Напишите следующие предложения в страдательном залоге.

1. The postman has already brought the letters.

2. I often send letters to my friend.

3. The teacher gave us much homework yesterday.

4. I saw that somebody had broken the vase.

5. The teacher will answer you questions.

6. They will have done the exercise by 5 o’clock.

7. We have chosen a beautiful place for our picnic.

8. The students of this group usually write tests successfully.

9. Don’t go into that room. My mother is washing the floor there.

10. When I came in they were discussing my project.

11. They spent a lot of time on that work.

12. I’m afraid I will forget his name.

13. When I came to this city they were finishing the construction of a new bridge.

14. You made some mistakes in your translation.

15. They are speaking about “Titanic” now.

16. My father always looks through morning newspapers.

17. I will follow the doctor’s advice.

Определите по формальным признакам, в каких из данных предложений глагол употреблен в пассивном залоге. Переведите эти предложения.

1. The engineer was asked to test a new device.

2. The committee is considering several new proposals.

3. The company has already ordered some new equipment.

4. The president has been called this morning.

5. The results of the last experiment were constantly referred to by the professor.

6. The child is being looked for by his grandmother.

7. He has never been there before.

8. The light has just changed from green to red.

9. The construction of the road was being completed when the commission arrived.

10. He will be allowed to use the mobile equipment.

5. Поставьте глагол, данный в скобках, в нужном времени (Indefinite или Continuous Passive).

1. Tziolkovsky (to be elected) a member of the Academy of Sciences.

2. Much attention (to be paid) to research work in our country.

3. He (to be asked) now.

4. A new bridge across the Oka (to be built) when I came to Gorki.

5. At the Institute the students (to be taught) many different subjects.

6.The children of Sparta (to be given) military education.

7. In Athens special attention (to be paid) to reading, writing and literature.

8. Next year a new school (to be built) near our house.

9. Take the book home so that you (to be able) to read it in the evening.

10. The new device (to be tested) for 2 hours before the engineer came and stopped the experiment.

11. When I came to Baku in 1962 the 1-st Mertro line (to be built) there.

12. I don’t know who (to be examined) now.

13. The new apparatus (to be installed) at the plant.

14. All the necessary information (to be stored) in the computer.

15. He (to be interested) in history since his childhood.

Составьте утвердительные, отрицательные и вопросительные предложения в пассивном залоге из слов, указанных в скобках.

1.This is a very popular television programme. (every week it / watch / by millions of people).

2.What happens to the cars produced in this factory? (most of them / export?)

3. A: Was there any trouble at the demonstration?

B : Yes. (about 20 people / arrest)

4. A: There is no longer military service in Britain.

B: Really? (when / it / abolish?)

5. A: Did anybody call an ambulance to the scene of the accident?

B: Yes. (but nobody / injure / so it / not / need)

6. A: Last night someone broke into our house.

B: Oh dear. (anything / take?)

7. Mr Kelly can’t use his office at the moment. (it / redecorate)

8. George didn’t have his car yesterday. (it / service / at the garage)

9.Where’s my bicycle? It’s gone! (It / steal!)

10. The people next door disappeared six months ago. (they / not / see / since then)

11. This room looks different. (it / paint / since I was last here?)

12. A tree was lying across the road. (it / blow / down in the storm)

Ответьте на вопросы.

1. Is English studied at the Institute?

2. Is German studied at the Institute?

3. Are any other languages studied at the Institute?

4. Are English technical articles read by you?

5. Was English studied at school by you?

6. What exams will be taken by you?

7. Are you taught mathematics (history, chemistry) at the Institute?

8. When were you asked at the lesson last time?

9. What subject have you been interested in since your childhood?

10. Are you often invited to parties?

11. Will you be taught how to drive a car next year?

12. Have you been given any hometask recently?

13. Are technical problems often spoken of in your group?

14. What problems are often spoken of in your group?

15. Had all the homework been done by you by 11 p.m. yesterday?

16. Is your classroom aired during the break?

17. Will all exams have been passed by you by the beginning of the next term?

8. Раскройте скобки, употребляя нужное время; перескажите шутки:

A. ‘Father, where you (to be born)?’, a little boy asked. ‘I (to be born) in Kiev’, his father answered. ‘And where Mother (to be born)?’ the boy asked. ‘Mother (to be born) in Moscow’. ‘And where I (to be born)?’ ‘You (to be born) in Leningrad’. ‘How nice it is’, the boy said, ‘that we have all met’.

B. There were two sweetshops in the same street, and each of them tried to invite more customers. One morning a notice (to be hung) on one of the shops in which it (to be written), ‘Come and try our cake at one penny a piece. If you (to be asked) to pay more, you (to be robbed)’. In the evening the following notice (to be put up) on the other shop, ‘Come and try our cake at two pence a piece. If you (to be offered) to pay less, you (to be poisoned)’.

9. Раскройте скобки, поставив глагол в нужном времени (Indefinite, Continuous или Perfect):

1.This question (to discuss) at the next seminar.

2. Do you know what films (to show) during the festival?

3. I am not sure whether any of his stories ever (to translate) into Russian.

4. It seems to us that the repairs in our flat never (to complete).

5. They say no more chemical factories (to build) near Lake Baikal since then.

6. Can you hear what (to announce) on the radio now?

7. Unfortunately you weren’t listening when this rule (to explain).

8. Why this topic (to choose) by anybody yet?

9. What other language we (to teach) next term?

10. How long this problem (to discuss) by now?

11. Did the producer say how many times this play already (to perform) on the stage?