Step 1
Who is it?
He was born in Russia in 1828 into a noble family and fought in the Crimean War. At the age of 82 he left his home but soon became ill and died in a small railway station hotel. A talented man, he wrote some of the world’s greatest novels. One of them is “Anna Karenina”.
Leo Tolstoy
Who is it?
She is a ballet dancer Russia is proud of. After Moscow School of Ballet she began working in the Bolshoi Theatre. She danced in “Swan Lake” , “Sleeping Beauty” and “Carmen” where she performed some of her best parts. She is married to the famous Russian composer Rodion Shchedrin, who has written music for her ballets. She teaches young ballet dancers and stages new ballets.
Maya Plisetskaya
Who is it?
She is the first woman professor in Russia and North Europe. She was born in Moscow in 1850 and showed her interest in mathematics very early. At the age of 11 she already could do a lot of things that university students find difficult. Though she was a gifted mathematician, she could not complete her education in Russia as women could not be university students then. She had to go abroad and eventually became a really famous scientist.
Sofia Kovalevskaya
Who is it?
He was a Russian airplane test pilot born in a small town near Nizhni Novgorod in 1904. He is famous for several ultra long flights. One of them was a 63-hour flight from Moscow to Vancouver, United States. To get there he flew over the North Pole. He died at the age of 34 when his plane crashed during a test flight.
Valery Chkalov
The Passive Voice Страдательный залог
I eat
I am eaten
The Active Voice
The Passive Voice
(Активный залог)
(Страдательный залог)
Действие выполняется лицом или предметом, выраженным подлежащим. Мы точно знаем КТО или ЧТО выполняет действие.
Говорящий либо не знает, кто совершает действие, либо не придаёт этому значения. Важно то, НА КОГО или НА ЧТО направлено действие.
My mum cooks dinner.
The dinner is cooked .
The Passive Voice
V ed / V 3
to be
The dinner is cooked .
Ужин готовится.
The Passive Voice
Present Simple
Past Simple
am / is / are + V ed / V 3
was / were + V ed / V 3
The house is built .
The house was built .
Дом строится.
Дом был построен. (Дом построили.)
Если возникает необходимость назвать лицо, которое совершает действие, пользуется предлог by .
The house was built by my great-grandfather.
The Passive Voice
+
___ to be + V ed / V 3
-
___ to be not + V ed / V 3
?
to be ___ + V ed / V 3 ?
Translate into Russian
- This book was written 10 years ago.
- Apples are bought once a week.
- The Christmas tree was decorated yesterday.
- I was born in June.
- This building was destroyed during the war.
- The story was told by an old man.
- This game is played outside.
Choose the correct word
- Coffee ( is / are ) made from coffee beans.
- Fast food ( is / are ) eaten by millions of people.
- “ The Twelfth Night” ( was / is ) written by W. Shakespeare.
- This book (was / were ) given to me as a gift.
- My room (was / is ) cleaned every week.
- Foreign languages ( is / are ) taught in every school.
Complete the sentences with is , are , was or were
- Hamlet ___ written by Shakespeare.
- Mercedes cars ___ made in Germany.
- The Cinematograph ___ invented by Lumiere brothers.
- This book __ sold only in the “Magic” shop.
- The Olympic Games ___ held every four years.
- This houses ____ destroyed during the World War II.
was
are
was
is
are
were
Change the sentences in the active voice into passive
- John found a small silver box in the garden.
- Mr. Morrison hung the picture on the wall.
- Jason learnt the poem by heart.
- Our school football team won the final match.
- The girls did the exercises after classes.
- Barbara took these pictures while travelling in Africa.
- Jane chose the blue dress because it was longer.
- Alice cut the cake into small pieces.
- Mrs. Biggs kept the old letters in a small green box.
A small silver box was found in the garden.
The picture was hung on the wall (by Mr Morrison).
The poem was learnt by heart.
The final match was won by our school football team.
The exercises were done after classes.
These pictures were taken by Barbara while travelling in Africa.
The blue dress was chosen by Jane because it was longer.
The cake was cut into small pieces (by Alice).
The old letters were kept in a small green box (by Mrs Biggs).
Слово
Транскрипция
admire ( for )
Перевод
[ədmaɪə]
bury
восхищаться
law
[beri]
хоронить, закапывать
[lɔː]
the law of gravity
закон
lead (led-led)
закон всемирного тяготения
[liːd]
mankind
mixture ( of )
вести, приводить
[mænkaɪnd]
человечество
[mɪkstʃə]
village
смесь
[vɪlɪdʒ]
whole
деревня
[həʊl]
all over the world
целый
по всему свету
What is it?
All the humans on the planet
mankind
What is it?
to put a dead body underground
bury
What is it?
a group of houses that is smaller than a town
village
What is it?
to take a person or animal in a certain direction
lead
What is it?
the rules which people follow in a certain place or in a country
law
What is it?
to look at something with great pleasure
admire
What is it?
all of something
whole
What is it?
the result of putting things together
mixture
Complete the sentences
- It is not always easy to keep the ___ but everyone must do it.
- They ___ a quiet life in the country and don’t meet a lot of people.
- The pirates _____ their gold on a small island in the ocean.
- They lived in a beautiful little _____ at the foot of the mountain.
- He was a great athlete, one of the best in the ____ world.
- Use a ______ of eggs and milk to make omelette.
- Bad ecology is very dangerous for ______ .
- People know the names of some Russian writers all ___ the world .
law
lead
buried
village
whole
mixture
mankind
over
Say who these pictures were painted by
The Starry Night
The Scream
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Edvard Munch
Johannes Vermeer
Vincent van Gogh