (analyze) and the results just (publish).

23.I walked to work. The car (repaire).

24.The door (smash) open with a hammer.

25.I’d been decorating the bedroom and I (cover) in paint.

26.Mr Ward (arrest) by the FBI.

27.The community (destroy) by a flood in 1862.

28.A present (give) to each child by her mother.

29.A sample (take) and injected into a tube.

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34.I think he (call) Blake , if I remember correctly.

35.These books (use) for work.

36.I feel that I (watch) now by somebody.

37.The presents already (buy).

38.This picture (paint) in the 16th century.

Exercise 2. Put the verbs in brackets into Passive Voice using the proper tense form. Translate these sentences:

1.40 % manhours (to spend) on sorting applications, 30 % on following up and responding to references, 20 % on interviewing and 10% at final selection board stage.

2.Employees (to ask) in for an informal interview.

3.Not only the employee`s past record but also his or her potential in the future (to analyze) by the panel.

4.For the new posts the relevant departments (to ask) to produce full job descriptions.

5.A total of 19 posts (to advertise) externally in national trade journals as well as through fob agencies.

6.Two candidates (to offer) the post, and just one (to accept)

7.By 5 o`clock tomorrow the short-listed candidates (to interview) by a panel of 3 managers.

8.External advertising (to carry out) by job agencies.

9.The Personnel Department (to reorganize) now.

10.Office cleaner (to want), approximately 8 hours per week, times and wages negotiable.

11.The music (to play) by a local quartet.

12.This book (to publish) by Cambridge University Press.

13.These houses were designed in the 1880s by Edward

Barnes.

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Part 3. Passive voice

14.The show (to watch) by five million people every week.

15.One or two new types of insect (to find) in Britain each year.

16.It not (to make) in China.

17.We already (to serve), thanks.

18.That computer (not to use) any more.

19.The story (to report) in yesterday’s paper.

20.We didn’t know what was in the boxes.

21.They (to label).

22.… he (to examine)?

23.They (to watch) carefully.

24.… they (to ask) to the wedding?

25.He (to hurt).

26.My favourite mug (to break).

27.Their car (to break) into and the radio (to take).

28.The holiday (not to pay) for yet.

29.Where … you (to bear)?

30.Thousands of passengers (to strand) at airports all over Europe after heavy snowfalls.

Exercise 3. Rewrite sentences using the word given, so that the second sentence has a similar meaning. Write between two and five words.

1.They are repairing the Leaning Tower of Pisa at the moment

being

The Leaning Tower of Pisa … at the moment.

2.Do you know if people in India speak English? spoken

Do you know if … in India?

3.He got angry when he realized that the police were following him.

by

He got angry when he realized that … the police.

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