VI. Change the sentences into the Present Perfect Passive.

Pattern: Someone has broken my pen.

My pen has been broken.

 

1. Your friends have invited you to dinner tomorrow.

2. Someone has spilt some wine on the table - cloth.

3. Somebody has already boiled water.

4. Have you done all the washing?

5. Someone has already paid the typist for her work.

6. They have made my nephew the captain of the team.

7. Somebody has fried the meat very well.

8. Nobody has made any mistakes in that work.

9. They have brought up their children very well.

10. Somebody has left the window open.

 

VII. Answer the questions in the Present Perfect Passive, using the given suggestions.

Pattern: Is that road still narrow? (widen)

No, it has been widened.

 

1. Is this bicycle still, broken? (repair)

2. Are her rooms still in a mess? (tidy up)

3. Is the wireless still on? (switch off)

4. Is the child still playing? (put to bed)

5. Are the windows still open? (close)

6. Is his marriage still a secret? (announce)

7. Are the chocolates still in the box? (eat up)

8. Is the door still unlocked? (lock)

 

VIII. Change the sentences into the Past Perfect Passive.

Pattern: They had finished the work by the evening.

The work had been finished by the evening.

 

1. The students had teamed much by the end of the term.

2. She had promised to give me the bock before it appeared on sale,

3. Someone else had asked for the lawyer just before you came here.

4. Nobody had lain on the bed.

5. They had staged four Shakespeare's plays by the end of the last year.

6. We didn't know that he had lost all the photos

 

IX. Change the sentences into the Future Perfect Passive.

Pattern: The typist will have typed the documents by the time I come.

The documents will have been typed by the time I come.

 

1. My brother will have sent for the doctor by that time.

2. My mother will have cooked dinner by the rime you return.

3. I shall have written the letter by the time you ring me up.

4. She will have translated this article by tomorrow morning.

5. I shall have rewritten this text by the noon tomorrow.

 

X. Use the preposition by or with.

 

1. The sky is covered... clouds.

2. The children were covered... a blanket... his mother.

3. This note is written... a very bad pen, that's why you can't read in.

4. Can you open the door of у our flat... this key?

5. A lot of damage was done... the storm.

6. The dog was killed... the car.

7. The new school building will be surrounded... a garden.

8. This room is heated... a stove.

 

 

МОДУЛЬ 12.

 

Test 12.

I. Choose the correct alternative.

 

1. He lives not far from us but we (not/see) him often.

A. not see

B. doesn't see

C. don't see

 

2. What's the matter? You (look) so excited!

A. look

B. looks

C. are looking

 

3. … Pete … any beer in the fridge?

A. Does Pete have

B. Do Pete has

C. Have Pete got

 

4. Will you try find out what time (the plane/arrive) at the airport?

A. does the plane arrive

B. the plane arrives

C. arrives the plane

D. did the plane arrive

 

5. I've got no idea where …

A. it is

B. is it

C. does it

 

II. Fill the gaps in the following sentences with a, an, the, or (-) when no article needed.

1. … Jack London is … well-known American writer.

2. Why do you think … Japanese are so hardworking?

3. They tell me that … honesty is the best policy.

4. Watch out! There's … policeman coming.

5. She said that … carrots were her favourite vegetables.

6. We went sailing on … lake Windermere at the weekend.

7. I bought … new TV and … stereo. … TV costs $250 and … stereo costs 170$.

 

III. Rewrite these sentences with some, any or no instead of the. Use there is, there are.

1. The books are on the shelf.

2. Are the students in the classroom?

3. Is the tea in the teapot?

4. The children are not in the yard.

5. Are the plates in that cupboard?

 

IV. In the following text the is missing ten times and a/an missing twice. Insert them in the correct places.

Dead Sea, which lies between Jordan and Israel, is lowest lake in world. It is about 397 meters below sea level and it contains saltiest water in world. This is because several rivers carrying minerals (including salt) flow into lake but minerals remain behind. Salt makes it easy for swimmers to float - you can even read book while floating on your back. In fact, lake contains six time more salt than ordinary sea water so swimmer's body is six time more buoyant than usual.

 

V. Fill in the blank with too, either, so, neither.

1. My sister can't swim well. My brother can't swim …

2. I didn't enjoy the film last night. … did he.

3. I'd like to go swimming now. … would my friend.

4. We were tired. … were they.

5. I never visit him. … do we.