7. Continuous Active and Passive

1. When he met me I was going to the Institute and had little time to talk to him. 2. "What's your little brother doing?" "He is still sleeping." 3. She was sitting there doing nothing. 4. Next Monday we'll be working only five hours. 5. The construction of the road was being completed when the commission arrived. 6. The new engine is being tested in the laboratory. 7. Automation is being increasingly used in all the branches of our industry. 8. The child is being looked for everywhere. 9. A new research is being carried out successfully. 10. When I come home the family will be watching the TV programme. 11. A new hydroelectric station was being built when we came there to have practice. 12. Scientists are studying the currents of the Pacific Ocean. 13. I want to know what new books are being published. 14. He cut himself while he was repairing his car. 15. What subjects is he studying and which subject does he like best?

8. Perfect Active and Passive

1. He has never been there. 2. When you see him next, he will have passed the last exam. 3. By that time we had already changed our plans. 4. He decided to become a writer only when his first story had been published. 5. No one came in here since we have been here. 6. He has been shown her photo. 7. He told me that he had never been to doctors. 8. The boy has never been told the truth. 9. The papers have not yet been sent. 10. It's a long time since I have visited that town. 11. By that time the story had been long forgotten even by the storyteller himself. 12. The better results have not been obtained yet. 13. The street has been widened. 14. The light has just changed from green to red. 15. I have not made my plans yet. 16. Several attempts have been made recently to produce artificial rain. 17. Have you ever seen a bull-fight? 18. Have you ever travelled by air? – Yes, I have often travelled by air. A month ago I flew to the Caucasus.

9. Sequence of tenses

1. He said that by the year 2000 the number of skiers in the world would reach 75 million. 2. He asked me if I knew about the largest contracts concluded by the firm. 3. We didn't know whether our plan would bring us success. 4. They wanted to know what our present research was centred upon. 5. He asked if the car-manufacturing plant had expanded its international operations. 6. He reported that the firm was holding talks about possible construction of an automobile plant in that district. 7. I thought that the organization had already started its work. 8. He added that he could show us the collection of mail stamps his father had started to collect in his college days. 9. He said he was no longer interested in the discussion of that problem. 10. It was announced that the expedition had already left for the Kurils. 11. He asked me whether I had known about the planning and fulfilment of his mission. 12. I was told, that you were good at mathematics. 13. Tom said he knew a man who was an automobile engineer. 14.The student said that the exercise had many sentences and added that he would do it in half an hour. 15. The engineer said that he didn't think that the office work would be interesting for him. 16. The mechanic asked me if the car had been damaged.