Open the brackets, putting the verbs into the right tense and voice

Try to find sentences with the Passive Voice in the text. (10 sentences are a good result, but maybe you can find more.)

GRAMMAR EXERCISES

Put a preposition from the box into each gap.

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The Murmansk region is located ______ the Kola Peninsula, which is washed ______ two seas, the Barents Sea and the White Sea, borders _____ Finland and Norway. The Kola Peninsula’s history dates _____ the period when the region had no separate administrative status. ______ the Russian Revolution the Murmansk area became part ______ the Leningrad region. Only ______ the 28^th of May 1938 the area was awarded the status ______ a separate region.

The population makes ______ 1.050.000 thousand persons. Russian pomors and lapps can be regarded ______ indigenuos population.

1. Each sentence has a mistake. Find and correct it!

1. The Murmansk region the extreme northwest area of Russia.

2. The population make up 1.050.000 thousand persons.

3. The climate of the region is classify as moderate.

4. The northern lights comes like a greeting from the sun.

5. The port of Murmansk thus active year-round.

6. The landscape above hilly Murmansk has a strange and barren beauty.

7. The city is surrounded by a hill, tundra and swamps.

8. Some species of endemic plants grows in Murmansk.

9. Many mineral deposits serve to industrial applications.

10. Murmansk is the region central city and capital.

11. The Murman fishermen also made his contribution to the victory.

12. Several streets in Murmansk are named for famous captains of the Trawl Fleet.

13. Murmansk is the industrial city.

14. The value of Murmansk is his harbour.

15. The town has much cinemas, museums, clubs.

1. The Murmansk region (to wash) by two seas, the Barents Sea and the White Sea.

2. The Kola Peninsula’s history (to date) to the period when the region had no separate administrative status and (to be) merely a part of the Province of Archangel.

3. The climate of the region (to classify) as moderate Atlantic-Arctic, although the domestic-heating season lasts about 10 months.

4. The Northern lights (to flare up) over the city.

5. This sort of light show (to see) seldom outside the Far North.

6. The lights (to reflect) on Russian Lapland’s stones and flowers.

7. The landscape around hilly Murmansk (to have) a strange and barren beauty.

8. The largest lake in the region is the Imandra, on which yacht races (to hold) sometimes.

9. The tundra (to stretch) as a narrow strip along the coast of the Barents Sea.

10. The region’s central city and capital, Murmansk (to found) on the 4^th of October 1916.

11. The Murman fishermen also (to make) their contribution to the victory over the Nazi Germany.

12. Several streets in Murmansk (to name) after famous captains of the Trawl Fleet.

13. In 1985 Murmansk (to join) the ranks of the "hero cities".

14. Murmansk (to restore) rapidly after the war.

15. The region’s maritime, rail, air and road transport routes (to converge) at Murmansk.

16. The city (to beautify) from year to year.

17. Its streets (to line) with trees and decorative shrubs.

18. The commercial port (to call) rightfully the city’s gates.

19. In the port all the vessels (to supply) with everything they need.

20. The inhabitants of the Kola Peninsula (to thirst) for beauty and for all things new.

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