- •Грамматика английского языка в упражнениях: глагол for grammarholics
- •Часть 2
- •Введение
- •The sequence of tenses Reporting in the Present Tense
- •Kidnapped!
- •It says ……………………………………………………………
- •Exercise 3 Sports at school
- •Play the Game
- •Reporting in the Past Tense
- •She said That I was lying
- •It wasn't Ben
- •Future in the past
- •It is evening now and Sally is telling her mother about her day.
- •Reported (Indirect) Speech Punctuation in Direct Speech
- •Different Sentence Types in Reported (Indirect) Speech Reported (Indirect) Statements
- •The reporting verbs
- •I. Say and Tell
- •Exercise 20
- •II. Other reporting verbs
- •Reported (Indirect) Orders and Requests
- •Milchester Fun Run Rules for runners
- •Reported (Indirect) Offers, Suggestions and Advice
- •Reported (Indirect) Exclamations Exercise 32
- •Exercise 33
- •Reported (Indirect) Questions
- •Reporting a Dialogue or a Conversation
- •Exercise 37
- •I. The customs officer asked Tracy
- •II. Miss Prim said to her students
- •The Unicorn in the Garden
- •Vocabulary
- •Notes to the text:
- •Play the Game
- •The Passive Voice The Passive: Indefinite Tenses Present Indefinite
- •British Facts
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3 Language quiz
- •Exercise 5
- •How much is Recycled?
- •Past Indefinite Exercise 10 Use the Past Indefinite Passive of the verbs in the box.
- •Famous People Quiz
- •Where were they made?
- •Exercise 14
- •Krakatoa
- •Future Indefinite Exercise 16
- •Graffiti Competition
- •The Passive: Continuous Tenses Present Continuous Exercise 21
- •Exercise 22
- •I Protest!
- •At the airport
- •I Protest!
- •Past Continuous
- •The old house
- •Exercise 26
- •Exercise 27
- •The Passive: Perfect Tenses Present Perfect
- •What Has Been done?
- •Has the thief been found?
- •Past Perfect
- •12. They had invited some friends to the party.
- •13. My father had paid the bill. Exercise 35 What had been changed?
- •Future Perfect
- •Revision of Tenses in the Passive Voice
- •Focusing on the Action
- •Focusing on Information
- •Describing a Process or Procedure
- •Writing in a Formal Style
- •Reporting Unconfirmed Information
- •Exercise 54
- •Example:
- •14. His tricks won’t fool me. Exercise 55
- •Exercise 58
- •Exercise 62
- •The Olympic Games
- •1. This Is What Is Meant by Etiquette When You Are at Table:
- •2. A Contest
- •3. Contributing to the Environment Protection
- •The Passive with by and with
- •Exercise 66
- •Exercise 70
- •The Passive with get
- •Exercise 73
- •The Passive: Have / Get Something Done Exercise 77
- •Exercise 78
- •Exercise 79
- •Exercise 80 Mr. And Mrs. Rich
- •Exercise 81
- •Exercise 84
- •Exercise 85
- •Exercise 86
- •The Passive: Modal Verbs and Other Similar Expressions
- •Exercise 89
- •Activity a Discuss with other members of your class what you think should be done about the problem of heavy traffic in towns. The following points can be included in your discussion:
- •Activity b Say what can be done to raise competitiveness of railway traffic in the country as compared to other means of transport. The following points can be included in your discussion:
- •The Environment: What Can Be Done?
- •Don’t Be Impatient!
- •The Passive: Direct and Indirect objects
- •Verbs with two objects in the Passive Exercise 94
- •Computers then and Now
- •Stative Passive
- •Uses of the Passive Voice Peculiar to the English Language
- •Exercise 108 Fill in the correct form of the verbs.
- •A Florist Is Taking a Telephone Order from a Customer
- •A Reporter Is Talking to Lucy Fame
- •My Uncle Tom
- •Vocabulary
- •Play the Game
- •Modal Verbs and Their Equivalents Exercise 1
- •Exercise 2
- •Exercise 3
- •Exercise 4 Complete each sentence using the correct form of a modal verborits equivalent.
- •Exercise 5
- •Expressions Similar To modal verbs
- •Verb can
- •Exercise 12
- •1. I can see perfectly well what it is all about, thank you.
- •Exercise 13 Can Elephants Fly?
- •What Can They Do?
- •Psycho – Clinic the answer to your problems
- •Can and Its Meanings
- •Verb may
- •Exercise 39
- •Exercise40
- •1.May Iaskwhat you intend to do?
- •2. “I may have one or two people coming in tomorrow evening,” she said. “Why not join us?”
- •May and Its Meanings
- •About You
- •Might as well / may as well do something
- •Verb must
- •Exercise 62
- •Must and Its Meanings
- •About You
- •At the Doctor’s
- •Have to / have got to
- •Rules and Regulations
- •Rules at Work
- •Have to / Have Got to and Their Meanings
- •Must and Have to
- •Be to and Its Meanings
- •Play the Game
- •Work with a Partner
- •Verbs Should and Ought to
- •Should and Its Meanings
- •Emotional should
- •Ought to and Its Meanings
- •Verb Would
- •Would rather / had better
- •What Would You Rather Do?
- •Verbs Shall and Will Shall
- •Verb Need
- •Needn’tand Don’t need to / Don’t have to
- •Needn’t – Didn’t need to – Needn’t have
- •Mustn’t – Needn’t
- •Verb dare
- •The Telegram
- •Vocabulary
- •Notes to the text:
- •Библиографический список
Reporting Unconfirmed Information
Turn the following into the Passiveas in the example.
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Journalists have reported that the President is ill. The President ………………………………………………………………. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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Everyone knows that the statement was untrue. The statement ………………………………………………………………. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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Many people believe that the climate is changing. The climate ……………………………………………………………….… It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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Everyone knows that he has been in prison. He …………………………………………………………………………….. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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Many people say that the new prices are too high. The new prices ……………………………………………………………… It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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They claim that this diamond is the largest in the world. This diamond ……………………………………………………………….. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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People say that the company is having problems. The company ……………………………………………………………….. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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Everyone thought that he was lying. He ……………………………………………………………………………. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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They expect that she will win an Oscar. She …………………………………………………………………………… It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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People consider that a spy revealed the secret. A spy …………………………………………………………………………. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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Everyone expects that rain will stop this weekend. Rain ..………………………………………………………………………… It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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People believe he is the richest man in the world. He …………………………………………………………………………….. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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They say that the Loch Ness monster exists. The Loch Ness monster …………………………………………………… It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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People think that man is related to apes. Man …………………………………………………………………………... It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
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They hope that a cure for the disease is imminent. A cure for the disease …..………………………………………………….. It ……………………………………………………………………………… |
Exercise 53
Why is the use of the Passive appropriate in the following sentences? What would be the active equivalents of the passive sentences?
1. My sweater was made in England.
2. The new highway will be completed sometime next month.
3. Language skills are taught in every school in the country.
4. Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony was performed at the concert last night.
5. The World Cup soccer games are being televised all over the world.
6. This composition was written by Nick. That one was written by Mike.
7. The Washington Monument is visited by hundreds of people every day.
8. The chief writing material of ancient times was papyrus. It was used in
Egypt, Greece and other Mediterranean countries.
Parchment (пергамент), another writing material that was widely used in ancient times, was made from the skins of animals such as sheep and goats. After the hair had been removed, the skins were stretched and rubbed smooth.
10. Paper, the main writing material today, was invented by the Chinese.