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Grammar: Passive Voice (Continuous) – Пасивний стан групи Continuous

am/is/are; was/were + being + Past Participle (V3 / Ved)

Ex.1. Complete the sentences using the correct passive (continuous) form of the verbs in brackets:

1 I can do nothing when I know I ………………………… (watch). 2 Close the door please, the matter just ………………………… (discuss). 3 We watched how this information ……………………… (collect). 4 President's speech ………………………… (translate) for the foreign guests. 5 When I came to my native town two years ago, this supermarket still …………………………… (build). 6 When my father was a worker at this plant this work still ……………………… (do) by hand. 7 My car …………………………

(repair) now. 8 Don't enter the room. My friend ………………………… (interview) there. 9 The runways

……………………….… (lengthen) at all the main airports. 10 My proposal just ………………………….

(consider) when I came. 11 My office …………………………………… (redecorate) when I moved there. 12 I couldn't give you our daily program, it still ………………….………… (work out).

Ex.2. Open the brackets, using the correct Passive Voice form:

1. As I entered the office, I had the feeling that I ………………………… (watch). 2. A lot of new experiments ………………………… (make) in my husband's laboratory now. 3. I am sure a lot of questions ………………………… (ask) when I finish speaking. 4. This report …………………………….

(send) at once. 5. This money ……………………… (spend) on market research next year. 6. Service

………………………… (include) in the bill. 7. Don't enter without invitation. A very important problem ………………………… (discuss). 8. The program ………………………… (work out) many years ago, but it still ………………………… (use) with great success. 9. When the market ………………

…………………… (segment) last? 10. Market share often ………………………… (use) as an indication for the success of a business. 11. The new method ………………………… (show) to the young specialist today. 12. If we hurry with the work, it ………………………… (spoil).

Ex.3. Translate into English:

1. Контракт саме підписували тоді, коли ми приїхали.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

2. Листи зараз друкуються.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

3. Про його новий експеримент сьогодні багато говорять, чи не так?

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4. Зараз виконується мій улюблений концерт. Послухайте його, будь-ласка.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

5. Він не виявів великого інтересу, коли це питання обговорювалось.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

6. Він увійшов до залу в темряві і не одразу зрозумів, який фільм демонструвався.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

7. Я здивований, що його слухають з такою зацікавленістю.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

8. Вона відчувала, що на неї дивляться.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

9. Зараз проводиться дослідження ринку, для того, щоб зрозуміти що потрібно споживачу.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

10. Коли я прийшов в супермаркет, там продавалися диски з фільмами мого улюбленого режисера.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

11. Новий проект зараз розглядається Радою Директорів.

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

Ex.4. In the following sentences the subject is either not important or too obvious to be necessary.

Put each sentence into the passive to make it sound more natural:

1 Men were decorating my house all last week.

My house ……………………………………………

2 They are building a new ring-road round the city.

A new ring-road …………………………………

3 The plumber was fixing the dishwasher so I couldn't leave the house.

The dishwasher …………………………………………………

4 Somebody is cleaning the room.

The room …………………………………

5 Workmen were putting up new traffic lights at the crossroads.

New traffic lights ………………………………………………………

6 They were doing it without his knowledge.

It ……………………………………………

7 They are constructing a new stadium at the moment.

A new stadium ………………………………

8 I didn’t know that someone was recording our conversation.

Our conversation ………………………