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4. Translate the following sentences into English concentrating on the use of the Passive Voice:

1. Лекции этого профессора всегда слушают с большим интересом. 2. Во время разговора меня прервал Джон. 3. Его всегда любили, и ему всегда доверяли. 4. О ней заботятся его друзья. 5. Я уверен, что записка была написана карандашом. 6. Дверь открыла пожилая женщина, и Джейн ввели в маленькую гостиную. 7. Об этом фильме много говорят. 8. Ему дадут новое задание. 9. В отеле вам будут давать завтрак и ужин каждый день. 10. Вам покажут эту статью. 11. Когда будет показан этот фильм? 12. Каждому студенту дадут стипендию. 13. Нам картину не показали. 14. О ней очень хорошо отзываются. 15. Детей часто водят в театр и в кино. 16. Новые модели были показаны на выставке.

Exercises. Continuous Tenses

1. State the type of the passive construction and translate the following sentences:

1. “Where is Frank?” “He’s being taken care of”. 2. The driver was mysteriously silent. Eric was silent too, wondering where he was being taken. 3. Wonderful discoveries are being made by Russian scientists. 4. The steamer was being discharged by the workers. 5. The cases are being counted by the customs officer. 6. When he entered the room, the contract was being checked by the chief. 7. The new film is being demonstrated in all the big cinemas of Moscow. 8. The report is being typed. 9. A new sport club is being built in this region. 10. The passengers telegraphed to their relatives that the ship was being repaired at Genoa. 11. The postbox is being emptied now. 12. My question is being answered at the moment. 13. They were being taught drawing at that lesson. 14. Her dress was being washed and ironed while she was taking a bath. 15. The papers are being examined thoroughly.

2. Turn the following active constructions into passive:

1. They are discussing the possibility of new negotiations. 2. What books are people reading this year? 3. Are they sending for you? 4. They were arranging all things. 5. I couldn’t use my car last week, they were repairing it. 6. The little girl has been very ill and she mustn’t go to school, so they are teaching her at home. 7. Don’t enter the kitchen; your sister is sweeping it now. 8. All the town was talking of this story. 9. The maid was polishing the windows. 10. John was doing a translation of some poems from Spanish. 11. I am looking for a cassette recorder. 12. You are reading a French magazine. 13. Helen was preparing her homework at the university yesterday in the evening. 14. Tom is wearing sunglasses though it is not sunny today. 15. Mother was cooking breakfast when I entered the kitchen.

3. Supply the required passive forms of the verbs in brackets:

1. Don’t enter the room! A student (to examine) there. 2. The letter (to type) by the typist when I came in. 3. The question which (to discuss) now at the conference is very important. 4. The documents aren’t ready, they (to check) now. 5. In the drawing-room the music of Mozart (to play) by an orchestra seen on the screen. 6. Ahead of us the port lay in a flood of lights, two cargo-ships (to unload). 7. She watched Jack while the film (to run). 8. Dinner (to cook) now. 9. The work (to do) by my friends when I returned. 10. A new grammar rule (to revise) by her at that moment. 11. Something (to do) by her to attract my attention while I was watching TV. 12. This is great news! A new car (to build) by this company. 13. Your room (to clean) at the moment, wait a little. 14. I think the game which (to play) by them is a disgusting one. 15. New furniture (to buy) by them all the afternoon.