The Passive Voice

Английский язык

Примерный вариант контрольной работы №1

I. Write sentences in the passive as in the example:

(Her hair/dye/ at the moment) Her hair is being dyed at the moment.

1) (The Queen / not drive / to the embassy/ yet.

2) (The convict/ take/ to the prison/ now)

3) (His wound/ not treat / yet)

4) (My car/ break into / last night)

5) (Our house/ clean/ weekly)

6) (He / bring up / his grandparents)

7) (The building/ demolish / by next year)

8) (Sally’s shoes/ re-heel/ last Saturday)

9) (The dustbins/ empty/ recently)

II. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct passive form.

1) Polar bears… are hunted …(hunt) for their fur.

2) A lecture… (give) in the main hall at the moment.

3) She thinks her car…(steal) by someone she knows.

4) The apartment…(sell) last week.

5) The music must…(turn down) by 12 o’clock at the latest.

6) Your free gift…(send) to you in the next few days.

7) My car…(repair) at the moment, so I can’t give you a lift.

8) New York…(say) to be one of the most dangerous cities in the world.

9) Hopefully, all forms of discrimination…(wipe out) by the end of this century.

III. Change the sentences from the active into the passive.

Omit the agent where it can be omitted.

Example: The British eat over thirty million hamburgers each year.

Over thirty million hamburgers are eaten by the British each year….

1) The bad weather has spoiled my holiday plans.

2) The children picked the strawberries.

3) Did they give you a reward for finding their cat?

4) The nurses take very good care of the patients.

5) When we got to the theatre, they had sold all the tickets.

6) The police have just arrested the man who broke into our house.

7) Oxfam will hold a fashion show next week.

8) They are holding the next World Cup in France.

9) When did they demolish that building?

10) Will they hand out free T-shirts at the concert?

IV. Changethesentences from the passive into the active.

Example: Why was James asked to leave the club?

Why did they ask James to leave the club?

1) The best cream cakes are made by Sayers.

2) By the end of the party all the food had been eaten.

3) My glasses must have been thrown away by mistake.

4) The building is being examined by Health and Safety experts this week.

5) She was sent a telegram by the Queen on her 100-th birthday.

6) The English language is now spoken by over two billion people worldwide.

7) Why haven’t the beds been made yet?

8) The tickets should have been booked weeks ago.

9) A new shopping centre is being built on the outskirts of town.

10) Further information can be obtained from your local post office.

11) When will you be interviewed for the post?

12) She hasn’t been christened yet.

13) A new shampoo is being developed in the lab.

14) The awards will be presented by Tom Hanks.

15) Rainforests are being cut down in the Amazon.

V. Find the word which should not be in the sentence.

Example: He has been being offered an interesting job. … being

1) Were you be shown how to fix it?

2) He likes to having his photograph taken.

3) The criminal is believed to have been left the country.

4) This painting it is believed to be his masterpiece.

5) He was seen to leaving the farm at dawn.

6) All the silverware was disappeared without trace.

7) The film star is expected that to give a press conference this afternoon.

8) She was had a new cooker delivered yesterday.

9) Have you been had the report typed yet?

10) We should to have a new garage built.

11) He insists on having his office is cleaned twice weekly.

12) Did you get an application form be mailed to you?

13) We had the locksmith to open the door.

14) They had been had a burglar alarm installed.

Примерный вариант контрольной работы №2

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