X. Change sentences into the Passive Voice:

1. Pompey felt that they would make him commander of the troops of the Republic.

2. A fresh confiscation of land followed the completion of the Norman conquest.

3. In the Homeric Age the nobility was concentrating great wealth.

4. The English knights had brutally killed old men and innocent population.

5. A general transformation of feudalism marked the Thirteenth Century.

6. People have historically associated Oxford and Cambridge with state religion.

7. Vasco de Gama discovered the islands of Cuba and Haiti.

8. The enemy had never thus deserted Rome, even in its worst days when Galus took it.

9. The resolution stated that the government would establish control over shipping and railways.

10. The largest concerns were earning the super-profits.

XI. Put each verb in brackets into the correct tense form paying particular attention to the sequence of tenses:

1. One day he said to his mother that he (to go) to New York to try his fortune.

2. She knew that her brother (to work) hard at his English.

3. He asked where I (to study) before I began my literary career.

4. I thought that you (to wait) for me in the language laboratory.

5. Mr. Brown said that there (to be) 6 TV channels in Great Britain nowadays.

6. My friend told me that he (to drive) home last night before the rain started.

7. Nobody knew that he (to publish) his article in the next issue of the newspaper.

8. The editor thought that we (to collect) material for the article at the moment.

9. He could complete his work after he (to collect) all the necessary data.

10. The student said that he (to take) his exam very soon.

11. The teacher asked if there (to be) a field of Linguistics I (to take) a special interest in.

12. The writer said that he (to be going) to publish his new book.

13. I’ll tell you what I (to do).

14. I didn’t know I (to be) so strong.

XII. Complete these sentences with these modal verbs (can, may, be able to, to have to, to be to, must, ought to):

1. While making a report, don’t forget that you ______ use only the information you can rely on. 2. I’ll _______ find another article on this subject in an hour. 3. You _______ render this story in the first person. 4. Tom ________ get up earlier yesterday because his mother was ill. 5. The members of the language club ______ meet at 5 p. m. 6. It is important to read the preface because the writer _______ indicate the purpose of the book in it or he _____ give information that will help the reader. 7. All English tense-forms _______ be subdivided into four groups. 8. We ______ have a seminar in linguistics the day after tomorrow. 9. He often _______ stay up late in the library getting ready for seminars. 10. In some months he will _______ read English newspapers. 11. He _______ do it himself. 12. He said he ________ make a telephone call at once. 13. You _______ feel some respect for your elders. 14. You _______ be ashamed of yourself. 15. “ _______I smoke here?” “No, you ______”.