Passive Voice (страдательный залог)

Exercise 1. Раскройте скобки, выбирая требующуюся форму глагола.

1.  At the station they will (meet, be met) by a man from the travel bureau. 2. She will (meet, be met) them in the hall upstairs. 3.The porter will (bring, be brought) your luggage to your room. 4.Your luggage will (bring, be brought) up in the lift. 5. You may (leave, be left) your hat and coat in the cloakroom downstairs.6. They can (leave, be left) the key with the clerk downstairs.7. From the station they will (take, be taken) straight to the hotel.8. Tomorrow he will (take, be taken) them to the Russian Museum.

Exercise 2. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present, Past или Future Simple Passive.

1. My question (to answer) yesterday. 2.Hockey (to play) in winter. 3.Mushrooms (to gather) in autumn.4.Many houses (to burn) during the Great Fire of London.5.His new book (to finish) next year.6.Flowers (to sell) in shops and in the streets.7. St. Petersburg (to found) in 1703. 8. Bread (to eat) every day. 9.The letter (to receive) yesterday.10. Nick (to send) to Moscow next week. 11. I (to ask) at the lesson yesterday. 12. I (to give) a very interest ing book at the library last Friday. 13. Many houses (to build) in our town every year. 14. This work (to do) tomorrow. 15. This text (to translate) at the last lesson. 16.These trees (to plant) last autumn. 17. Many interesting games always (to play) at our PT lessons. 18. This bone (to give) to my dog tomorrow. 19. We (to invite) to a concert last Saturday. 20.Lost time never (to find) again. 21. Rome (not to build) in a day.

Exercise 3. Передайте следующие предложения в Passive Voice.

1.  Не stole a lot of money from the shop. 2.  By six o’clock they had finished the work. 3.  At twelve o’clock the workers were loading the trucks. 4.  By three o’clock the workers had loaded the trucks. 5.  We send our daughter to rest in the south every year. 6. They will show this film on TV. 7.  They are building a new concert hall in our street.8. I bought potatoes yesterday. 9.  We shall bring the books tomorrow.10. They are repairing the clock now. 11. They sell milk in this shop. 12.  I have translated the whole text. 13. They broke the window last week. 14. When I came home, they had eaten the sweets. 15. We shall do the work in the evening. 16.  He wrote this book in the 19th century. 17. They were playing tennis from four till five. 18. They have made a number of important experiments in this laboratory. 19. Livingstone explored Central Africa in the 19th century. 20. By the middle of autumn we had planted all the trees. 21. They will stage this play at the beginning of next season. 22. They have forgotten the story. 23. Has anybody explained the rules of the game to you? 24. They haven’t brought back my skates.

Exercise 4. Переведите на английский язык, употребляя глаголы в Passive Voice.

1. Нам показали очень странную картину. 2. Тебя ищут. Иди домой. 3. Вас всех пригласят в зал и расскажут обо всех изменениях в школьной программе. 4.  Почему над ним всегда смеются? 5. Нам всем дали билеты на выставку. 6. Лекции этого знаменитого профессора всегда слушают с большим вниманием. 7.  Меня ждут? 8. Им задали три трудных вопроса. 9. За директором уже послали. Подождите немного. 10 Всех пригласили в большой зал. 11.Эти письма просмотрены. Их можно отправлять. 12. На станции их встретил гид и отвез в гостиницу. 13. Эти журналы должны быть возвращены в библиотеку на следующей неделе. 15. На наших занятиях много внимания уделяется произношению. 16.  Иванову велели объяснить, почему он пропускает занятия. 17.Меня пригласят на ваш вечер? 18.Детей оставили дома одних.