1.1 Измените предложения, используя Simple Passive.

Model: They build a new house. A new house was built by them.

1. People will respect you if you do it. You will be respected by people if you do it.

2. They sent for the doctor immediately. The doctor was sent for immediately.

3. Everybody listened to his report attentively. His report was listenedattentively by everybody.

4. They always wait for me after the lessons. I am always waited for after the lessons.

5. Nobody painted the lifeboat. The lifeboat was painted by nobody.

6. Everybody lost sight of the boat in the fog. Sight of the boat was lost by everybody in the fog.

7. Why didn’t they help her? Why wasn’t she helped?

8. They will listen to him. He will be listened to.

9. Students often read these texts. These texts are always read by students.

10. They laughed at him. He was laughed at.

11. He often invites me to his lessons. I am always invited to his lessons.

12. Seamen speak English in different parts of the world. English is spoken by seamen in different parts of the world.

13. We unload the ship with cranes. The ship was unloaded with cranes.

14. They built this house in 1950. This house was built in 1950.

15. Somebody locked the door of the cabin. The door of the cabin was locked.

16. They finished their work in time. Their work was finished in time.

17. They will publish this book next year. This book will be published next year.

18. They will tell you when to come. You will be told when to come.

19. When will they build a new vessel? When will a new vessel be built?

20. Someone will ask him about it. He will be asked about it.

1.2. Раскройте скобки, выбирая требующуюся форму глагола.

1. The porter will (bring, be brought) your luggage to your room. 2. Your luggage will (bring, be brought) up in the lift. 3. You may (leave, be left) your hat and coat in the cloak-room downstairs. 4. They can (leave, be left) the key with the clerk downstairs. 5. From the station they will (take, be taken) straight to the hotel. 6. Tomorrow he will (take, be taken) them to the Russian Museum. 7. At the station they will (meet, be met) by a man from the travel bureau. 8. She will (meet, be met) them in the hall upstairs.

1.3. Передайте следующие предложения в Passive Voice.

1. You must do three of these exercises tomorrow. Three of these exercises must be done tomorrow.

2. You can find the book you need in any library. The book you need can be found in any laboratory.

 3. We must send these letters at once. These letters must be sent at once.

4. You must take the box to the station. The box must be taken to the station.

5. You can cross the river on a raft. The river can be crossed on a raft.

6. The workers can finish the building of the house very soon. The building of the house can be finished by the workers very soon.

7. You must return the books the day after tomorrow. The books must be returned the day after tomorrow.

8. I can easily forgive this mistake. This mistake can be easily forgiven.

9. You can find such berries everywhere. Such berries can be found everywhere.

10. You must do this work very carefully. This work must be done very carefully.

11. The doctor says they must take her to hospital. The doctor says she must be taken to hospital.

12. You can do the work in three days. The work can be done in three days.

13. The students must return all the library books before each summer vacation. All the library books mst be returned before each summer vacation by the students.

14. Monkeys can climb even the tallest frees. Even the tallest frees can be climbed by monkeys.

1.4. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Passive Voice.

1. At the last competition the first prize was won by our team.

2. The question was settled as soon as they arrived.

3. Your report must be divided into two chapters.

4. Soon he will be sent to a sanatorium.

5. The book will be discussed at the next conference.

6. The composition must be handed in on Wednesday.

7. Yesterday he was told to prepare a speech.

8. The article was published last week, if I am not mistaken.

9. The lectures are attended by all of us.

10. A taxi was called fifteen minutes ago, so we are expecting it any moment.

11 The young man was introduced to me only a couple of hours ago, but it seems to me that I’ve known him for years.

12. The rule explained by the teacher at the last lesson was understood by all of us.

13. The poem was so beautiful that it was learnt by everybody.

14. I hope the invitation will be accepted by everybody.

15. The letter was posted in half an hour.

16. It seems to me that music is heard from the next room.

1.5. Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в нужном времени и залоге.

Cardiff: a Modern Capital

Cardiff 1 IS (to be) the official capital of Wales since 1955. There 2 HAS BEEN (to be) a community here for hundreds of years, but it 3 BEGAN (to begin) to grow quickly and BECAME ( become) prosperous during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This was the period when the coal, iron and steel industries 4 DEVELOPED (to develop) in South Wales, and Cardiff 5 BECAME (to become) a major industrial town and an important port. However, when these industries 6 BEGAN (to begin) to decline, Cardiff 7SUFFERED (to suffer1) too. Today, the docks are much smaller, but now the city 8 IS EXPANDING (to expand) as a commercial and administrative centre. It 9 IS (to be) an interesting place to live in, with good communication, a lot of parks and a varied population which 10 INCLUDE (to include) nearly 10,000 university and college students.

As a tourist, you might want to visit the castle and Landaff cathedral, or the National Museum of Wales. If you 11 LIKE (to like) music you 12 WILL VISIT (to visit) the famous national concert hall, St. David’s Hall, or the New Theatre, which 13 IS (to be) the home of the Welsh National Opera Company.

1.6. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect или Past Simple.

1. Не WAS (to be) abroad five years ago. 2. WERE you (to be) in the Caucasus last year? 3. They LEFT (to leave) England when he WAS (to be) still a child. 4. He HAS NOT YET COME (not yet to come) back. 5. HAS he GONE(to go) already? 6. When DID you SEE (to see) him last? 7. I HAVEN’T SEEN (not to see) him for ages. 8. His health HAS IMPROVED (to improve) greatly since I SAW (to see) him last. 9. Last night I FELT(to feel) tired and WENT (to go) to bed very early. 10. Where DID you SPEND (to spend) your holidays? 11. HAVE you ever SPENT (to spend) your holidays in the Crimea? 12. While travelling in the Crimea I MET (to meet) your friend. 13. I HAVE never VISITED (to visit) that place. 14. He VISITED (to visit) that place last year. 15. I HAVE just GOT (to get) a letter from Tom. 16. DID you TAKE (to take) any photographs while travelling in the south?

1.7. Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Present Perfect, Past Simple, Past Continuous или Past Perfect.

1. Only when she was going to bed, she remembered that she HAD FORGOTTEN (to forget) to ring up her friend. 2. We HAVE already STUDIED (to study) seven English tenses. 3. He SPENT (to spend) two weeks in Scotland two years ago. 4. IHAVE BOUGHT (to buy) a lovely fashionable dress. Now I shall look smart at the party. 5. He HAD LEART (to learn) English before he WENT(to go) to the USA. 6. When she HAD SPENT (to spend) all her money, she WENT (to go) home. 7. I SPOKE (to speak) to my friend yesterday. 8. Look! Kate IS WASHING (to wash) all the dishes. 9. HAS your mother RETURNED (to return) from work? Can I speak to her? 10. She WAS DOING (to do) her flat the whole day on Saturday. 11. The cat HAS DRUNK (to drink) all the milk which I HAD GIVEN (to give) it. 12. HAVE you ever BEEN (to be) to Piccadilly Circus? 13. He HASN’T READ (not to read) Turgenev since he was a pupil. 14. They HAD REACHED (to reach) the river by sunset. 15. I HAVEN’T RECEIVED YET (not yet to receive) an answer to my letter. 16. She is very happy: her son HAS FINISHED (to finish) school. 17. My brother WAS TRAINING (to train) at the stadium from six till eight yesterday. 18. My sister HAS BOUGHT (to buy) a pair of nice model shoes this month. 19. I HAVEN’T DANCED (not to dance) for ages. 20. When Nick CAME (to come) from school, his friends WAS PLAYING (to play) in the yard. 21. When DID your sister GO (to go) to London? 22. My friend HAS just RECOVERED (to recover) after a serious illness. 23. I HAVE never BEEN (to be) to the Bahamas. 24. At this time yesterday we WERE TALKING (to talk) about you.

1.8 Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в требующемся времени.

1. On entering the drawing-room he FOUND (to find) that his two friends HAD GOT (to get) up and WERE WAITING (to wait) for him. 2. The sportsmen HAS BEEN TRAINING(to train) since early morning; now they ARE GOING (to go) over the high jump, as they ARE NOT (not to be) satisfied with their results. 3. Five minutes DIDN’T PASS (not to pass) when the train for which we WERE WAITING TO APPEAR (to wait) (to appear) in the distance. 4. Tomorrow father WILL COME (to come) late. We HAD DONE (to do) all our homework and WERE DRINKING (to drink) tea when he CAME (to come). 5. When Mrs. Smith CAME (to come) home yesterday, she SAW (to see) that her daughter WAS COOKING (to cook) supper and WAITING (to wait) for her with the table laid. 6. Where is Nick? — He IS NOT (not to be) at home, he HAS GONE (to go) to the cinema. Wait for him, he WILL COME (to come) in half an hour. 7. It was very late. I WENT (to go) to bed and FELL (to fall) asleep when my father RETURNED (to return) home. 8. I’ll join you when I DRINK (to drink) my tea. 9. When I COME (to come), he WILL LIVE (to live) in the same old house where I first MET (to meet) him. He TOLD (to tell) me he HAD WAITED (to wait) for me for already some time. 10. The pupils HAD DONE (to do) a lot of exercises before they LEARNT (to learn) to write dictations well. 11. I could not hear a sound: they STOPPED (to stop) talking.

1.9 Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в нужном времени и залоге.

A Famous Shipwreck

This shipwreck 1 RECEIVED (to receive) a lot of attention. The “Marry Rose” 2 WAS BUILT (to build) at Portsmouth over 400 years ago on the orders of Henry VIII. He 3 WAS WATCHING (to watch) the ship sailing out with 60 others, when suddenly she 4 SANK (to sink) for no apparent reason. Perhaps she 5 WAS OVERLOADED (to overload). Whatever the reason, she 6 SANK (to sink) within minutes, and almost all of the 700 crew 7 DROWNED (to drown).

The ship 8 LIED (to lie) undisturbed in soft mud until the 1970s, when marine archaeologists and a team of divers 9 BEGAN (to begin) exploring the wreck.

They 10 DISCOVERED (to discover) that the hull was complete and that there was a huge variety of artefacts, for example clothes and shoes as well as pottery and metal and wooden objects.

1.10 Раскройте скобки, употребив глаголы в нужном времени и залоге. Задайте 5 вопросов к тексту.

The Sailors’ Friend

There are very dangerous reefs near the northern coast of New Zealand. In the summer of 1871, a ship called the “Brindle” 1 WAS MOVING (to move) slowly through a fog near the reefs. Some sailors on the ship suddenly 2 SAW (to see) a tremendous white dolphin in the water. It 3 WAS SWIMMING (to swim) towards them and then 4 TURNED (to turn) and 5 WAS SWIMMING (to swim) in front of the ship. The dolphin 6 SEEMED (to seem) to lead the ship, and it 7 WAS SWIMMING (to swim) on until the ship 8 PASSED (to pass) the dangerous reefs. Then it 9 SWAM (to swim) away, and the ship, led by the dolphin into open water, 10 CONTINUED (to continue) on its way.

From that time on, every ship that 11 CAME (to come) to the reefs 12 WERE MET (to meet) by the white dolphin. Sailors in every port 13 KNEW (to know) about the dolphin; thanked to its “work” as not one 12 ship 14 WAS LOST (to lose) on the reefs. The dolphin, protected by a special law, 15 APPEARED (to appear) in front of every ship that 16 CAME (to come) near the coast of New Zealand. It continued to serve as a ships’ pilot until 1912. Of course, no one could be sure that it 17 WAS (to be) the same dolphin, and no one 18 HAS EVERE DISCOVERED (ever/ to discover) what made the white dolphin (or dolphins) pilot ships past the reefs for forty years.

1. Are there very dangerous reefs near the northern coast of New Zealand?

2. In the summer of 1871, a ship called the “Brindle” was moving slowly through a fog near the reefs, wasn’t it?

3. What did some sailors on the ship suddenly see?

4. Who seemed to lead the ship?

5. Did the sailors see a dolphin or a fish?