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Exercise 1. Choose the most appropriate passive forms to complete the sentences. (7)

1. Nowadays this new discovery____ about.
2. is much spoken
3. is being much spoken
4. was much spoken
5. will be much spoken
6. Particular attention ___ to our project lately.
7. was called
8. has been called
9. will be called
10. is called
11. I am sure much attention____ to the study of this phenomenon in future.
12. will be given
13. is given
14. was given
15. has been given
16. It is a big company that ____ into branches in all over the country.
17. is divided
18. will be divided
19. has been divided
20. was divided
21. The e-mail ___ long before the end of the working day.
22. will be sent
23. was sent
24. had been sent
25. will have been sent
26. The data ___ as soon as possible.
27. must obtain
28. must be obtained
29. must have been obtained
30. must have been obtaining
31. When he arrived this question ____ yet.
32. had not been discussed
33. had been discussed
34. will have been discusses
35. was discussed

Exercise 2. Use the required passive forms instead of the infinitives in brackets. (5)

1. Some scientific presentations connected with our research will be given at this conference tomorrow.
2. Don’t worry. Our flight has not been announced yet.
3. English is spoken in many countries.
4. All the tasks weren’t done by the students in written form yesterday.
5. This car can be repaired by the end of the week.

Exercise 3. Give the corresponding passive constructions. (5)

1. Don’t worry. We will meet you at the station. Don’t worry. You will be met at the station.
2. You friends have already invited me. I have already been invited by my friends.
3. She is sending the e-mails now. The e-mails are being sent now.
4. We send them the e-mail regularly. The e-mails are sent regularly.
5. Last year we ordered the goods from this company. The goods were ordered from this company last year.

Exercise 4. Choose the most appropriate modal verb (can, may, must, have to, need, should, ought to, be to) to complete the sentence. (10)

1. I ___ speak English fluently.
2. can
3. may
4. must
5. should
6. need
7. ___I do it next Friday?
8. can
9. may
10. should
11. have to
12. must
13. Are you sure you ___ complete it by the evening?
14. can
15. may
16. should
17. must
18. ought to
19. Oh, no. It ___ be true!
20. mustn’t
21. can’t
22. shouldn’t
23. needn’t
24. isn’t to
25. I hope your dream ___ become true.
26. can
27. may
28. must
29. need
30. should
31. ___ you help me to write down this report?
32. can
33. may
34. must
35. should
36. need
37. I ___ take the medicine regularly.
38. can
39. may
40. must
41. ought to
42. should
43. You have done everything. You ___ do anything more.
44. can not
45. may not
46. should not
47. need not
48. must not
49. You ___ call your parents regularly.
50. must
51. should
52. need
53. ought to
54. can

Exercise 5.  Insert the particle TO where necessary. (10)

1. The next step will be to carry out a new research.
2. There are some questions to be discussed at the meeting.
3. They made me repeat it twice.
4. Why not to repeat it again?
5. I would rather not travel there.
6. We observed him to be collecting the data.
7. He took the papers and pretended to be studying them.
8. She heard him have sent the e-mail in the morning.
9. May I ask you one more question?
10. She was shy. She seemed to have forgotten his name.

Exercise 6. Fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the Infinitive. (22)

Exercise 7. Choose the correct form of the Infinitive. (6)

1. The biomedical students are ___ chemistry and physics.
   1. to study
   2. study
   3. to have studied
   4. be studying
   5. The Board of Directors is free ___ any appointments they wish to.
2. to be made
3. to have made
4. to make
5. to be making
6. Our primary purpose is ___ in this competition.
7. win
8. to win
9. to be winning
10. have won
11. The boss is said ___ the meeting yesterday.
12. to be giving
13. to be given
14. to have given
15. to give
16. He cannot choose anyone he likes ___ his deputy.
17. be
18. to be
19. being
20. been
21. There are some other groups of compounds ___.
22. to mention
23. to be mentioned
24. to have mentioned
25. to have been mentioned

Exercise 8. Complete the sentences with the appropriate form of the infinitive in brackets. (5)

1. He is glad to be sent on a business trip abroad.
2. Our manager doesn’t like to be asked many questions.
3. You’d better call him tonight.
4. Why not to ask him about the help?
5. You’d better to improve your knowledge in chemistry.

Exercise 9. Open the brackets and use Complex Object. (5)

Example:

• Do you want us to travel on a business trip?
• He made me introduce a new idea of our research.
• I don’t want him to be said anything about it. It can hurt him much.
• We expect Mr. Jones to have answered our e-mail yesterday.

1. I want her to tell me the news.
2. We considered him to be a prominent scientist.
3. I heard him to give a very interesting lecture yesterday.
4. We would like our manager to say in plain words what to do.
5. He asked me to explain the difference between Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering.

Exercise 10. Open the brackets and use the Complex Subject. (5)

Example:

• Mike ____ (to know, to help) them to solve problems. — Mike is known to help them to solve problems.
• They ___ (to seem, to make) a new discovery a month ago. – They seem to have made a new discovery a month ago.

1. He is considered to be a good engineer.
2. I am expected to make a report next Wednesday.
3. The article is considered to be the most interesting I have ever read.
4. He is supposed to work in the laboratory yesterday.
5. The delegation is reported to arrive here tonight.