Exercise 8. Translate the following sentences into Russian.

1) We decided to cross the mountains so that we could reach the airfield in the daytime. 2)Puton your warm coat lest you should catch cold 3) She wept bitterly as she told her story. 4. Since it was Sunday she stayed in bed. 5) He was giving up his job in order to stay at home. 6) She treats him as though he was her own son. 7) He looked as if he hadn’t slept very much. 8) As they live near us we can see them quite often. 9) The expedition may be dangerous nevertheless I’ll take part in it 10) We agreed to break till tomorrow for it was already late. 11) Now that there was really a fair chance of success, it must not be missed. 12)I feelstronger than I did.

UNIT 9

THE PASSIVE VOICE

Exercise 1. Identify the passive forms in the following sentences.

Many accidents are caused by dangerous driving.

I’m not often invited to parties.

During the night we were all woken up by a loud explosion.

Look at those old houses. They are being knocked dawn.

The room was being cleaned when I arrived.

Have you ever been bitten by a dog?

I’m not going to the party. I haven’t been invited.

Jim didn’t know about the change of plans. He hadn’t been told.

The new hotel will be opened next year.

George might be sent to America by his company in August.

Go away! I want to be left alone.

Exercise 2. Translate the text. Find and explain the Passive Voice forms.

Many great cities of the world were built hundreds of years ago. During their long history some of them were destroyed several times for one reason or another, and then rebuilt. London, for instance, was burnt down in the Great Fire of 1666. When Napoleon’s army entered Moscow in 1812, the city was nearly empty and in flames. Most of the houses were soon destroyed by the fire, and many were badly damaged. A lot of beautiful cities were left in ruins after the World Wars. Serious damage is done to cities and villages by floods, hurricanes and earthquakes and still more by wars and industrial pollution.

Exercise 3. Find the corresponding idea in the right-hand column.

ACTIVE	PASSIVE
They often translate English texts.	The windows were washed yesterday.
They are doing their homework.	It has already been done.
They washed the windows yesterday.	The lest had been finished when the teacher came.
They were doing it from 5 till 7 o’clock yesterday.	The apple pie will have been baked by 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
They have already done it.	English texts are often translated.
They will repair the TV set tomorrow.	The homework is being done now.
They will have baked the apple pie by 2 o’clock in the afternoon.	It was being done from 5 till 7 o’clock yesterday.
They had finished the test when the teacher came.	The TV set will be repaired tomorrow.

Exercise 4. Make the sentences passive. Use by... only if it is necessary to say who does / did the action. The first sentence is done for you as an example:

1) Shakespeare wrote "Hamlet". - "Hamlet" was written by Shakespeare.

2) They have arrested her for shoplifting. 3) They are repairing your car now. 4) People in Chile speak Spanish. 5) My mother made this ring. 6) Electricity drives this car. 7) Somebody will tell you where to go. 8) A drunken motorist knocked her down. 9) Liverpool beat Manchester 3-0 yesterday. 10) The Chinese invented paper. 11) They don’t sell stamps in bookshops. 12) The directors are still considering your application. 13) People are using computers in all kinds of work.

Exercise 5. Write passive sentences.

1) Chinese (to speak) in Singapore. 2) The Tower of London (to build) around the 2^nd century 3) The new hospital (to open) next year. 4) She (to interview) now. 5) I realized I (to follow). 6) You (to invite) to Andy’s party? 7) He found that all his money (to steal). 8) These computers (to make) in Korea. 9) Passengers (to ask) not to speak to the driver. 10) Sorry about the noise - the road (to mend). 11) The village church (to burn down) last year. 12) A Roman pavement (just find) under Oxford Street.

 

Exercise 6 Ask as in the model:

- The article isn’t translated.

- Why isn’t it translated?

- The book won’t be published.

- Why won’t it be published?

1) Those questions weren’t asked. 2) The news hasn’t been announced. 3) The things aren’t packed. 4) He won’t be sent there. 5) The document hasn’t been signed. 6) The radio hasn’t been repaired. 7) Her name wasn’t mentioned.

Exercise 7. Now the class is divided into two groups: police detectives and the crime witnesses. The detectives begin to interrogate the witnesses about the crime committed asking questions and using the passive forms. The witnesses answer using the passive forms as well.