Passive voice

Відмінювання дієслова to take (брати, відводити) в усіх часах групи Indefinite в Passive Voice
Present Indefinite Passive
I am taken He is taken She is taken It is taken We are taken You are taken They are taken	I am not taken He is not taken She is not taken It is not taken We are not taken You are not taken They are not taken	Am I taken? Is he taken? Is she taken? Is it taken? Are we taken? Are you taken? Are they taken?
Past Indefinite Passive
I was taken He was taken She was taken It was taken We were taken You were taken They were taken	I was not taken He was not taken She was not taken It was not taken We were not taken You were not taken They were not taken	Was I taken? Was he taken? Was she taken? Was it taken? Were we taken? Were you taken? Were they taken?

Future Indefinite Passive
I shall be taken He will be taken She will be taken It will be taken We shall be taken You will be taken They will be taken	I shall not be taken He will not be taken She will not be taken It will not be taken We shall not be taken You will not be taken They will not be taken	Shall I be taken? Will he be taken? Will she be taken? Will it be taken? Shall we be taken? Will you be taken? Will they be taken?

Порівняйте:

I take (я відвожу) – I am taken (мене відводять) I took (я відвів) – I was taken (мене відвели) I shall take (я відведу) – I shall be taken (мене відведуть)

Exercise 110. Open the brackets using the necessary Tense-form:

1. You may (leave, be left) your hat and coat in the cloak-room downstairs. 2. The porter will (bring, be brought) your luggage to your room. 3. Your luggage will (bring, be brought) up in the lift. 4. From the station they will (take, be taken) straight to the hotel. 5. Tomorrow he will (take, be taken) them to the museum. 6. At the station they will (meet, be met) by a man from the travel bureau. 7. She will (meet, be met) them in the hall upstairs.

Exercise 111. Turn the following into the Passive Voice:

1. You must do three of these exercises tomorrow. 2. You can find the book you need in any library. 3. We must send these letters at once. 4. The workers can finish the building of the house very soon. 5. You must return the books the day after tomorrow. 6. I can easily forgive this mistake. 7. The doctor says they must take her to hospital. 8. You can cross the river on a raft.

Exercise 112. Open the brackets using the verbs in Passive Voice:

1. At the last competition the first prize (to win) by our team. 2. The question (to settle) as soon as they arrived. 3. Your report must (to divide) into 2 chapters. 4. Soon he (to send) to a sanatorium. 5. The young man (to introduce) to me only a couple of hours ago, but it seems to me that I’ve known him for years. 6. I hope the invitation (to accept) by everybody. 7. Yesterday he (to tell) to prepare a speech. 8. It seems to me that music (to hear) from the next room.

Exercise 113. Turn the following into the Passive Voice:

1. The students greeted the famous lecturer. 2. They have recently built a huge plant in the town. 3. We must finish the work by tomorrow. 4. When I fell ill, my mother sent for the doctor. 5. They looked for the girl everywhere. 6. They didn’t listen to the boy. 7. They showed Helen the nearest way to the theatre. 8. They have already discussed the novel. 9. We were looking at the man with great surprise. 10. Has the secretary typed the letters? – No, she typing them now.

Exercise 114. Turn the following into the Passive Voice:

1. We turn on the light when it is dark. 2. She has made some coffee. 3. Have you ironed your dress? 4. The have told her the truth. 5. We shall finish this work in time. 6. They were selling new children’s books in that shop when I entered it yesterday. 7. They have built excellent shelters for tourists in these mountains. 8. The boy was angry because his mother did not allow him to go to the stadium. 9. Who discovered the circulation of blood? 10. Everybody laughed at this funny animal. 11. We have been looking for you the whole morning. 12. We will insist on strict discipline.

Exercise 115. Translate into English:

1. Собор Святого Павла побудував архітектор Рен. 2. Коли написали лист? 3. За доктором пошлють завтра. 4. Твори англійських і американських письменників видають в усьому світі. 5. Цей роман уже перекладений 5 мовами. 6. Обід варили, коли я прийшов додому. 7. Книги вже принесли з бібліотеки? 8.На той час, як він приїде, лист буде уже написано. 9. Цей кінотеатр був побудований до того, як ми приїхали сюди. 10. У майбутньому році його п’єса буде поставлена в цьому театрі. 11. Мене чекають?

Exercise 116. Translate into English:

1. За директором вже послали. Почекайте трохи. 2. На наших заняттях велика увага приділяється вимові. 3.На станції їх зустрів гід і відвіз у готель. 4. Усіх запросили у великий зал. 5. Мене запросять на ваш вечір? 6.Тебе шукають. Йди додому. 7. Стаття повинна бути переведена до п’яти годин. 8. Коли я прийшла додому, обід вже був зварений. 9.Стаття була переведена без помилок. 10. Я думала, що хліб і масло купить моя сестра. 11. Чому над ним завжди сміються? 12. Буде ваша стаття написана до початку місяця? 13. Послали за ліками? – Так, їх шукають. 14. Хіба цей твір був написаний до того, як ви робили доповідь?