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(provide) by five top instructors. Entrance fees are cheap because half the cost

2. Turn the following into the passive as in the example:

3. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.

My parents own the best restaurant in our town. Last weekend my father dismissed the head waiter as he had stolen some stock from the cellar. My father is going to hire a new waiter as he is doing all the work by himself at the moment. He asked me to help serve the food. However, I mixed up all the orders and the customers made several complaints. I'm sure my father will never ask me to help him again!

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4. Fill in the right form of the verbs in brackets.

Sara Arrives

I ............ always.............. well ...........................(to taken care of). Since my father died of a heart attack, my two older sisters and my mother

…………………. (to take care) of me, their little boy. When my sisters

…………… (to get married) and …………….. (to move) out of the apartment, it was just Mama and I sitting alone at night listening to the neighbors fight next door. When I ……………. (to finish) college and went to the Police Academy, Mama was really proud. She ………….. (to think) that I ……………. (to get) a job in the city and be able to stay next to her. But when recruiters …………. (to come) from Arizona, I ……………. (to offer) a job in Flagstaff.

"Where is that girl?" Eleanor …………. (to look) out the window for Sara. "She ought to ………… (to be) here by now." "Give her time. You're always after your sister. Let her alone." Mama …….. (to get up) from her chair and

………….. (to move) over to the sink and ……….. (to begin) putting away the dishes she ………… (to wash) earlier. "She …………. (to come) when she

………. (to can). She has that new baby at home, you know. You can't just up and leave a new baby, you know."

"She can get a babysitter." My sister walked over to my mother to help put the dishes in the cabinet. "They make enough money to get a babysitter."

"You can't trust just anyone to stay with your children. You ………….. (to find out) that." Mama ………….. (to return) to her chair and ………….. (to begin) rearranging the things on the table. She …………. (to avoid) looking at me.

"Dwight, come here and help me. Your mother ………….. (to get lazy) in her old age." "Nothing lazy about me. There's just no need to put those dishes away now. I …………. (to have) plenty of time when I …… (to be) alone."

My mother's lack of humor......................... (to match) by her capability to produce guilt. It was sad to see an independent woman like my mother with a dependent image of herself.

"Mama, how can you say you ……………. (to be) all alone? Why, every child on this street is in and out of your apartment all day long looking for treats from your cookie jar. And in the evening you ……….. (play) cards and bingo with the ladies on the street. How can you say you …………… (to be alone)? You should be happy that you ………… (not to have to pick up) after this boy here." "Who are you calling 'boy'?"

"You think just because you're going off to be a police detective in Arizona that you aren't our little boy. Just don't you forget who looked after you..."

"Stop your picking on him; let him have a little peace his last few minutes here." The teasing …………. (to interrupt) by Sara's coming into the room with her little daughter Jeannie asleep in her arms. The entrance of the grandchild

……….. (to shift) the focus from me to her, and my mother immediately

………….. (to take) charge of the child's welfare. "Sara, what …………..you

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………… (to mean) by dressing that child in that light outfit? Why, she'll catch a draft and get sick in that..."

"Mama, she's all right. I ………….just …………… (to put) her in the bedroom where she can sleep." The child shifted in her mother's arms, but …………. (not to wake up).

I …………… (to follow) Sara into the bedroom and ………….. (to watch) her lay my niece in the middle of the old bed. I knew that the next time I saw my niece she would be walking and talking. My sister put a lightweight sheet over her and holding her fingers to her lips, she motioned for me to follow her back into the kitchen.

5. Use the active or the passive in any appropriate form of the verbs in

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6. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.

The Government made an important decision last night. They will ban all cars from the centre of town as pollution is seriously affecting people's health. They will allow only bicycles and buses to enter the town centre. They are making plans for a new environmental police force. After all, they must do something before it's too late.

7.Rewrite the following sentences in the passive as in the example:

1.Police use trained dogs to find drugs. ...Trained dogs are used by the police to find drugs.

2.Nurses give the patients their medicine every morning.

3.A lifeguard rescued the drowning boy.

4.An electrician is repairing our water heater.

5.A defence lawyer will represent you.

6 . They clean the rooms daily.

7.Customs officers searched her suitcases.

8.Hijackers were holding the plane passengers hostage.

9.A gas leak had caused the explosion.

10.An eyewitness gave the police a full report.

11.The government has increased the tax on cigarettes.

12.They are going to launch the product in May.

8. Rewrite the following passage in the passive.

James Fitt witnessed a horrific plane crash last night. The fire brigade fought the wreckage fire while ambulance men rescued surviving passengers. Ambulances took all the survivors to hospital. No one knows yet what caused the plane to crash. Newspaper and TV reporters have already interviewed many of the survivors. The Civil Aviation Authority has launched a full investigation. They say that someone may have put a bomb on board the aircraft. They hope that the aircraft's "black box" will provide the vital information but they haven't found it yet. They are continuing the search.

9. Make passive sentences using the words in brackets.

1.Were there many people invited to the party? - Yes, about 50 people were invited.... (about 50/people/invite)

2.Where is the accounts department? - Oh, it.................................................

(move/to the fifth floor).

3.What happened to that old woman? - She.....................................................

(attack/and/rob).

4.Why does she look so happy? - She ......................................(promote/to manageress).

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5.What will happen to the old farmhouse? - It.................................................

(pull down).

6.Where are James and Simon? - They.............................................................

(send/to the London office/last month).

10. Put each verb in brackets into an appropriate passive verb form.

a) Nothing has been seen (see) of Pauline since her car....................................

under the name 'Challenger', ................................... (fit) with electric windows as standard.

11. Complete the sentences using the words in bold. You can use two to five words.

1. Oxford beat Manchester United in the Cup Final yesterday.

beaten Manchester United ...were beaten by Oxford... in the Cup Final yesterday.

2. Now that I wear contact lenses, the optician tests my eyes every three months.

stores.

4. Someone stole Mary's briefcase from her office while she was out.

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6. Someone should have already made all the arrangements for the business

12. Rewrite each sentence so that it ends with the word underlined.

a)Another company has taken over our company. Our company has been taken over.

b)We are dealing with your complaint.

c)We have not accounted for all the missing passengers.

d)Someone had tampered with the lock of the front door.

e)We don't know how they disposed of the body.

f)I must insist that you keep to the rules.

g)We are looking into this allegation.

h)We will frown upon any attempts to cheat in the exam.

i)The youngest student complained that people were picking on him.

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j) Ann was well provided for in her husband's will.

13.Complete the sentences using the passive and the verbs listed below: must, shouldn't, might, can't

1.Has the rubbish been collected yet? - Well, it's not here now so it ...must have been collected. .........

2.Did anyone tell David about the meeting? - He's written it in his diary so he…

3.Has someone repaired the telephone? - I've just used it so it…

4.Was Sue injured in the car accident? – She… I heard there were a few casualties.

5.Did anyone move the accident victim? - Yes, but he… It was a mistake to touch him.

6.Ted said someone stole his car. Is that true? - No. It… I've just seen him driving it.

14.Write sentences as in the example:

1.John will have someone bring him the post. ...John will have the post brought to him.

2.Did Sheila ask the dressmaker to make her a dress?

3.When will his photographs be developed?

4.The decorators are decorating Tim's house at the moment.

5.Your car needs to be serviced.

6.The gardener was pruning Bob's bushes.

7.The manager had asked the secretary to book a room for him.

8.I paid someone to fix the roof of my house.

9.Let's ask the porter to carry the luggage to the taxi.

10.Larry has got the plastic surgeon to remove his tattoo.

11.A nurse took her temperature.

12.The make-up artist was applying the model's lipstick.

13.Ask the cook to prepare the vegetables.

14.Have you told the accountant to check the figures?

15.Jim hates the teacher correcting his mistakes.

16.Did the beautician paint Joanne's nails?

17.He told the maid to serve breakfast in his room.

18.Dad was late because the garage had been servicing his car.

19.Pam is going to tell someone to repair the pipes.

20.My parents' house was burgled last Monday.

21.He used to employ a chef who cooked his meals.

22.Does your mother ask for her shopping to be delivered to her house?

23.Did you pay an artist to paint a portrait of your family?

24.Do you employ someone to clean your house?

25.Did you tell the tailor to make a suit for you?

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15. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given.

a)The treasure is thought to date from the thirteenth century. date It is thought to date from the thirteenth century.

b)Your hair needs cutting.

16.Write your friend a letter telling him what has been done, is being done or will be done to convert the double-decker bus into a mobile home and invite him on the tour round Europe.

Dear Sam,

I can't tell you how excited we all are. Last month we bought an old doubledecker bus to convert into a mobile home so that we can tour Europe in it this summer. So far the windows have been replaced

17.Translate from Russian into English.

1.Времена страдательного залога образуются при помощи вспомогательного глагола to be в соответствующем времени действительного залога и причастия прошедшего времени основного глагола.

Letters are delivered every day. The patient was operated on by a famous surgeon. Roger has been given his promotion.

2.Для образования страдательного залога после модальных глаголов will, can, must и ряда других глаголов, например, have to, be going to, want to используется the Passive Infinitive:

The book is going to be sent abroad. Tim might be asked to participate in the

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conference. The grass wants to be cut.

3. Модальный глагол + Perfect Infinitive используется для указания на прошедшее время, когда действие в прошлом оказалось нереальным.

1.Город Ташкент был разрушен во время землетрясения.

2.Моя статья в газете должна быть опубликована в следующий вторник.

3.Визит премьер-министра в США был отложен (to delay) в связи (due to)

сосложнением (deterioration) международной обстановки (international situation).

4.Этот холодильник был куплен много лет назад, но до сих пор продолжает хорошо работать.

5.Если срок действия (validity) твоего паспорта не продлен (to extend), тебе следует обратиться в консульство (consulate).

6.Первые юношеские Олимпийские игры (the Youth Games) были открыты в Москве летом 1998 года спустя 100 лет после взрослых (adult) игр.

7.Пока на костре жарилась (to fry) рыба, мы успели набрать лукошко

(bast-basket) малины (raspberry).

8.Экскурсия в Политехнический музей была заказана заранее.

9.Если бы ваза была хорошо упакована, она бы не разбилась при переезде

(during the move).

10. Магнитофон не будет работать, пока не заменены батарейки.

11. - Мне продолжать переводить эту статью с русского на английский? - Да, это необходимо.

12. Мой друг недавно бросил курить, и теперь он предполагает заняться спортом.

13. Убийца отрицал свою причастность к убийству.

14. Этим летом я была на Волге и наслаждалась купанием в вечернее время.

15. Что касается меня, я не против того, чтобы он сдал специальный

Microsoft тест.

16. Суд продолжал рассматривать вещественные доказательства.

17. Фирма К° отложила рассмотрение договора о поставках запасных деталей к автомобилям выпуска до 1970 года.

18. Я бы не стал возражать против переноса моего отпуска с лета на осень. 19. Я не стал бы предлагать составление отчета в столь сжатые сроки. Это нереально.

20. У бабушки Антон наслаждается ездой на велосипеде.

18. Rewrite the text using the passive where possible. Make sure the words underlined do not appear.

Nobody knows exactly when someone invented gunpowder. People know for a

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fact that the Chinese made rockets and fireworks long before people used gunpowder in Europe, which occurred at about the beginning of the thirteenth century. We generally believe that gunpowder brought to an end the 'Age of Chivalry', since anyone with a firearm could bring down a mounted knight. In fact, people did not develop efficient firearms until the sixteenth century. They used gunpowder mainly in siege cannon when people first introduced it. Later they used it in engineering work and in mining, but they found that it was extremely dangerous. Modern explosives have now replaced gunpowder, but we still use it for making fireworks, just as the Chinese did.

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