The Passive: Continuous Tenses Present Continuous Exercise 21

What is being done in these pictures? Complete the sentences using the Present Continuous Passiveof these verbs:paint, feed, milk, count, repair, cut, clean.

• Example:

• The grass is being cut.

1. The road _________________.		2. The fence ___________________.
3. The cows _________________.		4. The windows ________________.
5. The cats _________________.		6. The money __________________.

Exercise 22

I Protest!

Mrs. Neal is angry. She is complaining to the Mayor of Merton. Put the sentences intothe Present Continuous Passive.

Example:

• You are wastingtoo much money.

• Too much money is being wasted.

• You arenotimprovingeducation.

• Education is not being improved.

1. You are not helping old people.

2. You are spending money on the wrong things.

3. You are not helping unemployed people.

4. You are doing nothing against crime.

5. You are not cleaning the streets.

6. You are wasting money on dinners and parties.

7. You are building too many offices.

8. You are not improving the health service.

9. You are doing nothing against pollution.

Exercise 23

At the airport

What is being done at the airport? Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets in the Present Continuous Passive.

Example:

• Someone’s ticket _____(check).

• Someone’s ticket is being checked.

1. Someone’s luggage _________ (weigh)	4. A flight _________ (announce) over the loud speaker.
2. Now labels __________ (stick on).	5. Passports __________ (check).
3. Now the cases __________ (put) onto the conveyor belt.	6. Passengers __________ (drive) to the aircraft by bus.

I Protest!

Exercise 24

Translate the sentences from Russian into English. Mind the use of the Present Continuous ActiveandPassive.

1. Не входите в комнату. Я убираю её.

2. Не входите в комнату. Её убирают.

3. - Где ваш финансовый директор? – Он проводит собрание. (to hold a

meeting).

4. Где проводится собрание?

5. Послушай, какая чудесная музыка исполняется по радио.

6. - Кто так чудесно играет на пианино? – Мой брат играет.

7. - Хорошо пахнет. - Мама готовит кофе на кухне.

8. - Хорошо пахнет. Что готовится на кухне? - Цыпленок готовится в

микроволновой печи.

9. Над чем вы смеётесь?

10. Фильм такой забавный! Над ним смеются, не переставая, весь сеанс.

11.- Что ты делаешь? - Я навожу порядок в своей комнате.

12. Вот то, что сейчас делается в моей комнате: кровать заправляется,

пол моется, ковер пылесосится, комната проветривается.

Past Continuous

Exercise 25

The old house

One day Jenny noticed that jobs were being done to an old house in Park Street. Look at the picture and use the Past Continuous Passiveof the words from the box. Write what was being done.

build plant wash

cut deliver take

paint repair put up

Example:

• The door was being painted.

1. The grass __________________.

2. The rubbish _________________.

3. A garage ___________________.

4. The fence __________________.

5. The windows ________________.

6. A nesting box _______________.

7. Trees _____________________.

8. Furniture ___________________.