Progress check 2

Exercise 1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct form: Present or Past Continuous Passive.

1. Some building work (do) in Park Avenue now. 2. This question still (discuss). 3. Suddenly they noticed that they (watch). 4. I sat down for a rest while repairs (do). 5. A new theatre (build) in our street. 6. As I was walking home, I thought I (follow). 7. The radio-set (repair) now. 8. When I entered the hall the young specialists (instruct) what to do. 9. When she came to collect the dress, it still (make). 10. The man admitted stealing the money while he (interview) by the police. 11. He (pay) well for his job. 12. He feels that he unjustly (treat). 13. When we came to the factory, the new equipment (install). 14. A great deal of research (do) into the possible causes of cancer. 15. When the taxi arrived, the things still (pack). 16. It is now 6 a.m. and at most of the hospitals in the country patients (wake) with cups of tea. 17. I (ask) to do a lot of extra work at the moment. 18. I couldn’t use the company car yesterday because it (serve). 19. I can assure you that your complaint (deal) with. 20. We only noticed the mistakes when the catalogues (print).

Exercise 2. A visitor is being shown around the factory by Mr Jones, the manager. Complete his sentences. Use the passive (present

simple or continuous).

The machines (switch on) at 7.30 a.m. every day and (turn off) at 5.30 p.m. The factory (lock) at 6.30 p.m. by our security guards and all the staff (check) before they go home. We don’t want our jam to disappear! Now as you can see, strawberry jam (make) here today. And over there the jars (put) into boxes by our team. Hartson’s jam (not/export) because this country buys everything we produce. It’s very important to keep our factory clean and hygienic so everything (wash) very carefully every night. Of course nobody (allow) to smoke anywhere in the factory. Now I think lunch (serve) in the canteen at the moment, so shall we go?

The present perfect passive

HAVE(HAS) BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE

		This letter	has been written	by me	today.
		This letter	has not been written	by me	today.
		This letter	has been written	by me	today,	hasn’t it?
		What	has been written	by me	today?
		What letter	has been written	by me	today?
	Has	this letter	been written	by me	today?
Whom	has	this letter	been written	by?
When	has	this letter	been written	by me?

Exercise 1. Read the following sentences. Note the use of the Present Perfect Passive. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. Rugby has always been played with an oval ball. 2. Has the problem been discussed yet? 3. Jane hasn’t been told about it. 4. The house looks quite new. It has been painted. 5. Today’s post hasn’t been brought up yet, has it? 6. The report has been much spoken about. 7. Have you ever been interviewed on TV? 8. Dick is happy. His dog has been found. 9. Her new book has been recently translated into a number of foreign languages. 10. The TV set hasn’t been switched off, I’m afraid. 11. The appointment has been called off, hasn’t it? 12. Who has been appointed Head of the delegation? 13. Not a word has been said by the newcomer. 14. He has never been taught to play the piano, has he? 15. The papers have been torn up and thrown away. 16. The truth has been concealed from us.

Exercise 2. Respond to the following.

Model: - Shall I type the letters for you?

- Thank you. But they have already been typed.

1. Shall I help you unload the car? 2. Shall I bring some chairs into Room 7? 3. Shall I sent him a telegramme? 4. Shall I translate the article for you? 5. Shall I test the device? 6. Shall I fix the lamp? 7. Shall I send a fax to our partners? 8. Shall I give them the instructions? 9. Shall I repair the car? 10. Shall I return all the books to the library? 11. Shall I start cutting the sandwiches for the cocktail party? 12. Shall I wake him up? 13. Shall I buy the book for you? 14. Shall I open the window in the bedroom? 15. Shall I give him some money. 16. Shall I help you type your English composit -ion?

Exercise 3. Respond to the following.

Model: - Can I see today’s papers?(not to receive)

- I’m afraid you can’t. They haven’t been received yet.

1. Can I read the telegram?(not to deliver) 2. Can you give me the book?(not to return) 3. Can I have dinner?(not to cook) 4. Can we take the documents?(not to sign) 5. Can I look through your report?(not to finish). 6. Can I use your phone?(not to fix) 7. Can I switch on the TV set?(not to repair) 8. Can I read the article?(not to translate) 9. Can we listen to the text in the lab?(not to record) 10. Can we unpack the luggage?(not to bring) 11. Can we play the piano at the party?(not to tune) 12. Can I borrow some bread?(not to buy) 13. Can we sit at that table?(not to clear up) 14. Can I put on my grey suit?(not to iron) 15. Can we come into the room?(not to air) 16. Can I use your dictionary?(not to find)

Exercise 4. Ask if the following actions have already taken place.

Model: - They say the document has been found.

- Has the document really been found?

1. They say the luggage has been marked. 2. They say the books have already been sold. 3. They say the car has been repaired. 4. They say 50 copies of the document have been made. 5. They say the mail has been delivered. 6. They say a table at the restaurant has been reserved. 7. They say all the employees have been invited to the party. 8. They say he has been told about the incident. 9. They say George has been advised to give up smoking. 10. They say Mr Greeb has been operated on successfully. 11. They say Mary has been given the first prize. 12. They say the wall-paper has been changed in all the rooms. 13. They say the tickets have been paid for by the company. 14. They say his anniversary has been celebrated throughout the country. 15. They say Michael has been fined for speeding. 16. They say Jack has been paid a large sum of money for his invention.

Exercise 5. Make the following sentences a) negative and b) interrogative.

Model: The plan has been changed again.

a) The plan hasn’t been changed again.

b) Has the plan been changed again?

1. A new exhibition has been organised in this building. 2. He has been offered an interesting job. 3. Two windows have been broken by the storm. 4. All the money has been taken from the safe. 5. The furniture has been polished already. 6. We have been invited to a party tonight. 7. A new exhibition has just been opened in the Russian Museum. 8. He has been expelled from the University. 9. My pen has been broken. 10. The kettle has already been boiled. 11. I’ve just been offered a ticket for the film. 12. The flowers have been kept without water for weeks. 13. She has been told everything about the matter. 14. The room has been done up for our return. 15. The business has been taken over by a new company. 16. The house has already been sold.

Exercise 6. Turn from active into passive.

1. The fire has done a lot of damage. 2. Have you changed anything? 3. We haven’t solved the problem yet. 4. Have you prepared all the documents? 5. We haven’t found the reason yet for the break down. 6. Have they tested all the machines? 7. Storms and floods have done a lot of damage to the village. 8. Have you sent out all the catalogues yet? 9. They haven’t stamped the letter. 10. We have warned you. 11. Has someone posted my parcel? 12. I’m afraid we have sold all our copies but we have ordered more. 13. The flood has seriously damaged the city library. 14. The gardener has planted some new trees. 15. He hasn’t slept in his bed. 16. No one has ever climbed this mountain. 17. The President has signed the documents. 18. Have you ironed your dress yet? 19. We have looked for the telegram everywhere. 20. The author has written a special addition for children.

Exercise 7. Read the following text and translate it into Russian. Put questions to the sentences in the passive voice. Retell the text.

Heavy snow has fallen in the North of England. Many roads have been blocked and traffic has been brought to a standstill. One town, Castlepool in Yorkshire, has been completely cut off. Supplies will be dropped into the town by air this afternoon.

Exercise 8. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect Passive.

1. The preparations for the party just (finish) and the guests are already arriving. 2. The paper (not to read) by anyone yet. 3. The suit (not to wear) for a long time. 4. You ever (teach) how to play chess? 5. I can’t believe my eyes! My book (publish) already! 6. Her husband (put) in a hospital already? 7. You’re late. The book (sell) already. 8. Our work for the next month (plan) already. Here is the plan, read it. 9. The work (do) already? What are the results? 10. What’s happened? - The window (break). 11. Letters (type) yet? 12. I can’t find my car anywhere. I think it (steal). 13. There isn’t any food left. All of it (eat). 14. Do you know that tennis (play) more than a hundred years? 15. A lot of houses (build) in our city this year. 16. Don’t close the window. It just (open). 17. How long this stadium (build)? 18. He went away last year and he (not to hear of) ever since. 19. Susan is upset. Her favourite record (break). 20. This typewriter is quite new. It never (use).

Exercise 9. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect: active or passive.

1. Leslie (not to take) his final examination yet. 2. The match (cancel) because of the rain. 3. My boss (promise) me a four-day holiday. 4. These are books that (not to read) for years. 5. I never (speak) to like that before. 6. She (throw away) all last year’s newspapers. 7. Everybody (send) an invitation? 8. They (know) this fact for years. 9. No one (live) in this house for the last fifty years. 10. It always (know) as a most wonderful place for a holiday. 11. They (tell) him about the change in the timetable? 12. The invitation (refuse) or (accept)? 13. The problem (solve) by joint efforts. 14. Anybody (answer) your question properly? 15. A lot of Japanese cars (import) into Europe this year. 16. The room looks different. It (paint) since I was last here? 17. Have you heard about Trevor? He (leave) his wife. 18. The television (repair). It’s working again now. 19. The factory is completely different. The whole place (modernise) and (computerise). 20. Tom (reply) to your letter yet?

Exercise 10. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect: active or passive.

John: Are things in the company different now?

Sara: Yes. What has happened is that the Sales and Marketing Department (turn) into three separate divisions - there is now an International Division, a UK Division, and there’s a new office that (set up) in the US.

John: Is Peter still in charge?

Sara: No, they (make) him a Senior Director, so he doesn’t have much to do with the department now. Laura (promote) to Sales Director, so they all report directly to her. Benedict Warner and Kate Lang (put) in charge of the International Division and the UK Division.

John: They (send) Ken to the US?

Sara: No, not at all. He didn’t get on with Laura, basically, so he (demote) to UK Sales Assistant, and he works for Kate. Obviously he’s not very happy about it and he doesn’t think the company (treat) him fairly. I don’t expect he’ll stay long.

Exercise 11. Translate into English using the Present Perfect Passive.

1. Ему предложили чашку горячего чая. 2. Эта статья уже переведена. 3. К сожалению, ничего не было сделано, чтобы помочь ему закончить работу. 4. Питеру еще ничего не объяснили. 5. Выставку уже открыли? 6. Ему предложили место учителя в школе. 7. Почту уже просмотрели. 8. Разве газеты и журналы еще не доставили? 9. Ему об этом сказали? 10. Ее попросили прийти. 11. Сколько времени показывают фильм? 12. За доктором уже послали. 13. Ваш дом когда-нибудь ремонтировали? 14. Можно взять документы? - Боюсь, что нет. Их еще не отпечатали. 15. Будьте осторожны. Двери только что покрасили. 16. Нина очень довольна. Ей предложили интересную работу. 17. Аня уезжает в Италию. Ей уже прислали визу. 18. Эта комната всегда была предназначена (использовалась) для гостей. 19. Ее только что увезли в больницу. 20. Проверьте, пожалуйста, выключены ли газ и электричество.

THE PAST PERFECT PASSIVE

HAD BEEN + PAST PARTICIPLE

		This work	had been done	by him	by 2.
		This work	had not been done	by him	by 2.
		This work	had been done	by him	by 2,	hadn’t it?
		What work	had been done	by him	by 2?
	Had	this work	been done	by him	by 2?
Whom	had	this work	been done	by?

Exercise 1. Read the following sentences. Note the use of the Past Perfect Passive. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. The building had been destroyed by the fire before the fire brigade arrived. 2. The material had been chosen by the time we came. 3. I was told that the doctor had been sent for. 4. When I returned home my wife told me that all the things had already been packed and they were ready to start. 5. They realised that the telegram hadn’t been received. 6. We knew he had been seen there. 7. The plant had been run by the head engineer for a fortnight before a new director was appointed. 8. She saw at once that nothing had been touched in her room. 9. The vegetables didn’t taste very good. They had been cooked for too long. 10. The car was three years old but hadn’t been used very much. 11. I had been given a card to the club and in the afternoon I used to go there to play bridge. 12. I noticed at once that the room had been recently tidied.

Exercise 2. Make up sentences using the prompts.

Model: - He returned to the city.(build the stadium)

- When he returned to the city the stadium had already been built.

1. She came to the Institute.(show the new film) 2. I got up.(cook breakfast) 3. She came home.(put the children to bed) 4. They arrived at the airport.(announce the flight) 5. He returned to the lab.(finish the test) 6. I rang up the secretary.(sign the documents) 7. She came to the shop.(sell the book) 8. She came into the kitchen.(fix the refrigerator) 9. We enter the laboratory.(finish the experiment) 10. The tourists returned to the hotel from a sightseeing tour.(clean the rooms) 11. The taxi arrived.(pack the suit-cases) 12. The stewardess came up to me.(fasten the seatbelt) 13. The police arrived. (catch the thief) 14. I found the key.(open the door) 15. We offered our help.(finish the job) 16. He arrived at the stadium.(score two goals)

Exercise 3. Make up sentences using the prompts.

Model: - Everything has been arranged.(I didn’t know)

- I didn’t know everything had been arranged.

1. The article has been published.(I didn’t know) 2. The books haven’t been delivered yet.(the librarian said) 3. The journal was lost a few days ago.(we didn’t know) 4. The contract has already been signed.(the boss said) 5. The key was not found.(she told me) 6. He was forbidden to drive the car.(we didn’t know) 7. The bicycle was broken.(I didn’t know) 8. The picture was brought back some days ago.(I learned) 9. He has been told about it several times.(she said) 10. Jane wasn’t allowed to take part in the expedition.(I knew) 11. Everything was prepared for the party.(I thought) 12. The letters were posted. (I was sure) 13. The text wasn’t recorded.(I was told) 14. The chief engineer was sent for.(the secretary said) 15. The date of the conference has already been fixed.(they told me) 16. He has been given a six-month visa.(they informed him)

Exercise 4. Turn from active into passive.

1. They had cancelled the 9.15 train, so I took a later train. 2. By that time everybody had forgotten that story. 3. I thought they had already sent the letter. 4. Evidently somebody had informed him of the news before they announced it. 5. Nobody had warmed me of the danger before the accident happened. 6. The girl was angry as her mother hadn’t allowed her to go to the cinema. 7. They informed me that they had seen you in Oxford Street. 8. We have put out the fire before the fire brigade arrived. 9. I found out that my friend had sent the parcel to the wrong address. 10. When he looked at the stamps, he found they had sold him the wrong ones. 11. I was surprised to hear that they had given him the first prize. 12. We didn’t know that he had lost all the photos. 13. We couldn’t enter the house as she had locked it. 14. He couldn’t drink any milk as his sister hadn’t bought it. 15. I was shocked to hear that somebody had broken into your house. 16. She couldn’t give you the money as she had spent it.

Exercise 5. Read the following text and translate it into Russian. Put questions to the sentences in the passive. Retell the text.

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post-office. Sam was sure that the wallet had been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in a newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said:”A thief, but only 50 per cent a thief!” Two months later, some money was sent to Sam with another note:”Only 25 per cent a thief now!” In time, all Sam’s money was paid back in this way. The last note said:”I am 100 per cent honest now!”

Exercise 6. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect Passive.

1. His letter to Mary came back and he saw that it (not to open). 2. I learnt that the book (not to return) to the library yet. 3. Bob failed to prove that the window (not to break) by him. 4. They (warn) about the danger before they agreed to take part in out trip? 5. He told us a story which (tell) him by his grandfather. 6. The next morning, when I came out, I saw that the streets (wash out) by rain. 7. His parent (marry) five years when he was born. 8. I wondered why he (not to teach) any foreign language. 9. She didn’t follow the advice she (give). 10. When she returned, the subject of the conversation already (change). 11. I didn’t know that the letter (lose). 12. He said that he had never been there but he often (tell) about this place. 13. When we came to the cinema, all the seats (sell). 14. When my parents were born, television (not to invent) yet. 15. By the time I arrived at the concert hall, there were no tickets left. They (sell). 16. We didn’t go to the party on Saturday because we (not to invite).

Exercise 7. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect : active or passive.

1. We (discuss) the problem already when you came. 2. I found out that my fax message (send) to the wrong number. 3. I wondered where they (hide) the key. 4. The captain change the course. He (warn) by the Air Traffic Control of bad weather. 5. He said they (not to discover) the mistake yet. 6. He wondered why they (post) the letter unstamped. 7. When we returned the door already (lock). 8. I thought they (send) the letter to you days ago. 9. The secretary told us that the documents (not to sign) yet. 10. She found the room exactly as it (leave) the night before. 11. They (build) the road before they started building houses in this area. 12. He felt that he (let down) badly by his best friend. 13. We didn’t know that he (lose) all his money. 14. She showed me the article which (translate) by her brother. 15. I knew why I (choose). 16. At last the committee were ready to announce their decision. They (make up) their minds. 17. There was no sign of a taxi although I (order) one half an hour before. 18. The room (prepare) for the Hunts but they didn’t come. 19. By 5 o’clock the experiment (complete). 20. He was sure that his mistake never (discover).

Exercise 8. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Perfect: active or passive.

Samantha Phillips said yesterday that she was ‘delighted’ with the decision of an Industrial Tribunal after she (award) 18,000 pounds for unfair dismissal. Miss Phillips, a 28 year old City worker, told the court that she (sack) because she (reject) the sexual advances of her boss. Her former employer said that Miss Phillips (dismiss) because she (not/do) her job properly. The judge agreed that Miss Phillips (make) some ‘foolish’ business decisions, but said that Miss Phillips (not/treat) fairly by the company.

Exercise 9. Translate into English using the Past Perfect Passive.

1. Вчера к 10 часам все книги были уже проданы.

2. Ваша работа была отпечатана и проверена до того, как вы позвонили. 3. Когда мы получили от него письмо, деньги уже были высланы. 4. К вечеру все вещи уже были упакованы. 5. К тому времени все было куплено. 6. К четвергу все письма были отправлены. 7. Сколько времени обсуждался этот вопрос до того, как я вошел в комнату? 8. Статью переводили пять дней, до того как ее показали вам. 9. Я была очень рада, когла узнала, что моего сына пригласили принять участие в международной конференции в Женеве. 10. Мне пришлось подождать. Секретарь сказала, что документы еще не подписаны. 11. Маленькая Катя была счастлива. Ей подарили коробку шоколада. 12. Она была разочарована. Ей не прислали приглашение на вечер. 13. Вчера я встретил Аню. Она сказала, что ей прислали посылку, и она идет на почту, чтобы забрать ее. 14. Они заблудились потому, что им не показали дороги. 15. Так как ему раньше задавали такие вопросы, он знал, что ответить. 16. Когда включили свет, она сразу поняла, что бумаги были украдены.