Passive Voice. Страдательный

залог.

I. Open the brackets using the Passive Voice.

1.

Bread (to eat) every day.

2.

Many houses (to build) in our town every

year.

3.

Hockey (to play) in winter.

4.

Mushrooms (to gather) in autumn.

5.

His new book (to finish) next year.

6. Flowers (to sell) in shops and in the streets.

7. Moscow (to found) in 1147.

8. I (to ask) at the lesson yesterday.

9. The telegram (to receive) yesterday.

II. Make up sentences out of the following words and word-combinations. Use the Passive Voice:

1)

a group of people, the guide, some pictures, to show;

2)

the gardener, to ask, I, to help him, in the garden;

3)

the students, the engineer, a model of a new car, to demonstrate;

4)

Pavlov, to present to, the Cambridge students, a toy dog;

5)

to water, mother, the flowers, every day;

6)

we, tomorrow, to bring, the books;

7)

in the 19-th century, this book, he, to write;

8)

the fence, to whitewash, Tom Sauyer.

III. Add the past participle to the following sentences. Choose from the verbs.

speak

produce

grow

open

send

build

make

deliver

buy

clean

1. English is ______________________ here.

6. This house was _________________ in 1898.

2. Volvos are __________________ in Sweden.

7. Bread and sausages were ______ yesterday.

3. Our classroom is ______________ every day.

8. Our museum is ___________________ at 10.

4. Lots of tulips are _____________ in Holland.

9. Letters and postcards are ________ every day.

5. In Britain milk is ________ to your doorstep.

10. Butter is __________________ from milk.

IV. Change the following sentences, active to passive or passive to active.

Active

Passive

1. They make VW cars in Germany.

1. VW cars _________________________ in Germany.

2. They ____________________________rice in China

2. Rice is grown in China.

3. Bell invented the telephone in 1876.

3. The telephone __________________ by Bell in 1876.

4. Boys ______________________ a window yesterday.

4. The window was broken by boys.

5. They built five new factories last year.

5. Five new factories ____________________ last year.

6. The factory produces 10 000 cars in a year.

6. 10 000 cars __________________________ in a year.

7. Bell didn’t invent the television.

7. The television _________________________ by Bell.

8. Our grandfather brought us a lot of apples.

8. ___________________________________________

9. ___________________________________________

9. English is spoken well by many pupils of our school.

10. The hostess offered a cup of tea to us.

10. __________________________________________

11. Pushkin wrote a lot of wonderful poems.

11. __________________________________________

12. __________________________________________

12. New Year is celebrated all over the world.

13. John sent flowers to his wife.

13. __________________________________________

14. They will publish many new books next year.

14. __________________________________________

15. My mother cleans the rooms every day.

15. __________________________________________

16. How many fruit did you buy yesterday?

16. __________________________________________

17. A postman brings newspapers every day.

17. __________________________________________

V. Read the sentences and find the mistakes.

1. The story were read three days ago.

6. The game will be played in four days?

2. We are not never asked at the English lesson

7. The computers was bought in the shop.

3. The text will be translated yesterday.

8. The flowers are not watered last week.

4. English is speak all over the world.

9. The homework is did every day.

5. Ice cream be made from milk.

VI. Change the following sentences from active to passive.

1. They usually visit Mr. grey in the morning.

8. They will play this game next morning.

2. He will speak to his cousin tomorrow.

9. We watch that TV programme every evening.

3. They often give her fruits from their garden.

10. They will open a new museum in two months.

4. They built a new hospital last year.

11. I wrote a letter to my friend yesterday.

5. He will look after his brother next year.

12. He translated two texts an hour ago.

6. Pupils didn’t visit the boy last week.

13. They read the newspaper in the morning

7. We don’t translate the poems at home.

14. Columbus discovered America.

VII. Open the brackets using the Passive Voice.

1. The new school ___________ (build) in 2005.

6. The room ______________ (clean) tomorrow.

2. The book _______________ (read) yesterday.

7. The toy _______________ (made) last week.

3. Dinner ________________ (cook) every day.

8. The homework ___________ (do) every day.

4. The film __________ (watch) every evening.

9. The house __________ (build) in two months.

5. The floors _____________ (wash) yesterday.

10. The pencils ___________ (buy) next Friday.

Fill in the verbs in the Passive Voice.

1. The window _________________________ during the night as the weather was very hot. (open)

2. This poem ___________________________________________ by Alexander Pushkin. (write)

3. This house _______________________________________________________ soon. (build)

4. This problem _________________________________________________ next week. (discuss)

5. English ___________________________________________ in many schools in Russia. (teach)

6. Usually the rooms in the hotel ______________________________________ every day. (clean)

7. This building _______________________________________ in a fire five years ago. (damage)

8. His new book ________________________________________________ next month. (publish)

9. Yesterday I ______________________________________________ by a loud noise. (wake up)

10.

The conference ________ to begin in five minutes and all the participants were feeling rather nervous. (expect)

11. The telephone ________________________________________________ by A. Bell. (invent)

12. The construction of this building ___________________________________ in a year. (finish)

13. I________________ often _____________________ to birthday parties by my friends. (invite)

14. The man who stole my car _______________________________________ yesterday. (arrest)

15. He _________________________________ by his friends in a restaurant a few days ago. (see)

16. This computer programme ______________________________________ next year. (create)

17. There was nobody in the house and the door __________________________________. (close)

18. The dishes __________________________________________ by my sister every day. (wash)

19. America _____________________________________________________ in 1492. (discover)

20. He ________________________________ a lot of questions at the conference last week. (ask)

21. I saw an exciting play at the theatre. The leading part____ by a talented young actor. (perform)

22. We ______________________________________________ a cup of tea by his mother. (offer)

23. Radio _________________________________________________________ in 1896. (invent)

24. Nowdays computer games ________________________________ by people of all ages. (play)

25. Cheese _____________________________________________________ from milk. (make)

26. This problem___________________________________________ about ten years ago. (solve)

27. This picture______________________________________________ by a famous artist. (paint)

28. The letter ______________________________ five days ago but there is still no answer. (send)

29. In the past computers _____________________________________ only for calculations. (use)

30. English ______________________________________ in many countries of the world. (speak)

31. Our dog __________________________________________________ Rex by our father. (call)

32.

This book was written in English but later it _____________into other European languages.(translate)

33. This fairy-tale __________________ to me by my grandmother when I was five years old. (tell)